Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Specialties and Cardiology/Renal
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Participation of GM on-call rota)
- Job ref
- 153-ME02801-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £70,417 - £81,138 pa pr
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
General Manager - Older People's Services and Acute Care
Band 8c
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen within the Medical Care Group for a General Manager post to lead a plurality of specialties within the Care Group at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD). Portfolio to include Older Peoples Services, and Acute Medicine
The Medical Care Group is a large and dynamic team. It is currently compromised of the following specialties:
- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
- Respiratory Medicine
- Diabetes & Endocrine
- Dermatology
- Rheumatology
- Neurosciences
- Cardiovascular Sciences
- Older Peoples Services
- Acute Medicine
- Emergency Care
The post holder will be required to work across all sites within UHD and to be part of the General Management Out of Hours On-Call Rota.
Discussion regarding the post and secondment opportunities are welcomed.
- This post requires evidence of post-qualification study/professional
development to master’s level (post grad
certificate/MBA/MSc) or equivalent senior
management experience
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital or/and Poole Hospital.
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
Expectations of the role:
The purpose of this role is to lead the Directorates in ensuring the provision of high-quality patient services that are clinically safe, delivered cost effectively and meet the Trust’s Values, priorities and performance targets.
The post holder will lead the Directorates' Triumvirate senior teams (comprising of a Clinical Director and Senior Matron in each Directorate) and will also work closely with the wider team to develop the Directorate operational plans as part of the Care Group annual business planning process. Key objectives will be the strategic and operational delivery of agreed quality, performance, workforce and financial plans, including a delegated Cost Improvement Programme.
Working for our organisation
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The services within directorate portfolios are delivered predominantly at The Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital, with a smaller proportion delivered at Christchurch Hospital and in other community/hospital sites across Dorset via Service Level Agreements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of post-qualification study/professional development to master’s level (post grad certificate/MBA/MSc) or equivalent senior management experience
- First degree or has appropriate level of senior managerial experience.
- Senior Leadership Training/Management Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad operational management experience within an Acute NHS Trust environment.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Brings a learning mind set (a belief that people can learn, grow and improve, and therefore setbacks are opportunities to learn)
- Finds new solutions (bringing new insights and thinking to the table).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Leanna Rathbone
- Job title
- Group Director of Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 8214
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