General Manager - Specialist Medicine, RSCH & PRH

General Manager - Specialist Medicine, RSCH & PRH University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

As the General Manager for Specialist Medicine, you will oversee the strategic and operational management of departments including Respiratory, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Sexual Health, Dermatology, and Infectious Diseases. Your role involves leading multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality patient care, optimizing resource allocation, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. You will collaborate with clinical leaders to develop and implement policies, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with healthcare regulations. Additionally, you will focus on enhancing patient outcomes through innovative care models and fostering a culture of excellence and teamwork. Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential for success in this role.

Main duties of the job

1. Operational Leadership: Manage departments including Respiratory, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Sexual Health, Dermatology, and Infectious Diseases. Ensure high standards of clinical care and regulatory compliance.
2. Performance Management: Monitor and meet clinical and non-clinical performance targets. Implement improvement plans for quality, performance, and budgetary goals.
3. Collaboration and Communication: Build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, including clinical leaders and commissioners. Communicate complex information clearly to staff and stakeholders.
4. Service Development: Develop and implement business plans and service strategies. Lead projects to improve patient care and service delivery.
5. Resource Management: Oversee budgets, resource allocation, and financial planning. Ensure cost-effective use of resources and develop income-generating activities.
6. Quality and Risk Management: Maintain systems for governance, risk management, and quality improvement. Lead investigations of complaints and incidents to drive service improvements.
7. People Management: Foster a culture of excellence, engagement, and continuous improvement. Support staff development and ensure training and competency standards are met.
8. Patient Care: Ensure high-quality patient care through effective capacity and demand management. Lead initiatives to improve patient safety, experience, and outcomes.

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust. We value your uniqueness and experiences, which contribute to our innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. Our Staff Networks and buddy system help new members settle in and break down barriers.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. Our extensive Wellbeing Programme supports you because we know that to care for others, we must first care for ourselves.

As a university trust and leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching, and training. From your first day and throughout your career, we will help you grow and develop. We hope you choose UHSussex for a long and fulfilling career where you can see the difference you make and feel valued.

We look forward to receiving your application and starting your journey with UHSussex.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills and experience in operational management to support the delivery of high-quality and efficient patient services in what is a fast-paced and challenging environment.

Personal resilience is essential. In reward, you'll get plenty of opportunities to influence, negotiate, and make direct change to service provision with you working for us, our patients will feel and see a difference in what we do.

We will offer you:

• A fulfilling career in a high-quality environment
• Excellent support for professional and personal development
• Flexible working options to help achieve a healthy work-life balance

Person Specification Qualifications

• Masters degree level qualification in Management or Health related subject or equivalent knowledge

Experience

• Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance initiatives.
• Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

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.