Job summary
**Please note this vacancy is a 12 month secondment and you are strongly encouraged to discuss with your line manager in the first instance about feasibility of your move, should you be successful. **
The Adult Critical Care department is looking for an experienced operational manager with excellent communication skills and a passion for delivering high quality patient care. The role is cross site between the two hospitals.
Main duties of the job
The service manager will manage the day to day running of the service and lead on delivery against all key performance areas including finance, access targets and productivity, as well as improvement projects and service developments.
There are sizeable projects currently ongoing and the post holder will be expected to take an active role in driving forward on these and other projects for timely delivery including the upgrade of our estate at Guy's Critical Care Unit to make the service more resilient, contribute to the stabilisation of Epic across the service and play a part in the strategic planning of the Health informatics team.
About us
Critical care is a fast paced service responsible for delivering intensive care, high dependency care, outreach and ECMO retrieval service and post critical care recovery pathway; some of which are specially commissioned services receiving patient referrals from across London, the South East and even further afield. The successful candidate will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that we deliver a high quality and timely service to our patients and build strong working relationships with the immediate team and external colleagues working within the network while taking responsibility for the administrative function of the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification of the job attached within this advert for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification of the job attached within this advert for more information.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
Previous experience
Essential
- Evidence of managing successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures.
- Operational experience in managing specific services including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multi-professional environment.
- Experience of managing complex budgets from a range of income sources and demonstrable evidence of individual, team, financial, process and change management.
Desirable
- Managing Consultants and junior doctors
Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Knowledge of operations and / or project management methodologies and techniques.
- Knowledge of contract management.
- Understanding and track record of successful change and project management.
- Effective people and project management skills.
- Excellent management skills including motivating and coaching staff.
- Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
Additional
Essential
- A commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
Previous experience
Essential
- Evidence of managing successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures.
- Operational experience in managing specific services including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multi-professional environment.
- Experience of managing complex budgets from a range of income sources and demonstrable evidence of individual, team, financial, process and change management.
Desirable
- Managing Consultants and junior doctors
Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Knowledge of operations and / or project management methodologies and techniques.
- Knowledge of contract management.
- Understanding and track record of successful change and project management.
- Effective people and project management skills.
- Excellent management skills including motivating and coaching staff.
- Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
Additional
Essential
- A commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration.
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).
