Job summary
A fantastic 12 month fixed term opportunity has arisen to join Evelina London Women's & Children's Healthcare as Deputy General Manager for the Children's Cardio-Respiratory & Intensive Care Directorate. You will be an individual with an excellent track-record in operational management, combined with the commitment and leadership skills to deliver our ambitious and exciting vision for children's surgical services for South London, South East England and beyond. You will be a part of the Directorate Management team - led by the Clinical Director, General Manager and Head of Nursing - and responsible for operational delivery of a range of services.Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in our hospitals and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life.
As the only NHS Trust in London with women's and specialist children's services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality care for mothers, babies and children. We operate through five clinical directorates: Children's Medicine and Neonatology; Children's Surgery, Theatres and Anaesthesia; Children's Cardio-respiratory and Intensive Care; Children's Community Services and Women's Services.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a kind, compassionate and motivated leader who can bring energy and focus to this exciting Deputy General Manager role in the Children's Cardio-Respiratory and Intensive Care Directorate. The post holder will have a strong background in operational management, either in an acute or community setting.
The Deputy General Manager will work closely with the General Manager, Clinical Director and Head of Nursing to support and oversee the delivery of clinical services across the directorate. This will include supporting Service Managers and Clinical Leads with day to day operational service delivery, managing risk, using data to inform decision making, and leading on a range of service improvements to improve the quality and accessibility of our services.
This post will provide an individual with the opportunity to broaden their understanding of Children's Cardio-Respiratory and Intensive Care Services.
About us
Evelina London Children's Healthcare (ELCH) is the second largest provider of acute (hospital) children's services in London. We provide children's hospital services (secondary acute services) to the local area and an almost comprehensive portfolio of tertiary services (we take referrals from other healthcare organisations such as local or district hospitals) to south London and south east England. We also provide specialist and universal children's community services to the communities in Lambeth and Southwark.
On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - a truly once in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence that will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for someone who will bring excellent operational management experience and skills, with a strong interest in innovation, service improvement and development, and a commitment to collective leadership. You will be highly collaborative, systematic and rigorous in your approach, with very well developed communication skills and high levels of emotional intelligence. We would like to encourage applicants from all backgrounds.
In this post you will work alongside medical, nursing and allied multi professional staff as well as the core teams of Heads of Service, Matrons and Service Managers developing excellent services that are fit for the future. A strong track-record of successful delivery is essential as is a passionate desire to make a difference to children, young people and their families.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for someone who will bring excellent operational management experience and skills, with a strong interest in innovation, service improvement and development, and a commitment to collective leadership. You will be highly collaborative, systematic and rigorous in your approach, with very well developed communication skills and high levels of emotional intelligence. We would like to encourage applicants from all backgrounds.
In this post you will work alongside medical, nursing and allied multi professional staff as well as the core teams of Heads of Service, Matrons and Service Managers developing excellent services that are fit for the future. A strong track-record of successful delivery is essential as is a passionate desire to make a difference to children, young people and their families.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Masters, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Prince 2 qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures
- Experience of managing large, multi-stranded budgets from a range of income sources and demonstrable evidence of individual, team, financial, process and change management.
- Extensive operational leadership experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment.
Skills
Essential
- Highly effective people and project management skills.
- Use advanced analytical and judgement skills including understanding and application of complex statistical and numerical data.
- Work flexibly, prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements
- Excellent interpersonal, communication (written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills with a track record in consistently delivering performance targets and writing complex business cases, policies and change
- Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Masters, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Prince 2 qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures
- Experience of managing large, multi-stranded budgets from a range of income sources and demonstrable evidence of individual, team, financial, process and change management.
- Extensive operational leadership experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment.
Skills
Essential
- Highly effective people and project management skills.
- Use advanced analytical and judgement skills including understanding and application of complex statistical and numerical data.
- Work flexibly, prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements
- Excellent interpersonal, communication (written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills with a track record in consistently delivering performance targets and writing complex business cases, policies and change
- Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems
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.
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
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.
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).
