About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our operational senior management team in the Division of Specialist Medicine at the Royal London Hospital.
The role of Associate General Manager will provide senior oversight for operational delivery and transformation projects for their delegated portfolio. This role is considered a senior leadership team within the Division and will be working closely with the Divisional Leadership Team, Senior Nurses, Clinical Directors and General Managers as part of the Directorate Leadership Team for SHaRD and Clinical Pathology. We are looking for an individual that can demonstrate a strong understanding of core operational principles such as waiting list recovery and management, clinical efficiency and consultant job planning, delivery of cost improvement programmes, service transformation, financial and budget management, patient flow and strong governance skills. The role is busy and requires strong leadership skills, high attention to detail and good organisation and delegation skills. The successful candidate will take on a number of key operational leadership tasks and lead large scale transformation projects as delegated by the General Manager. The postholder will deputise for the General Manager, Senior Nurse(s) or Clinical Director(s) as required as a member of the senior leadership team within Specialist Medicine.
Main duties of the job
The Associate General Manager is a key senior management role within the Division of Specialist Medicine for SHaRD and Clinical Pathology. The SHaRD Directorate includes; Dermatology, Rheumatology, Sexual Health and Community Women's Health Services. The Clinical Pathology Directorate include; Clinical Haematology, Haemophilia, Cellular Pathology, Clinical Immunology and Infection. The role is responsible for the operational delivery and service transformation of these services.Many of the services are networked across Barts Health NHS Trust and offers a range of tertiary and highly specialist services.
The role is responsible for ensure safe, efficient and financially sustainable use of resources to achieve key performance targets in line with local and national agreements. The role will provide mentorship and senior oversight to junior management colleagues and service leads. The role will work closely with the Directorate Triumvirate (General Manager, Senior Nurse and Clinical Director) to deliver the trust-wide, site-wide, divisional and directorate strategy. The postholder will lead on ensuring performance and quality targets are achieved and implement mitigation plans where services are off target.
The postholder will use good problem solving and horizon scanning skills to risk assess, mitigate and implement lasting solutions as issues arise.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description Job 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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience managing large groups of staff Experience managing a significant service budget Significant operational management experience, including strong experience of managing/supporting teams to improve patient waiting times. Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement projects. Working across and leading Trust-Wide projects Has experience of putting together a business case and contributing to its implementation
Desirable
Experience of Acute Hospital Information or Patient Administration Systems Previous experience or involvement in a business planning cycle Managing services across sites
Skills Essential
Able to understand complex issues, problem solve, propose and implement solutions. Understanding of project and programme management techniques Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams and have them understand the Trust's performance expectations, as well as your own performance expectations. Able to analyse complex data to produce succinct information appropriate for its audience. Advanced Microsoft 365 skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and CoPilot Able to demonstrate achievements in change management Able to communicate the vision and bring it alive - describes what the future needs to look like in terms of service improvement and modernisation Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services Ability to rapidly develop strong working relationships and gain the confidence of others, including those across other Barts Health sites Able to be flexible when schedule or workload deadlines have to met
Qualifications Essential
Educated to relevant Degree level Master's in health related or management related field. Recognised management, quality improvement or project management qualification
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge and awareness of the issues affecting NHS acute hospitals. Demonstrable ability to evaluate and improve service quality Evidence of continuing education and development
Desirable
Knowledge of the current challenges and priorities for Specialist Medicine.
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.
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Employer details Employer name Barts Health NHS Trust
Address Royal London Hospital
London
E1 1FR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)