Assistant General Manager - Elective Orthopaedic Centre

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital will be one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe.

The Dame Clare Marx Building that will house Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre (ESEOC) opens in August 2024 with a focus on elective orthopaedic surgery and day cases. The centre will have eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and support services including radiology and EBME.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will play a major role in the continuing development of service delivery for the benefit of our patients and high-quality patient focused care. You will work closely across the SNEE and region with other operational teams to ensure the optimisation of the theatres and wards. This will require you will contribute to the delivery and implementation of the strategic plan for the service and day to day operational management whilst maintaining financial performance.

If you have exceptional proven managerial skills, a strong focus on business, finance and performance and want to be a part of our new centre of excellence we would love to hear from you.

Please note, the interviews for this post will be held on the 18th December 2023.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for optimised theatre list utilisation in the centre, and is optimised for patients across SNEE and the wider region.
You will ensure the achievements of a high standard service, delivery of key performance indicators and continual development and review of processes for improving productivity and efficiency while working to national and internal quality standards.
The Operational Manager has responsibility for managing all aspects of operational delivery within the relevant clinical specialties of East Suffolk & North East Essex Foundation Trust to agreed quality standards and within the resource and income base available, to support the Trust's development as a clinically led organisation.
The Operational Manager will lead on the development, implementation, establishment and review of performance management systems within the relevant clinical specialties - it is critical that this is done collaboratively with other clinical specialties within the Division and across the other Divisions.
The Operational Manager will champion a strong focus of business acumen, finance and performance for services at the Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre
The Operational Manager will work closely with other acute providers to ensure the smooth transfer of patients for treatment in the Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre

About us

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

28 November 2023

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

432-HR1743-23

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5UP

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oProven experience of working in a management/leadership role
oExperience of managing , leading and motivating a team
oLeading service changes to improve performance
oLeading projects
oIdentifying and interpreting national policy and implementing required changes
oBusiness case development and annual planning, longer term planning

Qualifications

Essential

oEducated to masters level or equivalent experience
oManagement/leadership qualification or equivalent experience at post graduate level
oEvidence of continued professional development
oFurther relevant training

Desirable

oProject Management Qualification

Knowledge

Essential

oFinancial procedures including budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
oBusiness planning /annual planning/long term planning
oIn depth understanding of change management
oAble to use IT systems including Microsoft Office
oGood understanding of the current NHS agenda and healthcare policy
oKnowledge of service improvements/transformation and project management
oRisk management and governance

Desirable

oNHS IT systems

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oProven experience of working in a management/leadership role
oExperience of managing , leading and motivating a team
oLeading service changes to improve performance
oLeading projects
oIdentifying and interpreting national policy and implementing required changes
oBusiness case development and annual planning, longer term planning

Qualifications

Essential

oEducated to masters level or equivalent experience
oManagement/leadership qualification or equivalent experience at post graduate level
oEvidence of continued professional development
oFurther relevant training

Desirable

oProject Management Qualification

Knowledge

Essential

oFinancial procedures including budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
oBusiness planning /annual planning/long term planning
oIn depth understanding of change management
oAble to use IT systems including Microsoft Office
oGood understanding of the current NHS agenda and healthcare policy
oKnowledge of service improvements/transformation and project management
oRisk management and governance

Desirable

oNHS IT systems

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.