General Manager - Leicester Children's Hospital (EMCHC)
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Job overview
The post holder is responsible for the day to day running of the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre and be a pivotal part in orchestrating a large multi-disciplinary team to provide excellent patient care. Current priorities include continuing the restoration and recovery plans for service's, promoting & encouraging staff wellbeing, and innovation and service development.
You will work closely with the senior management team within the CMG, general managers, service managers within and outside the CMG, to ensure we have streamlined pathways and are delivering excellent quality and equitable care across the services.
This is a rewarding and exciting opportunity for an operational manager with excellent communication skills and a passion for providing specialist services.
Main duties of the job
Main duties include:
• Providing leadership to the broad team of professionals within the children's hospital and the CMG.
• Deliver strategic plans for service delivery and development.
• Management of staff performance, budget and KPIs.
• Ensure governance and risk management processes are adhered to.
• Work with the team to ensure a high standard of patient care.
• Be mindful to strategy, ensuring future proofing of services
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacanc...
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for providing operational and strategic planning to ensure the children's services provides high quality patient care and achieves performance objectives. To promote staff wellbeing and recruitment and retention of staff including medical and non-medical.
You will be responsible providing leadership for Children's operational leadership, working within a highly performing team to provide excellent services for its service users and guardians.
Person specification
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First degree or equivalent
- Extensive up to date knowledge of the NHS
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of other specialist knowledge at higher degree or masters level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience within the Healthcare sector at senior manager level including operational responsibility for complex specialities/service
- Proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets
- Experience of delivering programmes of change within an NHS setting
- Experience of managing and hearing performance issues
- Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an Acute Teaching hospital
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communications skills, written and oral
- Evidence of being a team-player but able to stand back when necessary
- Ability to motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
- Ability to present complex data
- Proven influencing skill
- Ability to manage conflict
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Logical thinker with evidence of implementation of ideas and solutions
- Excellent problem solving skills using team when appropriate
- Able to analyse and understand complex financial and clinical data
- Business focused
- Sensitive to clinical and political demands
- Ability to cut through barriers to change
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable organisational skills
- Proven record of robust performance management
Sickness Absence
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate attendance levels in accordance with UHL's policy.
Equality and Diversity
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Able to participate in on-call rota
Additional Information
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.
The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.
COVID 19 Risk Assessment
Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.
The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.
If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.
Covid Vaccination Status
Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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
- JD & PS 5917226 (PDF, 551.4KB)
- Understanding your right to work in the UK (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Employee Benefits (PDF, 578.5KB)