Band 8c General Manager - Children's Directorate

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Job summary

The General Manager role is a senior operational role providing leadership and direction to operational staff within a designated directorate or site, consisting of multiple specialties located across Queen's and King George Hospitals, and other satellite sites.

You will work in a directorate triumvirate with the Clinical Director & Head of Nursing, with a particular focus on providing high quality, safe, well-governed, productive and cost-effective services which support the Trust in delivering its strategic objectives

This role along with triumvirate colleagues will provide compassionate and inclusive leadership to those within their areas of responsibility. In addition, there will be joint responsibility and accountability with the triumvirate for delivering, patient safety, financial targets, efficiencies, workforce planning and service delivery to improve safe patient flow within and outside the directorate.

Recognising and celebrating our workforce demographics the post holder will be responsible for ensuring the directorate operates in an inclusive and transparent way. Improving and maintaining staff experience within the directorate is a key requirement for this role.

With guidance and direction from the Clinical Group triumvirate the postholder with contribute and implement the Clinical Group performance strategy. This will include working with various staff groups across the directorate to support the development and delivery of excellent patient care.

Main duties of the job

You will be the professional accountable operational leader across the directorate or site ensuring appropriate structures are in place to support and inspire staff at all levels encouraging innovation, excellence and succession planning.

You will support the Clinical Group Director of Operations and others in providing strategic and inspirational leadership that will create a caring, fair and open culture in line with our Trust values.

To provide expert operational and managerial resource to staff in designated directorate

Responsible for the development of an open and engaging culture for staff, accelerating inclusivity / allyship and promoting a patient-centred and culturally sensitive approach to the delivery of patient care.

To role model and promote inclusion at every level, ensuring equity, helping all staff to grow, and ensuring diversity is positively valued and developed across the directorate and wider clinical group /Site.

Support the Clinical Group triumvirate in the achievement of goals and key performance indicators and put in place mechanisms to audit and evaluate strategy and operational performance.

To provide financial stability to the directorate and wider Clinical Group through effective deployment of staff and resources, and monitor and deliver key objectives within the directorate budget.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Date posted

14 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£80,025 to £91,336 a year per annum inclusive

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

162-6334-TA

Job locations

Women & Child Health Mngmt

Queens Hospital, Rom Valley Way

Romford

RM7 0AG

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Nadeem Arif, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5938. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

o Master's degree, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience
o Relevant post-graduate qualification or equivalent experience
o Leadership development
o Mentorship training

Desirable

o Management qualification
o Coaching training

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

o Effective leadership skills
o Budgetary management skills
o Excellent organisational skills and time management
o Excellent IT skills in the use of Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

o Significant operational experience at a senior level in complex environment
o Experience in managing organisational change
o Able to demonstrate inclusive and compassionate leadership
o Experience in developing and managing high quality strategic direction and delivery action plans

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

o Master's degree, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience
o Relevant post-graduate qualification or equivalent experience
o Leadership development
o Mentorship training

Desirable

o Management qualification
o Coaching training

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

o Effective leadership skills
o Budgetary management skills
o Excellent organisational skills and time management
o Excellent IT skills in the use of Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

o Significant operational experience at a senior level in complex environment
o Experience in managing organisational change
o Able to demonstrate inclusive and compassionate leadership
o Experience in developing and managing high quality strategic direction and delivery action plans

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).

Additional information