Deputy Divisional General Manager

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are advertising an exciting opportunity for 2 Deputy Divisional General Managers to join us within the Clinical Support, Therapies & Outpatients Division and the Surgery, Anaesthetics & Critical Care Division.

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality, safe patient care through professional, operational, and strategic leadership and management actions creating a culture of continuous improvement in accordance with NHS management standards.

The post holds management responsibility for the operational and performance management of the Division, on behalf of the Divisional General Manager. This post is responsible for ensuring that all services are focussed on ensuring the most effective and efficient use of resources to deliver a high quality service that achieves and exceeds the required performance targets.

There is also an explicit requirement for this post holder to deputise for the Divisional General Manager, across all service lines in the Division, and to act as the divisional lead for cross divisional issues and projects as required, in agreement with the Divisional General Manager and Clinical Chair.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Support, Therapies and Outpatients (CSTO) Division

The division is entering an exciting time with a number of ongoing and innovative projects. The pathology LIMS system will be a joint procurement with Nottingham University Hospitals, opening the door to further cross-county cooperation which we are managing via a Joint Pathology Board. A business case for three new MRI scanners and a fluoroscopic suite in Radiology represents the largest single expansion of imaging capacity the department has ever seen. A trust-wide Outpatient Transformation Programme is reviewing what the future of the service may look like.

Alongside Pharmacy, Radiology, Pathology and Outpatients, our other services include medical photography, the faith centre, therapies, medical records, clinical engineering and sexual health services.

Surgery, Anaesthetics & Critical Care Division

The Division of Surgery, Anaesthetics and Critical Care puts patient safety and patient experience at the heart of everything we do whilst providing outstanding care to the local population requiring planned care and surgical interventions. The Division has responsibility for 8 Surgical Specialties as well as Anaesthetics, Theatres, Critical Care and Decontamination Services with a total budget of around £85m and a workforce in excess of 1100 staff. Across the organisation we have an expansive footprint made up of 15 operating theatres, 130 base ward beds across Surgical Day Case Unit, 15 bedded ITU & Surgical SDEC.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.

Candidates are invited to discuss the post informally with:

Clinical Support, Therapies and Outpatients (CSTO) Division

Surgery, Anaesthetics & Critical Care Division

Matthew Warrilow Divisional General Manager [e-mail]

We ask candidates to include their preference of Division within their supporting information as part of your application.

Person Specification

Contractual Requirements

• Must be adaptable and work flexibly to the requirements of the post
• Participation in the Trust On-call rota.
• Represent the Trust as an ambassador at national, regional and local events
• Able to travel between sites
• Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with SFH CARE values and managerial behavioural standards

Knowledge

• Knowledge of acute hospital services and associated processes and systems, and a comprehensive understanding of the NHS environment
• Understanding of clinical and corporate governance requirements
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements
• Knowledge and application of engagement tools and techniques
• An understanding of the strategic issues facing Clinical Division and Trust services

Qualifications

• Masters level qualification in relevant subject area, or equivalent professional qualification/ experience
• Previous experience in managing large and complex clinical service
• Prince2 Foundation & Practitioner or equivalent project management qualification

Training

• Leadership and management training and evidence of sustained personal and professional development
• Programme or Project management

Experience

• Significant experience of operational management at a senior level
• Proven track record in leadership and change management
• Extensive experience of leading a wide breadth of services and multiple disciplines to deliver high quality care
• Demonstrates an ability to performance manage against key indicators/productivity metrics improving operational service delivery, quality and patient experience
• Ability to source, research and collate information including statistical data
• Evidence of successfully engaging and influencing clinical and/or medical managers
• Experience of working with wider stakeholders across the health and care system to transform services and improve outcomes
• Experience of developing and implementing business cases
• Experience of leading on daily patient flow issues

Skills

• Strong interpersonal negotiating and influencing skills
• Demonstrates awareness of own personal strengths and limitations with high personal and professional standards and emotional resilience
• Demonstrates leadership skills in order to drive and motivate continuous improvement, showing political astuteness and a commitment to action in the face of challenge
• Able to provide and set direction, including analytical scope, usage of evidence to develop options
• Ability to lead change through people, to inspire vision and develop a common purpose
• Able to manage conflict positively whilst empowering others and supporting team working

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust