General Manager - Children's Services

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Hartford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced manager to lead services within their Children's Directorate. Responsibilities include overseeing clinical operations, ensuring high-quality patient care, and collaborating with various stakeholders. This role requires strong leadership skills, a driving license for travel, and a commitment to improving services for children and young people. The position offers opportunities for professional growth within a supportive leadership team.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and use of a vehicle.
• Will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the operational management and delivery of patient-focused clinical services.
• Ensure service delivery and quality improvement are patient-centered.
• Establish relationships with clinical staff and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with quality objectives and governance requirements.
• Lead the development of workforce capability among staff.
• Develop and review strategic directions for services.
• Focus on performance targets and quality improvements.
• Lead service transformation in line with the Trust’s strategy.
• Keep Trust Executive appraised of developments.
• Contribute to contract negotiation for Trust income.
• Secure necessary resources for service delivery.
• Ensure financial activity targets are met.

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced manager to lead and improve services across our Children's Directorate, which includes Community Paediatrics, Paediatric Therapies, Tier 4 inpatient mental health, Community CAMHS, and specialist services. This is a key operational leadership role, responsible for ensuring safe, effective, and high-quality care. We are seeking someone with a values-driven approach and a strong track record of delivering against local and national targets to balance the need for authenticity and compassion in leadership alongside performance improvement and financial accountability. You'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to drive service improvement in both mental and physical health for children and young people. The role offers a diverse portfolio, with varied commissioning and contracting arrangements, providing excellent opportunities for professional growth and autonomy within a supportive senior leadership team. Strong communication and partnership skills are essential, as the role involves strategic and operational liaison with a wide range of stakeholders. If you're ready for a new challenge and want to make a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the operational management and delivery of excellent, high quality, patient focused and effective clinical services within the area of responsibility ensuring that all service targets and objectives are delivered as set out in the business plan.
• Ensure that all aspects of service delivery, service development and quality improvement are focused on patient and carer experience, patient safety and clinical effectiveness.
• Establish excellent relationships with clinical staff, leaders and external stakeholders successfully developing high quality clinical services in response to evidence-based practice and commissioner requirements.
• Ensure that all care pathway services within the area of responsibility meet their quality objectives and comply with the governance requirements of CQC, NHS Improvement, and the Mental Health Act.
• Coordinate the contribution and involvement of support and corporate services to the work of the area of responsibility in support of the business plan.
• Lead the development of workforce capability so that all staff have the right skills, knowledge and behaviours to deliver effective services, and to create a working environment and open culture which fosters high morale and commitment among all staff and promotes their professional and personal development.
• To be responsible for developing and reviewing the strategic direction of each service within the area of responsibility, supporting, and collaborating with the Clinical Director, Operational Director (OD), Associate Director of Quality & Nursing and the directorate leadership team.
• To be responsible for ensuring that the management team within the area of responsibility focuses on performance targets, and quality and efficiency improvements.
• To lead on service transformation and improvement throughout the area of responsibility in line with the Trust's strategy.
• To keep the Trust Executive appraised of developments and trends within the area of responsibility through attendance at the Performance and Risk Executive.
• To lead the area of responsibility in conjunction with the Operational Director, Clinical Director, Associate Director of Quality & Nursing, and the directorate leadership team for agreement with the Trust Executive.
• To contribute to the contract negotiation process, so that Trust income can be maximised and clear objectives set.
• To be responsible for securing the necessary resources and facilities to deliver the directorate business plan and all business developments, and to support the Operational Director, Clinical Director, Associate Director of Quality & Nursing, and the directorate leadership team in high-quality, cost-effective service delivery.
• To ensure that agreed financial activity and other performance targets are delivered.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and use of a vehicle.
• Will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines.

For more information, please contact Caroline Simmons, Operations Director for Children, Young People and Families Directorate directly at [e-mail].

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.