General Manager - Surgical Services

Main area Operational Management Grade NHS AfC: Band 8c Contract 12 months (Secondment/FTC (end date is 12 months from start date Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 293-SWNS-0412

Site Homerton Healthcare Town London Salary £82,462 - £93,773 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/01/:59

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Job overview

The General Manager is responsible, with Clinical Leads & Head of Nursing for the effective strategic and operational leadership and management of the surgical services within the Division, ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient services within the resources available. The post reports to the Divisional Operations Director and has a key role in providing business development support to the division. Service Managers for each designated area report to the General Manager. The General Manager will be responsible for providing professional and peer development support for operational managers across the whole Division, including those outside their line management remit.

The General manager working in partnership with other members of the Divisional Management Team, will promote effective governance and ensure that the highest standard of clinical care is delivered. They will be responsible for ensuring all clinical and non-clinical performance indicators, targets and objectives are met in line with national and local standards.

The post-holder will deputise as appropriate for the Divisional Operations Director.

The General Manager's main remit will lie within the surgical Services part of the division. Services to be directly line managed are:

• Theatres & Anaesthetics
• General Surgery - including Colorectal, EGS, Breasts, HANS & Bariatrics
• Urology, ENT, OMFS

Main duties of the job

Strategic Responsibility

Be a key member of the Divisional leadership team, working with clinical and managerial colleagues to manage the design and delivery of clinical and non-clinical services within the Division.

Contribute to the development of the strategic direction for surgical services in line with the Division and Trust's overall strategy and improvement programme, ensuring that all strategic plans are incorporated into service plans and objectives for all staff.

Develop a culture within which all staff are delivering high-quality patient-centred clinical services.

Performance Management

Develop effective processes for monitoring and managing the activity and performance of surgical services as well as core standards of care, identifying when performance falls below set standards and taking corrective action, ensuring that all national and Trust performance targets are achieved.

Chair and manage the monthly Performance Meetings for surgical Access ensuring the processes are robust and consistent across all service areas and recovery plans and corrective actions are in place where required.

Analyse and interpret a range of options in highly complex situations, making judgements and deciding upon corrective action to ensure performance targets are achieved.

Working for our organisation

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, our procedures and our People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ and Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification Experience

• Education / Qualifications
• Skills/ Abilities
• Experience
• Knowledge
• Senior manager on-call rota
• Delivery of CIPs
• Management of surgical services
• Experience of working with commissioners and other external stakeholders

Interview

• Education / Qualifications
• Experience

General Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.