General Manager - Theatres, Anesthetic & Pain Services

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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 16,000 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

Managerially accountable to the Divisional Director of Operations, (and professionally accountable to the Divisional Director), the General Manager for the Theatres, Anaesthetics & Pain Directorate will be responsible for providing operational and strategic leadership to ensure that the Directorate provides high quality patient care and achieves its performance objectives. Additionally the General Manager will work closely with colleagues at across the North West London region to develop new models of care and patient pathways.

Main duties of the job

• Be accountable for the operational performance of a large, complex 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 division wide programmes of work and service developments.
• Work closely with the Divisional Director of Operations to shape and implement the corporate objectives for the Trust.
• Support the Divisional Director of Operations 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 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.
• Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector with up to date knowledge of patient services.
• Evidence of CPD.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable success in delivering large scale change and performance with and through management and clinical team.
• Track record of financial delivery, experience of writing complex business cases and policies.
• Experience of managing and deciding on complex employment issues.
• Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information.

Desirable criteria

• Cross site operational/clinical working.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
• Ability to manage and deliver services within resources.
• Ability to critically analyse complex financial and clinical data sets.
• Able to effectively manage performance by holding themselves and others to account for service outcomes
• Able to actively contribute to plans to achieve service goals.
• Manage people, by providing direction, reviewing performance, and motivating others.

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

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 369.7KB)
• Functional requirements Form (PDF, 507.5KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)