Directorate Manager - General Internal Medicine
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust seeks an experienced Directorate Manager for the newly formed General Internal Medicine Directorate to enhance the management structure within the Division of Medicine and Therapies. The post holder will provide operational and business leadership to the Directorate working closely with the Clinical Director and Matrons. This is an exciting opportunity to shape this newly formed Directorate working closely with enthusiastic nursing and medical colleagues.
This post is based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital; however, travel across the county is essential.
Main duties of the job
You will provide operational management leadership for the Directorate working in partnership with the Clinical leads and the Matron; ensuring that the Directorate and its services meet their quality, activity, and financial targets and assist in the planning, objective-setting, and change management within both the Directorate and the Division as a whole.
You must have at least three years of recent general management experience within the Acute setting in the NHS. You will need to demonstrate a proven record of proactive management to achieve key performance targets and experience in managing and responding to a range of operational issues, together with demonstrable experience of service redesign/business planning and change management initiatives. Applicants will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, the ability to build, develop, and motivate effective teams and work to tight deadlines.
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The post holder will provide operational management leadership for the Directorate working in partnership with the Clinical Director and the Matron.
Key Duties:
* To ensure that the operational performance of the Directorate's services is effectively managed to meet agreed objectives and targets.
* To work in close conjunction with the Director of Operations, Clinical Directors and Matron/Senior Nurses to set and deliver the Directorate objectives, in line with Divisional and Corporate targets and strategies.
* To manage and deliver income and expenditure (I&E) balance on the budget devolved within the Directorate.
* To plan and monitor performance against all activity targets and other service objectives. To ensure that all national and locally agreed waiting times and bookings targets are understood and met.
* To ensure the highest levels of cleanliness in clinical areas within the Directorate are adhered to at all times under the Trust's Infection Control policy; in close consultation with the Matron and Clinical Director.
* To work closely with relevant Trust teams to ensure the appropriate monitoring and delivery of targets associated with National plans e.g. Cancer and EAS.
* To prepare and plan to meet inspection criteria for Cancer Peer Review, external QA audits, CQC inspections, etc. as appropriate.
* To take responsibility for compliance with Trust complaints procedure for all complaints received within the Directorate. To identify, agree, and implement subsequent action plans.
* To take responsibility for the Directorate's compliance with H&S and CNST/NHSLA standards. To identify, agree, and implement subsequent action plans.
* To be accountable for the delivery of income and expenditure (I&E) balance for the Directorate.
* To develop Business Cases and present them to the Divisional Team.
* To ensure compliance with Standing Financial Instructions (SFI).
Person Specification
Qualifications
* First degree or professional academic qualification
* Masters degree and/or equivalent experience
Experience
* Experience at a senior management level in an acute setting.
* Proven record of proactive management to achieve key performance targets.
* Demonstrable experience of service redesign/business planning and change management initiatives.
* Track record of effective financial management including delivery of efficiency savings, income, and expenditure targets.
* Experience in managing and building multi-professional teams.
Skills / Knowledge
* Ability to analyse issues and make judgements on a wide range of general management subjects e.g. Finance, HR, quality, environment, and external issues.
* Excellent communications skills including the ability to make effective formal presentations.
* Able to form effective working relationships and partnerships across professional groups/divisional boundaries.
* Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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