General Manager | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £85,431 - £97,148 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 October 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7459573/259-7421470SBH-A |
Summary
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, and collaborative leader to take up a permanent General Manager position. The remit for the role is:
- Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
- Operating Theatres
- Peri-Operative Medicine
This post is ideal for someone wanting to build on their existing operational management experience and/or someone who has a clinical leadership background looking to expand their experience. As part of the directorate leadership team, the post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the safe, high quality and efficient delivery of clinical services.
Please note this post is being re-advertised after being initially open to internal re-deployees only. It is now open to external applicants.
Interview date: 8th October 2025
Provide operational leadership, as part of the leadership team, across the directorate covering quality, access, finance and people;
Lead the elective recovery planning and delivery efforts for the imaging modalities with a focus on delivering diagnostic targets and supporting 18 week and diagnostic targets;
Work closely with Trust-wide operational and clinical colleagues to support the Trust's elective recovery programme as a whole
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.
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.
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.
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.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Sep 2025