Band 8b General Manager

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) is a unique place to work -- it has a reputation for treating people with compassion and kindness. As a Trust, we were recently re-awarded the contract to deliver sexual health services for Birmingham and Solihull

Recognised for our ability to meet the needs of a young, diverse population, with a greater emphasis on integrated sexual health services we will continue to offer a network for Birmingham and Solihull residents.

Sexual health service are leaders with the field with the introduction of online testing and our partnership with pharmacies to deliver sexual health services and remain one of the only service to do all our online testing in house, providing a seamless service for patients whether accessing testing online or F2F . We want to continue to innovate to remain leaders in the field. This highly valued service will see a priority on health promotion and prevention combined with contraception with testing and treatment for STIs.

Following the retirement of a respected colleague- we are now able to commence recruitment of the General Manager of this vital service.

As General Manager you will pioneer change within the service to include improvements to service access with transformation of our digital and online platforms.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with the Associate Director of Operations, Clinical Service Lead and Clinical Delivery Group Management Team to lead and manage the services assigned to them. The post holder will be responsible for providing patient centred operational and strategic business planning and leadership to ensure that the Umbrella Services achieve their agreed performance objectives within the resources available.

The role leads the Umbrella Service in driving transformation through planning, commissioning and service design. The Umbrella General Manager has a key role in developing and enhancing Umbrella's relationship with external stake holders, managing relationships through influence, to ensure that key organisations are engaged with the service at appropriate levels to deliver key public health outcomes.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

28 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 to £68,525 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-1081459YS

Job locations

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE/O Level -- English and Maths Grade C or equivalent.
Educated to degree level or equivalent (E)
Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience (E)

Experience

Essential

Substantial Experience in a senior managerial and leadership role within a healthcare setting which is commensurate with the complexity and size of the allocated area of responsibility.
Knowledge and experience of leading significant change to patient services, delivering tangible and sustained improvements.
Experience of developing and maintaining active partnerships with stakeholders in the development of services.
Experience of improvement measurement systems and understanding of the role of measurement in performance improvement.
Experience of directly line managing and providing strategic leadership to large numbers of specialist staff/multi-disciplinary service teams ranging from bands 3 -- 7.
Experience of managing individual and team performance through the setting of objectives, PDPs and appraisals.
Experience of application of recruitment strategies and workforce development including undertaking skill mix reviews and succession planning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE/O Level -- English and Maths Grade C or equivalent.
Educated to degree level or equivalent (E)
Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience (E)

Experience

Essential

Substantial Experience in a senior managerial and leadership role within a healthcare setting which is commensurate with the complexity and size of the allocated area of responsibility.
Knowledge and experience of leading significant change to patient services, delivering tangible and sustained improvements.
Experience of developing and maintaining active partnerships with stakeholders in the development of services.
Experience of improvement measurement systems and understanding of the role of measurement in performance improvement.
Experience of directly line managing and providing strategic leadership to large numbers of specialist staff/multi-disciplinary service teams ranging from bands 3 -- 7.
Experience of managing individual and team performance through the setting of objectives, PDPs and appraisals.
Experience of application of recruitment strategies and workforce development including undertaking skill mix reviews and succession planning.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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