Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
If you are a compassionate, brave and ambitious leader and passionate about driving services forward then we want to hear from you. There has never been a more rewarding time to be part of the recovery and robust operational delivery of services in the Surgical Division.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the new Surgical Divisional Management Team. This leadership role will provide operational responsibility and management for GI Services within the Division.
The proposed interview date is: 5th December
Main duties of the job
This is a key leadership opportunity within the Division of Surgery with an emphasis on flexible leadership balancing strategic plans with operational needs to ensure robust delivery, supporting the General Manager and Service Line Tri.
This will include successful budgetary management working to the expectations of the Surgical Division Financial Sustainability programme in order to enable delivery of our 1, 3, 5 year strategic goals.
Job responsibilities
The Deputy General Manager will have a specific responsibility in managing both operational and junior level strategic decision planning, supporting the General Manager on the recovery and transformation actions post the COVID pandemic to allow us to deliver a new normal.
1. Provide leadership to areas managed, working with surgical general managers and clinical colleagues to manage the design and delivery of clinical/non-clinical elective services within the specialities.
2. Develop a culture within areas managed in which all staff are delivering high quality patient-centred clinical and support services.
3. Develop short, medium and long-term objectives, which are turned into effective, affordable and achievable annual service plans for the specialities, and deliver these plans within the financial resources available.
4. Responsible in identifying the opportunity and formulation of new service developments and initiatives, supporting the General Manager in preparing bids and ensuring business cases are produced for services developments, taking into account activity and income projections and resource allocations.
5. Work with colleagues to review and redesign services in order to meet the needs of patients and enable the specialities to achieve key performance indicators and reduce costs.
6. Support the General Manager in the planning of future capital developments for the specialities to deliver improved facilities for patients in line with the Trusts Strategic Plan, ensuring that capital developments are designed around the services.
7. Develop robust mechanisms to ensure clear communication of service plans, objectives and service changes within the specialities ensuring that staff are engaged directly in any review and the development of services.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
* Experience and evidence of collating data and business case preparation
* Able to make and take sometimes difficult decisions after analysis of options and implications
* Able to influence and engage people in different settings
* Proven conceptual and analytical skills
* Able to build effective working relationships at all levels within and outside the trust
Experience
* Experience of strategic planning
* Managing a range of staff groups, with evidence of delivering reduced sickness absence levels and improved appraisal rates
* Experience and evidence of implementing change management projects to develop or improve services
* Senior management experience in the NHS or related employer/sector which must include experience of directly managing staff and non-pay budgets
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent professional qualification; equivalent operational experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development
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
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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