General 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

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative leader to join our team and lead the Directorate of Stroke and Neurosciences on a fixed term basis until the 31st March 2025 due to the secondment of the substantive post holder.

In this role, you will be predominantly based at Charing Cross Hospital, though with services also delivered at St Mary's Hospital you will be working as part of triumvirate team to lead delivery of a range of services against quality, financial, performance and strategic objectives.

As the General Manager you will:

• Be accountable for the operational performance of the Directorate comprising of stroke, stroke rehab, neurology and neurophysiology. This will include accountability for the delivery of high quality patient care, clinical governance, patient safety, clinical quality, and delivery of financial targets.
• Have joint responsibility with the other Directorate General Managers and members of the Divisional management team for driving forward divisional wide programmes of work and service direction linked to finance, operational performance and quality.
• Work closely with the Divisional Director of Operations to implement the objectives for the directorate.

This role will be ideally suited for individuals looking to develop towards senior general manager roles in NHS operations.

Main duties of the job

• Be accountable for the operational performance of the Directorate. This will include accountability for the delivery of high quality patient care, clinical governance, patient safety, clinical quality, and delivery of financial targets.
• Have joint responsibility with the other Directorate General Managers and members of the Divisional management team for driving forward divisional wide programmes of work and service direction
• Work closely with the Divisional Director of Operations to shape and implement the corporate objectives for the Trust
• Support the Divisional Director to align the Directorate more closely with Imperial College, through the development of appropriate links with the Academic Health Science Centre office and with college counterparts.
• Ensure that the necessary corporate governance arrangements are in place across the Division in line with requirements of a Foundation Trust.

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/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First degree or equivalent
• Evidence of other specialist knowledge at higher degree or masters level
• Evidence of CPD

Experience / Skills

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in clinical service management at a senior level in a large, complex acute hospital environment, including track record of staff management, financial management, performance management and change management
• Demonstrable success in delivering large scale change and performance with and through management and clinical teams
• A good understanding of the changing NHS environment.
• Excellent IT and financial skills
• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Experience of managing and deciding on complex employment issues

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).

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Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 493.6KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)