Main area: Clinical Support Services
Grade: NHS AfC : Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Trust wide
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 357-LN-1783-24
Employer: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Lincoln County Hospital
Town: Lincoln
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/01/2025 23:59
Deputy General Manager - Clinical Support Service - 8B (24/25)
NHS AfC : Band 8b
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
* Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job overview
The Clinical Support Services Division is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic Deputy General Manager, to provide operational management and strategic planning within the core senior leadership team, and also to deputise as required for the General Manager. The successful candidate will provide strong visible leadership ensuring that a culture of continuous and evidence-based improvement is embedded to provide a high quality, efficient, effective and patient-focused range of services against quality, financial performance and strategic objectives. We are seeking an individual who embraces change, inspires and leads others and has experience of establishing and embedding new ways of working, in line with our Trust values.
Main duties of the job
The Division has a wide and diverse portfolio, across 6 Clinical Business Units, including the exciting new development of up to 4 Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) and a number of capital estates improvements. The CBUs are Diagnostics, Therapies and Rehabilitation Medicine, Pharmacy, Outpatients Cancer and CDC's. We have excellent teams who are from many NHS staff groups, including medical, nursing, allied health professions, pharmacy and scientists, supported by administrative staff.
If you have experience within the acute sector at senior manager level including operational responsibility for complex specialities/services and a proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets we would like to hear from you. Additionally, you must have excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills together with experience as a leader and manager of staff, along with knowledge and experience of service transformation.
You will be supported by strong clinical leadership and provided with appropriate development opportunities to support your career.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to Master level or equivalent experience in a health related field
* Professional training/qualification.
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Previous Experience
* Experience of working at a senior/corporate level
* Demonstrable experience in leading, motivating and managing teams
* Knowledge of key national NHS policy and strategies
* Experience of strategic thinking at a senior level
* Significant experience of communicating and working with very senior managers and leaders
* Ability to influence at all levels and a strategic thinker
* Experience of managing competing workloads concurrently
* Experience of budget management and staff management
* Experience of working at a senior/corporate level within the NHS
Evidence of Particular: - Knowledge - Skills - Aptitudes
* Ability to use IT packages
* Understanding of working with confidential information
* Understanding of Corporate Governance
* Ability to lead a team ensuring it is customer focused and delivers a high quality service
* Ability to communicate at all levels verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
* Demonstrate professional credibility
* Demonstrate ability to make sound judgements and decision making
* Ability to interpret national policies and guidance
* Ability to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen with a customer focus approach to problem solving
* Self-motivated and committed with the ability to work on own initiative
* Committed, proactive and innovative
* Committed to continuous improvement
* Creative thinker and problem solver
* Politically astute and high level of integrity
* Focus on personal and corporate probity
ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.
As a responsible employer ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULTH for this cost.
We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.
* A Veteran
* A Military Reserve
* Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
To arrange a visit or informal discussion please contact Lee Parkin, General Manager via [emailprotected] or 07500 121989 or via Emma Cripps PA - [emailprotected]
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