General Manager Surgery & Digestive Diseases CSU
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Closing Date: 22.06.26
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 23.06.26
Interview date - 29th June
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic and experienced leader to become a key member of the Surgery & Digestive Diseases Clinical Service Unit (CSU) leadership team.
The successful candidate will provide leadership and management support to ensure high quality, safe, effective and patient centred services across the CSU.
Working alongside the Senior General Manager and Clinical Director the post offers career development and will be responsible for the delivery of financial, strategic and operational standards.
The post holder will be a role model for staff, demonstrating the Trust's values through their leadership behaviours, work collaboratively and be flexible and resilient in order to cope with the demands and changing needs of the service.
Strong influencing and negotiation skills will need be required and a demonstrable track record of delivery in a large and complex operational setting.
Main duties of the job
An experienced, motivated and independently minded leader who can act on their own initiative, adopting a values led 'can do' style within a climate of constant change and uncertainty to develop and manage the day to day operations and performance within a Clinical Service Unit.
Reporting to the Clinical Director or the Senior General Manager as appropriate, the post holder is responsible, in conjunction with the CSU triumvirate, for the safe and effective delivery of all patient services within the CSU. This involves achievement of all operational performance targets, including access, finance, and quality.
The postholder is also responsible for improving services in line with best practice standards within the available income.
Working closely with the triumvirate, the General Manager will ensure that the CSU has systems in place to comply with relevant legislation and governance requirements.
The General Manager will establish and foster an effective working relationship with the Corporate Operations Team, Clinical Directors, Deputy Directors of Nursing, Specialty Leads and Matrons to lead improvements in operational performance, service delivery and the achievement of organisational priorities.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant management experience in the acute sector.
- Proven track record of meeting internally and externally generated targets.
- Experience, understanding and implementation of the modernisation agenda and the opportunities for redesigning services.
- Experience, knowledge and understanding of current issues/themes affecting the NHS locally and nationally
- Experience in the delivery of tangible quality and financial benefits using structured tools and techniques of service improvement, such as Lean and Six Sigma.
- Proven success at managing complex programmes of organisational change while maintaining service quality.
- Experience of staff management, including the setting of objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary issues.
- Budget management experience, including reducing costs/ efficiency gains, monitoring and determining corrective action.
- Experience in report writing and delivering presentations, to include development of business cases and formal presentations.
Desirable
- Experience of working across networks, with wide ranging stakeholders.
- Experience of best practice process improvement techniques across a range of sectors.
- Experience in contract negotiation with a range of commissioning bodies
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
Skills
Essential
- Full range of IT skills including spreadsheet analysis.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff with different levels of responsibility and professional backgrounds
- The ability to deal with complex issues in a large organisation.
- Detailed understanding of all access targets and their application in managing patient pathways
Qualifications
Essential
- Healthcare related Degree/Diploma or professional qualification/registration in either Nursing, Physiotherapy. Occupational Therapy or Management
- Additional specialist knowledge or training to master's level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Project management experience, Prince 2 or other project management qualification
Other Requirements
Essential
- To participate in the Senior Manager (Silver) On-Call Rota
About the employer
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