Deputy General Manager - Specialist Medicine

Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group in England is seeking an experienced senior manager to lead hospital operations within the NHS framework. You will oversee large teams, drive quality and financial performance, and guide policy implementation and service delivery.

The role requires extensive line management, change leadership, and deep knowledge of NHS governance and commissioning frameworks. You will work with senior stakeholders to shape care pathways, maintain patient safety, and ensure

Qualifications

• First degree or has appropriate level of senior management experience.
• Masters’ degree or equivalent relevant experience to the role or demonstrable equivalent working experience.
• Management qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Acute NHS hospital operational experience.
• Extensive line management and problem solving experience.
• Successful change management experience.
• Writing, implementing and monitoring policies for quality control and service delivery.
• Budgetary experience and delivery of Cost Improvement Schemes.
• Leading and supporting managers with the development of retention and succession plans
• Able to influence decision making and challenge at a senior level.
• Awareness and understanding of the wider NHS Agenda.
• Knowledge in Clinical Governance.
• Knowledge of Business Planning and implementation.
• Issues relating to relevant Care Group.
• Commissioning framework.
• Excellent communication & influencing skills.
• Able to both lead and be part of a team.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to work flexibly, to meet demands of the service.

Skills

Communication

Influencing

Leadership

Teamwork

Problem solving

Budget management

Change leadership

Policy writing

Education

First degree

Masters degree

Management qualification

CPD ongoing

Job description

Detailed job description

and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First degree or has appropriate level of senior management experience.
• Masters’ degree or equivalent relevant experience to the role or demonstrable equivalent working experience.
• Management qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable criteria

• Healthcare qualification.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Acute NHS hospital operational experience.
• Extensive line management and problem solving experience.
• Successful change management experience.
• Writing, implementing and monitoring policies for quality control and service delivery.
• Budgetary experience and delivery of Cost Improvement Schemes.
• Leading and supporting managers with the development of retention and succession plans
• Able to influence decision making and challenge at a senior level.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Awareness and understanding of the wider NHS Agenda.
• Knowledge in Clinical Governance.
• Knowledge of Business Planning and implementation.

Desirable criteria

• Issues relating to relevant Care Group.
• Commissioning framework.

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication & influencing skills.
• Able to both lead and be part of a team.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to work flexibly, to meet demands of the service.

Desirable criteria

• Able to deal effectively with complaints both in person and in writing.

Personal attributes

Essential criteria

• Brings a learning mind set (a belief that people can learn, grow and improve, and therefore setbacks are opportunities to learn).
• Speaks up (having the conviction and sense of purpose to speak up when it might be easier to refrain).
• Brings compassion and humility (empathising with others and seeing one’s role as being to support others and ensure they feel heard and valued).
• Takes people with them (shaping the arguments and rationales that will appeal to the audience, given their concerns, agendas and needs)
• Drives for better outcomes (identifying opportunities and taking action to improve).
• Finds new solutions (bringing new insights and thinking to the table).

Desirable criteria

• Creates a safe environment where people can feel comfortable not knowing all the answers.
• Decides not to do what has been asked, because it is better in the long term for patients/service users and other outcomes.
• Puts others’ needs and perspectives at the heart of decision making.
• Navigates organisational politics and culture, key stakeholders and personalities, to build support and engagement
• Takes risks, by taking action and implementing solutions that haven’t been tried and test.
• Acts from a system’s mind set.
• Fundamentally re-thinks how to deliver services.