Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a hard working and committed individual with proven leadership and management experience to join our team. This role offers an opportunity to be responsible for Theatres, Anaesthetics, Pre assessment, Decontamination and Resus.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy General Manager is a key position within the Directorate's management & leadership structure. Reporting to the General Manager, the Deputy General Manager will be responsible for operational and performance management for the Directorate. Working closely with a team of Service Managers and Care Group Leads, this role will require effective multi-tasking, proactive stakeholder engagement and developing strategic approaches to complex issues.
The post holder will co-ordinate the operational delivery of all responsible services and ensure the safe and effective use of all resources. Specifically, to take a lead in achieving key performance targets in line with local and national agreements across elective and cancer access. Also promoting surgical productivity & efficiency, the delivery of activity plans and development & implementation of recovery plans where required. Additionally the post-holder will support financial management within services and ensure delivery of cost-improvement schemes. The post holder will also ensure proactive staff-management across the directorate, ranging from appraisal compliance to sickness reporting & management.
The successful post-holder will be expected to deputise for the General Manager where required.
About Us
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, St Georges Hospital provides a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across south west London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.
Details
Date posted
02 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£70,387 to £80,465 a year per annum including inner london HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
200-NN-712843-A&C-Z-MK
Job locations
St Georges Hospital
Blackshaw Road
London
SW170QT
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent professional qualification
- Post graduate management qualification or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Masters Degree or working towards one
Skills
Essential
- Proven conceptual and analytical skills
- Able to make and take decisions after analysis of options and implications
- Highly developed communication skills (written, oral, presentational and interpersonal)
- Able to influence and engage people in different settings from one to one to large audiences that may be hostile or antagonistic
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience managing staff and non-pay budgets within an NHS provider organisation.
- Extensive line management experience
- Experience of managing waiting lists, theatre scheduling and outpatient 18-week demand and capacity plans.
Desirable
- Experience implementing complex recovery plans within a service / organisation
- Experience of working in networks with commissioners and other provider organisations
Person Specification
Essential
- Significant experience managing staff and non-pay budgets within an NHS provider organisation.
- Extensive line management experience
- Experience of managing waiting lists, theatre scheduling and outpatient 18-week demand and capacity plans.
Desirable
- Experience implementing complex recovery plans within a service / organisation
- Experience of working in networks with commissioners and other provider organisations
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.
Employer details
Employer name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Georges Hospital
Blackshaw Road
London
SW170QT
Employer's website
https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Georges Hospital
Blackshaw Road
London
SW170QT
Employer's website
https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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