General Manager- Surgical specialties | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £82,906 - £94,632 Per Annum Including HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, N18 1QX |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7722735/391-NMUH-7722735 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for a role as the General Manager for Surgical Specialties at Royal Free London, based at North Middlesex Hospital.
Reporting to the Divisional Director of Operations for SACCAS, the general manager will be responsible for operational leadership of the services that make up the directorate, within budget (Income & Expenditure) for an agreed level of activity and at an expected level of service and clinical quality.
This post is a senior operational management lead in the division providing support to the divisional director of operations (DDO) for the Surgical Specialties directorate.
This role will be primarily based at North Middlesex Hospital but the postholder will be expected to travel where required and have clear visibility across all health unit sites within their remit.
The general manager has an identified delegated responsibility for operational management of the directorate, ensuring the effective implementation of national and local strategies and the delivery of service objectives within available resources on all sites within the remit of the directorate.
Interviews will be help Monday, 16th of February.
The postholder will work with senior clinical and non-clinical leaders to drive and deliver excellent management leadership, support and capacity. They will ensure that effective management and delivery underpins the leadership of the directorate they manage and that the DDO is supported to ensure that leadership decisions are translated into the transformation and delivery of services and key transformation programmes.
They will work as a member of the directorate triumvirate with the head of nursing and clinical director.
The postholder will deputise for the DDO when required and provide cross cover for other general managers within the division.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk
• To provide senior management leadership in supporting the directorate’s contribution to the divisional, health unit and Trust agendas and national plans, within the clinical and corporate governance frameworks of the Trust.
• Ensuring delivery of high quality and safe services to patients, visitors and staff, including management of clinical governance, healthcare standards and risk.
• Delivering and maximising operational performance against management, professional and specialty standards.
Optimising resource management including the management of capacity and operational planning
Minimising boundaries between services, both within and outside divisions
• Managing operational staff and MDTs within the directorate(s).
• To remain up to date with changing objectives, external guidance, frameworks and directives, advising the directorate as necessary.
• To promote world class care and work in a way that is patient-centred, involves service users, responds positively to feedback from user groups and promotes teamwork across services.
• To promote a culture of safety and quality, openness and accountability, public service and teamwork in an environment of flexibility in which innovation can flourish in response to patients’ needs.
• In association with the directorate triumvirate of clinical director, , be accountable to the Divisional Board for financial performance relating to delegated budgets for which this post is responsible and the operational performance of the directorate,
providing reports to the Divisional Board as required.
• To develop appraisal, objective-setting and performance development plans for all clinical and non-clinical heads of service.
• To ensure the delivery and compliance of mandatory and statutory training (MAST) requirements for all staff Trust standards and targets.
• To participate in Trust’s out of hours/ on call rota and ensure competencies and training are up to date
This advert closes on Friday 30 Jan 2026