The Clinical Support Services Division is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic Deputy General Manager, to provide operational management and strategic planning within the core senior leadership team, and also to deputise as required for the General Manager. The successful candidate will provide strong visible leadership ensuring that a culture of continuous and evidence-based improvement is embedded to provide a high quality, efficient, effective and patient-focused range of services against quality, financial performance and strategic objectives. We are seeking an individual who embraces change, inspires and leads others and has experience of establishing and embedding new ways of working, in line with our Trust values.

Main duties of the job

The Division has a wide and diverse portfolio, across 6 Clinical Business Units, including the exciting new development of up to 4 Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) and a number of capital estates improvements. The CBUs are Diagnostics, Therapies and Rehabilitation Medicine, Pharmacy, Outpatients Cancer and CDC's. We have excellent teams who are from many NHS staff groups, including medical, nursing, allied health professions, pharmacy and scientists, supported by administrative staff.

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.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.

You will be supported by strong clinical leadership and provided with appropriate development opportunities to support your career.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - Outstanding Care Personally Delivered - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated

Job description

Job responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master level or equivalent experience in a health related field
• Professional training/qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of working at a senior/corporate level
• Demonstrable experience in leading, motivating and managing teams
• Knowledge of key national NHS policy and strategies
• Experience of strategic thinking at a senior level
• Significant experience of communicating and working with very senior managers and leaders
• Ability to influence at all levels and a strategic thinker
• Experience of managing competing workloads concurrently
• Experience of budget management and staff management

Desirable

• Experience of working at a senior/corporate level within the NHS

Evidence of Particular: - Knowledge - Skills - Aptitudes

Essential

• Ability to use IT packages
• Understanding of working with confidential information
• Understanding of Corporate Governance
• Ability to lead a team ensuring it is customer focused and delivers a high quality service
• Ability to communicate at all levels verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
• Demonstrate professional credibility
• Demonstrate ability to make sound judgements and decision making
• Ability to interpret national polices and guidance
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen with a customer focus approach to problem solving
• Self-motivated and committed with the ability to work on own initiative
• Committed, proactive and innovative
• Effective Team worker
• Committed to continuous improvement
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Politically astute and high level of integrity
• Focus on personal and corporate probity

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY

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