General Manager - Band 8b

United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust; Swineshead; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for two substantive General Manager posts, delivering operational and strategic leadership across Clinical Business Units within the Lincolnshire Group.

You will drive performance, financial stewardship and service transformation with a focus on patient-centred care, engaging clinicians and staff to embed new ways of working in line with Trust values.

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable senior operational management in a complex organisation.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to manage multiple tasks with strategic view.
• Experience leading staff and driving service transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations within Clinical Business Units.
• Provide operational and strategic leadership and planning.
• Drive performance against targets and embed new ways of working.

Skills

Leadership

Financial acumen

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

People management

Education

Master's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The Surgery Care Group are seeking to appoint two substantive General Manager posts, providing operational and strategic business planning and leadership to dedicated CBUs within the Care Group.

The successful candidate will provide strong visible leadership ensuring that a culture of continuous and evidence-based improvement in all aspects of the service area is embedded to provide a high quality, efficient, effective and patient-focused range of services against quality, financial performance and strategic objectives. The successful candidate will actively demonstrate the Trust values in their working and will support the Trust's commitment to inclusion and positive cultural change.

If you have experience within the acute sector at senior manager level including operational responsibility for complex specialities/services and a proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets we would like to hear from you.

We are seeking individuals able to embrace change, inspire and lead others and help us establish and embed new ways of working, in line with our Trust values.

Responsible for leading and managing the day to day operations within a Clinical Business Unit you will be supported by strong clinical leadership and provided with appropriate development opportunities to support your career.

You need to be educated to Masters Level, or with equivalent experience, with demonstrable and credible experience of senior operational management roles in a complex organisation. Able to demonstrate a high level of financial acumen; an ability to manage multiple tasks whilst having a view on strategic direction and with a proven track record of delivering performance targets. Additionally, you must have excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills together with experience as a leader and manager of staff, along with knowledge and experience of service transformation.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).