Specialty General Manager

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here annd know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

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Job overview

We are advertising an exciting opportunity for two Specialty General Managers to join us within the Clinical Support, Therapies & Outpatients Division.

Collaborating closely with key Department Leads, you will share joint responsibility for providing high-quality, safe patient care, emphasizing effective and efficient operational management and optimizing resource utilization within the clinical services.

If you are passionate about healthcare and have the skills and experience to excel in this role, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• Operational Management: Engage with clinical teams to address day-to-day operational challenges within the specialties.
• Budget Management: Oversee budgets, ensuring effective use of resources.
• Business Planning & Strategy: Participate in business planning and strategy development.
• Continuous Improvement: Commit to continuously improving patient care pathways.
• Specialty Performance Management: Lead the specialty performance management process, ensuring appropriate assurance to the Divisional Board on performance and service delivery.
• Policy & Operational Plans: Develop and implement policies and operational plans as required.
• Team Leadership: Lead and support teams to continuously improve services for patients through evidence-based improvement.

Working for our organisation

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

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Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

• To demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the NHS environment with knowledge of the current issues for Foundation Trusts.
• A broad range of knowledge and skills relevant to the role.
• Demonstrate an understanding of key performance indicators/ productivity metrics affecting a FT’s overall performance
• Knowledge of service improvement tools and techniques
• A broad understanding of the network of healthcare provision.
• An understanding of the strategic issues facing the Division’s services.
• An understanding of the professional and educational issues within the Division’s services

Qualifications Academic/ Craft/ Professional

• First degree or equivalent
• Master’s level qualification or equivalent experience; or willing to work towards a masters.

• ECDL
• Post Graduate Management Qualifications

Further Training

• Management training and evidence of sustained personal and professional development.

• Project management

Experience

• Significant experience of operational management at a senior level.
• Proven track record in leadership and change management.
• Budget and HR management.
• Service and policy development and improvement

• Conference/formal presentations
• Cross-organisational working
• General management experience

Skills & Personal Attributes

• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to command trust-wide credibility
• Demonstrate awareness of own personal strengths and limitations with high personal standards and emotional resilience
• Demonstrate leadership skills to drive and motivate continuous improvement, showing political astuteness and a commitment to action in the face of challenge
• Skills in strategic thinking, problem analysis and negotiation.
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Commercially and financially literate with an understanding of marketing and how to position the Division’s services against increased competition
• Ability to lead change through people, to inspire vision and develop a common purpose.
• Able to manage conflict positively whilst empowering others and supporting team working

Contractual Requirements

• Must be adaptable and work flexibly to the requirements of the post.
• Participation in the Middle Mangers’ On-call rota.
• Be able to transfer between the Trusts’ Hospital sites, and to other Trusts/venues when required.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process. Applications, including personal statements and behaviour examples, must be truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 01623 622515 ext 3271.

Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.

Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.

The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email [email protected]