Divisional General Manager - Women's & Children's

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of Yorkshires leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas.

Hosting three main hospital sites and a number of additional services, the Trust is one of only five Teaching Hospitals in Yorkshire and trains 25% of all medical students in the region, in addition to 30% of all other healthcare professional students.

A modern and forward-facing Trust employing over 7,000 members of staff, the hospital provides a full range of local hospital services across Doncaster Royal Infirmary in Doncaster, Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop, Montagu Hospital in Mexborough.

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Key details

Location
Site: Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Address: Armthorpe Road
Town: Doncaster
Postcode: DN2 5LT
Major / Minor Region: South Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The post holder will participate in the Trust Senior Manager on-call arrangements)

Salary
Salary: £88,168 - £101,677 Pro Rata Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8D)

Specialty
Main area: Women's & Children's

Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Divisional General Manager for Women's & Children's at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a key position within the Division's leadership team. Reporting to the Divisional Director and Chief Operating Officer, the Divisional General Manager will be responsible for operational service delivery for the Division.

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In conjunction with the Divisional Director and Divisional nurse, be responsible for operational service delivery for the Division of Women's & Children's across all Trust sites.

Responsible for the provision of timely access to care, ensuring delivery of the Divisional annual activity plan and national access standards.

Ensure active Divisional engagement in the delivery of key improvement programmes, such as theatres and outpatients.

Provide visible, compassionate leadership to all Divisional staff.

Working for our organisation
DBTH is one of Yorkshires Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including: Extensive range of learning opportunities, NHS Pension Scheme, Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions, Comprehensive health and wellbeing support, NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme, Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully. Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

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• Please note that all correspondence will be sent you to via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
• We reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.
• The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
• All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. The Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

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.

Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria

• Experience equivalent to the attainment of degree qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate leadership / management qualification

Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria

• Significant senior leadership and operational management experience within an acute Trust, including the effective leadership of teams across a range of services
• Proven track record of leading the delivery of timely access to care to meet national access standards
• Proven track record of leading teams / services through the annual business planning process, developing activity plans and delivery of the annual activity plan
• Proven track record of successfully managing a significant service budget and delivering a financial improvement / cost improvement programme

Desirable criteria

• Leading and delivering service change / quality improvement

Documents

• 272-6794436 JD (, 456.6)PDFKB
• 272-6794436 PS (, 592.5)PDFKB
• Guidance for Applicants (, 752.0)PDFKB
• Join Team DBTH (, 654.6)PDFKB
• The DBTH Way (, 409.7)PDFKB
• Health & Wellbeing - Staff benefits (, 214.8)PDFKB

Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Denise Smith
Job title: Chief Operating Officer
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07801 366477