Directorate Manager for General Surgery
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
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Job summary
This post presents a fantastic opportunity to join a multi-specialty surgical Directorate. You will work alongside an existing Directorate Manager to manage the overall service, having responsibility for the following specialties; Breast, Vascular and Plastic Surgery. You will also take the Directorate managerial lead for Governance as well as having managerial responsibility for the Directorate's administrative functions.
As well as close working with the existing Directorate Manager, Matron and Clinical Director to oversee the whole Directorate, you will work alongside the Matron and each of the service clinical leads to manage, develop and improve the services within your portfolio.
This post offers a mix of elective and emergency care and is ideal for someone who wishes to be challenged, deliver improvement and progress their career.
The right person will have experience in or a demonstrable passion for delivery and management of surgical services and have a track record of performance, transformation and clinical pathway improvement delivery.
Main duties of the job
Provide business and operational management support to the Group Manager and Senior Matron
In conjunction with the Group Manager, develop business plans for the directorate
Identify opportunities for new markets and schemes to generate additional income
Develop appropriate strategies for inclusion in the business plan to take full advantage of these opportunities
In conjunction with the Group Manager, be responsible for the formulation and implementation of the long-term strategic plans for the directorate
Work closely with the Group Manager to ensure that performance monitoring within the monitoring within the directorate is robust and that contractual targets and standards are achieved
Work with the corporate accountant to provide appropriate financial and activity information to the directorate, and support the Group Manager in managing the delegated budgets
Working closely with the Group Manager, ensure that quality standards, both agreed with commissioners and dictated by national policy, are achieved
Establish local quality standards to improve patient care and directorate efficiency
Identify and implement centralised functions across the directorate to generate cost and service efficiencies
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust are delighted that we have been rated as a"Good"organisation by CQC and just like you, we are ambitious about what we do. We are continually striving to improve patients' experience and outcomes.
Bring your dedication and determination here, and you will benefit from the support of an experienced and enthusiastic multi-professional team committed to the delivery of brilliant patient care.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services. We have been nationally recognised for providing excellence in healthcare; we are home to the busiest and most technologically advanced Cardiac Centre in the West Midlands. We have a strong research focus; the Trust hosts the Clinical Research Network West Midlands (CRN WM), which is part of the National Institute for Health Research, the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS. This alliance makes sure that clinical research occupies the place it deserves and is a driver to improve patient care.
Date posted
22 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
225-DIV1-6388938
Job locations
New Cross Hospital
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
Employer details
Employer name
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address
New Cross Hospital
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
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