General Manager - Stroke & Neurosciences

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust seeks a dynamic leader to join the Directorate of Stroke and Neurosciences. This pivotal role, based at Charing Cross, involves oversight of key performance indicators, management of staff, and strategic development within an NHS framework. Ideal candidates will possess senior-level management experience in a clinical setting, alongside strong financial and interpersonal skills, to contribute to exceptional patient care.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working

Wellbeing support

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing clinical services in a large hospital setting.
• Proven success in leading large scale change and achieving performance targets.
• Excellent IT skills for document handling and financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Deliver agreed performance indicators related to clinical outcomes and efficiency.
• Ensure continuous improvement through management processes and compliance standards.
• Identify new opportunities and manage risk within the service directorate.

Skills

Clinical service management

Financial management

Performance management

Change management

Inter-personal skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Education

First degree or equivalent

Higher degree or masters level

Evidence of CPD

Job description

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative leader to join our team and lead the Directorate of Stroke and Neurosciences.

In this role, you will be predominantly based at Charing Cross Hospital, though with services also delivered at St Mary's Hospital you will be working as part of triumvirate team to lead delivery of a range of services against quality, financial, performance and strategic objectives.

Main duties of the job
• Delivery of agreed performance indicators in relation to clinical outcomes, clinical efficiency and service line reporting.
• Ensure the Directorate has clearly defined performance objectives supported by a management regime to deliver continuous improvement.
• Manage the implementation of systems, control processes and risk management arrangements to support monitoring of compliance with clinical governance standards, other Trust-wide policies and processes and best practice requirements;
• Monitor compliance within the directorate with Trust-wide staff management policies and procedures and take remedial action with accountable managers where shortfalls occur;
• Act as an authorising signatory for capital and revenue budgets within limits agreed with the directorate;
• Support the Divisional Director in identifying both new opportunities for the individual services within the directorate, arising from changes in the external environment or internal innovation and potential threats and ways to respond to them;

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First degree or equivalent
• Evidence of other specialist knowledge at higher degree or masters level
• Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector with up to date knowledge of patient services
• Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in clinical service management at a senior level in a large, complex acute hospital environment, including track record of staff management, financial management, performance management and change management
• Demonstrable success in delivering large scale change and performance with and through management and clinical teams
• Track record of financial delivery
• A good understanding of the changing NHS environment.
• Excellent IT and financial skills including the ability to create and handle large document using word processing skills, producing spread sheets and analysis for presentation at meetings, presentations and Board level events
• Excellent inter-personal and communications skills, with a track record in writing complex business cases and policies;
• Experience of managing and deciding on complex employment issues

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 362.4KB)
• FRF (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)