Deputy General Manager - Surgery - Band 8B

Job summary

There's never been a more exciting time to join United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT). The Lincoln Health economy has many unique challenges and with that comes huge opportunities for those who wish to join an innovative Trust that truly believes in the evolution of services for the benefit of our patients.

ULHT provides care and treatments across four main hospitals, Lincoln County Hospital, Grantham Hospital, Louth Hospital and Boston Pilgrim Hospital and also in some other community locations to allow us where possible to deliver care closer to home. As a Trust our sites are integral and dynamic which provides a real edge in keeping wait times short whilst maintaining choice for our patients.

Lincolnshire is a fantastic place to live, for growing families, young professionals and an ever growing University City with a thriving retail space, entertainmentand cultural delights and nightlife scenes for all ages.

We heavily invest in all our staff, our staff are our greatest and most precious asset, we want our teams to be the best that they can and in doing that we know they will deliver the outstanding care to the patients of Lincolnshire. Professional development and innovation is our passion and we recognize that developing effective and financially sustainable services is down to the commitment, skills and compassion of all our staff

Main duties of the job

The Deputy General Manager will be responsible for the Urology, Trauma and Orthopaedics, and Opthalmology (UTOO) Clinical Business Unit. The Deputy General Manager provides operational and strategic business planning and leadership across the Clinical Business Unit to ensure the provision of high quality services and to achieve their performance objectives. The attached Job Description provides further detail as to the role and its responsibilities.

The role is offer for either on a fixed term basis or secondment for a period of 12 months.

We choose our people very carefully, we are looking for an individual with a proven track record of delivering complex services and can demonstrate continued and sustained improvements to the quality of care provided within a reducing cost base. You will be a very strong leader and have the ability to foster and build relationships at all levels. If you are an ambitious, organised and have a passion for success and wish to be part of a winning team then we would really like you to apply for this very special opportunity

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated