Deputy General Manager | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £66,718 - £76,271 pa pr incl HCAS (20%) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Tooting, London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6169550/200-NN-6169550-AC-Z |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen within the Women's Health directorate at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for a Deputy General Manager supporting Gynaecology and Maternity Services. The role is a key part of the leadership team within the directorate. The successful candidate will play a key part of the Recovery plans for services, working collaboratively with the clinical and corporate services in driving performance. The successful candidate will be innovative and can manage own work, develop relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and be driven by the desire to make improvements.
The Deputy General Manager is responsible for the operational delivery of all aspects of the Directorate. In some areas they will directly control the performance of their areas and in some areas such as in outpatients and theatres will have to work with other management teams to achieve the required outputs and tactically lead the recovery plan for the directorate.
The Deputy General Manager is responsible for the performance of staff whose main base is in their Directorate. Each Directorate has a unique combination of challenges to overcome in order to ensure that St. George’s delivers an outstanding clinical service. The Deputy General Manager works as a peer with the Lead Clinicians in each Care Group , Clinical Director and Director of Midwifery & Gynaecology Outpatient Nursing. The Deputy General Manager takes responsibility for operational issues in the Directorate particularly the management of issues around acute care and bed flows. The Deputy General Manager will deputise for the General Manager. The Deputy General Manager and Lead Clinicians are together responsible for Clinical Governance issues.
The post holder will have strategic involvement which will include managing finances and producing business cases for each Care Group, as well as overseeing day-to-day operations. It is expected that the post holder will represent the Care Groups to key stakeholders within and outside of the Trust. The post holder will be responsible for the achievement of all relevant NHS/Trust targets.
Trust Vision & Values:
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these.
Leadership
To deputise in the absence of the General Manager and Director of Midwifery & Gynaecology, as required to represent the Directorate at Strategic and Trust meetings as directed by the General Manager To contribute to the development of the Strategic Direction of the Directorate and to assist in the determination of policy and strategy To be aware of the Trusts Major Incident plan and to activate or respond to it appropriately To take on delegated responsibility on behalf of the General Managers in the achievement and management of Trust corporate targets. Ensure all Trust Policies are implemented efficiently and effectively. In some situations to assume full managerial responsibility for designated services, service developments and policy implementation as directed by the
General Manager.
Develop the leadership and managerial capability within the Clinical Directorate to bring about effective change. Work to devolve management and decision making and specifically to increase involvement of clinical staff. Ensure that service developments and business plans have the involvement and commitment of clinicians. Provide effective leadership for non-clinical staff Facilitate effective team working across the Directorate.
Please see attached JD for detailed job description.
This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Apr 2024
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