Associate General Manager - Theatres

Lewishamandgreenwich; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate General Manager for Theatres to lead operational management across multiple sites. This role involves ensuring the safe and efficient running of operating theatres, working closely with clinical teams, and managing budgets. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in operational management within the healthcare sector, possess excellent communication skills, and demonstrate a commitment to enhancing patient care. Join a dedicated team focused on continuous improvement and making a positive impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in healthcare or management required.
• Significant operational management experience in the acute sector.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily operational management support for theatres across sites.
• Monitor service delivery against strategic trust and business plans.

Skills

Operational Management

Project Management

Budget Management

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Education

Masters degree in healthcare or management

Degree and/or equivalent senior management experience

Tools

Spreadsheet Analysis

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Job Summary

This is an excellent opportunity to join Theatres, working cross site within the Surgery Division as a senior member of the Critical Care, Theatres, Anaesthetic and Pain directorate. You will be the lead for operational management of operating theatres across sites - ensuring your team can safely run theatres, monitoring theatre performance, and working closely with senior directorate colleagues, your line reports, and key stakeholders to provide high quality, safe, and efficient patient care.

You (along with your team) will ensure the theatre scheduling and 6-4-2 process runs seamlessly and efficiently, and you will be a key leader within theatres along with the matrons for each site, and the surgical hub. You will be responsible for working with the clinical team on our theatres equipment and consumables - focusing on efficiency, safety, and cost.

You will need to demonstrate clear operational knowledge, along with strong theatres experience.

We are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates. We want all suitable candidates to apply and we want to ensure that we hear from you if you can bring insights to the work of the Trust, if you are from a Black, Asian or other ethnic minority background, live with a disability (visible or not), or are LGBT+.

Main Duties of the Job

The Associate General Manager will provide daily effective operational management support for Theatres across sites. Assisting Senior Managers and Multi Disciplinary Teams as required, assuring that our Theatre services are responsive, innovative, and provided to the highest possible clinical and performance standards. Ensuring we provide the best possible patient experience. Reporting to the General Manager, the Associate General Manager will be responsible for:

1. Monitoring service delivery against strategic trust and business plans identified throughout the year to ensure successful delivery.
2. Leading on designated projects within the Theatre Improvement Project.
3. Working with the General Manager to produce accurate, high quality business cases for service developments.
4. Budget management.
5. Working with service managers, lead nurses, clinical leads, and wider teams to achieve sustained improvements.
6. Ensuring that the divisional services provided are of a consistently high quality and deliver excellent patient experience.

Working as part of a dedicated, diverse, and friendly team you will have training and opportunities for development as we continue our journey of improving together. The employees at LGT work together in a unique way, demonstrating a team spirit with unmatched determination.

About Us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivating a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team, and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from Black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+, and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
• Improving the experience of staff with disability.
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
• Making equalities mainstream.

Job Responsibilities

1. To promote and support the development of the Trust's mission, values, aims, and objectives.
2. To contribute to the production of the Division's strategic and business plans, leading where identified as part of the annual planning cycle and on an ad-hoc basis as required.
3. To monitor service delivery against strategic and business plans in identified specialties throughout the year to ensure successful delivery.
4. To work with the General Manager to produce accurate, high quality business cases for service developments, taking into account activity and income projections.
5. To play a major role in modernising the operational delivery of services within the division in line with the strategic direction of the Trust, working with clinical teams to embed changes and deliver required efficiency improvements.
6. Responsible for the delivery of identified quality and service improvement projects or development programmes that contribute to the modernisation of patient services and enhancing experiences.
7. To develop a cross-working relationship across all delivery areas of care.
8. To work with and support the Transformation team in order to implement change management.
9. To work collaboratively with colleagues from the Whole System Integration Group (WSIG) and partner organisations to promote the tripartite agenda, service integration, and development.
10. To deputise for, and act up on behalf of, the General Manager as and when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Masters degree in healthcare or management or demonstrable ability to work at Masters level.
• Degree and/or equivalent senior management experience.
• Evidence of running 6-4-2 and scheduling.
• Project management experience.
• Evidence of people management.

Experience Essential

• Operational management experience within the acute sector.
• Proven track record of meeting significant national targets.
• Knowledge and understanding of the modernisation agenda and the opportunities for redesigning services and the tools and techniques for achieving service change.
• Significant experience of staff management, including the setting of objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment, and disciplinary issues.
• Significant budget management experience, including reducing costs, monitoring, and determining corrective action.
• Evidence of report writing and presenting skills, to include business cases and formal presentations.

Job Related Skills Essential

• Full range of IT skills including spreadsheet analysis.
• Excellent communication skills across the organisation and with a wide range of staff with differing levels of responsibility and different professional backgrounds.
• Experience of dealing with complex issues in a large organisation.
• Ability to work pro-actively and co-operatively with senior management and clinical staff, including at times of stress.

Desirable

• ECDL.

Personal Skills Essential

• Commitment to self-development with ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of key policies and themes in healthcare provision in the UK.
• An ability and interest in coaching staff to improve performance.
• Commitment to promoting equality and diversity in the workplace and in service delivery and development.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Employer Details

Employer name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address: Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham, London, SE13 6LH

Employer's website: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust