Business Manager
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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join West London Children's Healthcare on a fixed term basis for six months. We are an organisation created to transform care for children across north and west London and operate across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust.
The role in its core is operational and will assume responsibility for the day to day management of the children's hospital including medical and surgical services that are comprised of a range of tertiary and quaternary specialised services. We work closely with the ICB on a number of strategically critical work streams such as mental health and transitional services for children through the West London Children's Healthcare collaborative and this role would be critical on delivery of our ambitious plans.
Our services have made significant progress towards our ambitions over the past three years and we are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our high performance team.
The role is well suited for somebody looking to widen their experience across a number of specialities, working as part of an innovative, caring and supportive team looking to drive improvements in the quality and efficiency of care for the children who utilise our services.
Main duties of the job
- Provide hands-on operational management to designated areas of the Directorate, ensuring the delivery of services in line with expected service standards
- Be accountable through the Deputy General Manager for the monitoring and delivery of key quality, productivity and performance targets
- On behalf of the Deputy General Manager, work closely with the Service Directors and Clinical Directors to assure up-to-date job plans and EWTD compliant working patterns for junior doctors, ensuring adequate medical staffing cover is in place to meet the clinical and operational needs of the service.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main 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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level Qualification or equivalent
- Evidence of on-going development
Desirable criteria
- Master's level qualification in a management related subject or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Operational management experience
- Experience of managing patient systems
- Experience in managing a month end process
- Experience in managing a month end process
Desirable criteria
- NHS or wider healthcare environment experience
- Project management experience
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Engagement skills with clinical teams to assure successful delivery of services
- Knowledge of Health Service management, including issues affecting the delivery of clinical services within an acute teaching hospital
- Ability to plan, manage and achieve business and personal objectives
Desirable criteria
- Experience of workforce redesign
- Knowledge of computer systems and information networks
- Experience of process mapping and redesign of clinical pathways
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
- Job description (PDF, 992.4KB)
- Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
- Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)