Job summary
This is an exciting and high-profile leadership opportunity at the heart of a dynamic hospital serving one of London's most diverse communities. As General Manager for Emergency and Acute you will be at the forefront of shaping how we deliver care to our communities - now and in the future.
You'll lead a portfolio of hospital-wide transformation programmes focused on high-impact, high-value change. From pathway redesign, service integration and cost improvement to culture change and innovation, your work will directly influence the experience of patients, staff, and partners across the system.
Main duties of the job
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate Barts Health 'we care' values of welcoming, engaging, collaborative, accountable, respectful and equitable.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of managing a significant service budget.
- Up-to-date knowledge of NHS system reform policy and other key policy drivers. (Performance Management, operating Framework, capacity planning, payment by results, independent sector development and Foundation Trust issues)
- Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Foundation Trust or similar organisation
- Successful delivery of significant organisational change
- Evidenceof a track record in change management
- Experience of managing people and teams
- Experience in developing creative solutions to problems
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable ability in: Strategic Planning
- Good understanding of inter-agency working Planning, developing and implementing strategies
- Development and implementation of active and effective communication systems
- In managing others, has an approach which is both inclusive and developmental
- Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent
- Uses a range of influencing strategies to bring about change and modernisation of services
- Strives to ensure that local people, staff and other agencies are involved in shaping the health modernisation agenda
- Takes time to build critical mass or support for a position, with the aim of getting results by working in partnership
- Looks to the future and is able to see and act on opportunities
- Uses a range of innovative approaches to progress a situation
- Uses detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to innovate
- Communicates the vision and brings it alive - describes what the future needs to look like in terms of service improvement and modernisation Gives people a sense that change is achievable and that their contribution matters
- Sets boundaries/parameters for how others are to work and act
- Ensures that processes are in place to support individuals in achieving standards and to learn from their mistakes and failures
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- Able to clarify key points from diverse and complex sets of information.
- Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions
- Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a commitment to the highest ethical and professional values and a belief in government funded healthcare Winning people over. Ability to articulate and persuade others up, down and across the NHS organisations and represent/act as an ambassador to the Trust
Qualifications
Essential
- Education to degree level or equivalent qualification and or experience.
- Postgraduate management diploma or equivalent In-depth knowledge in a number of management disciplines acquired through training and experience to degree level or equivalent
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of managing a significant service budget.
- Up-to-date knowledge of NHS system reform policy and other key policy drivers. (Performance Management, operating Framework, capacity planning, payment by results, independent sector development and Foundation Trust issues)
- Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Foundation Trust or similar organisation
- Successful delivery of significant organisational change
- Evidenceof a track record in change management
- Experience of managing people and teams
- Experience in developing creative solutions to problems
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable ability in: Strategic Planning
- Good understanding of inter-agency working Planning, developing and implementing strategies
- Development and implementation of active and effective communication systems
- In managing others, has an approach which is both inclusive and developmental
- Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent
- Uses a range of influencing strategies to bring about change and modernisation of services
- Strives to ensure that local people, staff and other agencies are involved in shaping the health modernisation agenda
- Takes time to build critical mass or support for a position, with the aim of getting results by working in partnership
- Looks to the future and is able to see and act on opportunities
- Uses a range of innovative approaches to progress a situation
- Uses detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to innovate
- Communicates the vision and brings it alive - describes what the future needs to look like in terms of service improvement and modernisation Gives people a sense that change is achievable and that their contribution matters
- Sets boundaries/parameters for how others are to work and act
- Ensures that processes are in place to support individuals in achieving standards and to learn from their mistakes and failures
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- Able to clarify key points from diverse and complex sets of information.
- Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions
- Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a commitment to the highest ethical and professional values and a belief in government funded healthcare Winning people over. Ability to articulate and persuade others up, down and across the NHS organisations and represent/act as an ambassador to the Trust
Qualifications
Essential
- Education to degree level or equivalent qualification and or experience.
- Postgraduate management diploma or equivalent In-depth knowledge in a number of management disciplines acquired through training and experience to degree level or equivalent
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).
