Directorate General Manager for Medicines
| Posting date: | 28 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £78,120.00 to £90,013.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £78120.00 - £90013.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bodelwyddan, LL18 5UJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | H9050-25-2264 |
Summary
Operational Management/General Accountable for the delivery of the Hospital Sites multiple clinical, professional and other services, in accordance with Health Board governance arrangements, and statutory compliance requirements. Responsible for the efficient management of the Hospital Site, ensuring timely and appropriate decisions to deliver quality patient care within the resources available. Work closely with the Hospital Sites lead professional managers and consultant medical staff in ensuring that their individual operational plans are consistent with corporate objectives and priorities and ensure that individual priorities are determined within the Directorate. Develop and operate performance management systems for the effective and efficient use of resources in accordance with Health Board policy. To interpret National policies such as Patient Access, National Service Frameworks and Clinical Governance Standards. In order to translate into deliverable action plans and to influence and propose changes to local Health Board policies. Ensure effective and timely communication with all staff throughout the Directorate and between Directorate s. Setting and encouraging the achievement of standards of excellence in managerial practice and leading the promotion of a management ethos in which high standards of performance and quality care are the 'norm'. Promoting a culture within the Directorate, which is underpinned by open-communication and team working across disciplines'. Responsible for delivery of major organisational and service delivery change across operational, professional and/or organisational boundaries, to include workforce rationalisation and conflict resolution in order to promote staff acceptance and understanding. Planning Actively influence the development of the Health Board and WG's strategic and operational plans and priorities. To ensure that service developments are anticipated and planned in line with the Health Boards strategic direction and process. This includes the development of longer term changes that impact across the Hospital Site. Ensure the development of an annual Directorate Business Plan in accordance with National and local guidance, which reflects/supports National and local plans and objectives that provides modern 'designed' patient care responsive to the needs of service users. Responsible for the Directorates 5-year rolling capital planning process, ensuring that capital assets are managed effectively. Working in accordance with the Health Boards Operational Plan; Capital Framework; National Collaborative and Together for Health. Prepare business cases to support long term strategic service changes/developments in accordance with National and local guidance e.g. National Service Framework, Cancer Plan, and business cases to Welsh Assembly Government for long term service change and reconfiguration including major capital developments. Planning and implementing operational arrangements for achieving Hospital targets in relation to standards and quality of care and activity. Support the Commissioning Team in the production and agreement of Service Contracts and capacity planning profiles with commissioners. Lead discussions/negotiations with commissioners in respect to the strategic development/change of service specific areas. Devise and implement objectives for each clinical area, sub speciality and provide performance management support to monitor achievement and respond to the Hospital Performance Review. Input as required into National Committees and debates to develop Welsh Strategy. Commission, sponsor and participate in audit and research (clinical and non-clinical) which enhances service delivery and service reconfiguration. Ensure that the Directorate develops and delivers a rolling audit programme as part of the clinical effectiveness agenda.