Deputy General Manager - Children's Medicine and Neonatology
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic individual to who can join the Medicine and Neonates directorate management team to provide clear, compassionate, and inspirational leadership across our children's surgical services.
We are a supportive and friendly team, striving to deliver excellent and innovative care to our local children and their families. The successful candidate will work alongside our Clinical Director, General Manager and Head of Nursing s to supporting the operational delivery of our services. This will include quality and productivity performance management, leading projects, and supporting workforce development.The post holder will need to be able to influence and engage with stakeholder partners across the system and possess a clear voice and vision for the communities we serve. They should have excellent communication skills with a record of service delivery, quality improvement and workforce development.
Please note that the interview process will also include a stakeholder panel.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy General Manager (DGM) is accountable to the General Manager. The purpose of the DGM is to support and deputise for the General Manager and Head of Nursing to ensure that both strategic and operational demands are met.
The DGM role will be accountable to the General Manager for the delivery of clinical services within and across the directorate, for assessing the impact of change and making decisions, balancing risks and priorities, and for providing advice to the General Manager and the Directorate Management Team.
The post holder will support the Clinical Director and General Manager with the development and delivery of a strategic vision and ensure service changes meet internal and external expectations and standards.
The post holder will be responsible for implementing and managing systems and processes to ensure that all services are delivered in accordance with Trust-wide policies.
The post has direct line management responsibility for the directorate service managers and the delivery and performance management of those services. In the first instance this will include the review and, where necessary, the development of mechanisms for performance management at service level, workforce development and representing the GM and HON in their absence.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
Evelina London is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share. We have an ambitious strategic development programme, with backing from Guy's and St Thomas'.
Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in hospital and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. Evelina London is here for children, young people and women from London to South East England, and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.
Find out more www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk. Watch our short film to see inside our children's hospital.
Date posted
26 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£66,718 to £76,271 a year per annum (incl. of HCAA)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
196-EVE0431-H
Job locations
Evelina London Children's Hospital
Lambeth Palace Road
London
SE1 7EH
Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Evelina London Children's Hospital
Lambeth Palace Road
London
SE1 7EH
Employer's website
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)
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