Job summary
Employer heading
Business Manager
Band 8a
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 14,000 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
If you are...
- Ambitious, with operational management experience, and can demonstrate that you are creative, innovative, forward thinking and have the skills to deliver change effectively whilst maintaining operational delivery;
- Able to respond to what is happening in the moment and work collaboratively with clinical colleagues to develop services;
- Adaptable and flexible in your communication and influencing style;
- A leader that can understand the organisational context and translate it for everyone in your team to make sense of and understand the part that they play and work with them to make informed decisions;
- Able to build strong and sustainable relationships with all stakeholders across departments;
...then please get in touch!
Main duties of the job
The Business Manager will provide appropriate support within a collaborative management team in the delivery of all operational functions for a discrete section of the directorate. This will include overseeing the administrative functions within the department, and ensuring all key performance and financial targets are met.
The Business Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the appropriate data is available, analysed and presented to support business decision-making, forging the gap between financial and business management.
The post holder will provide an increased focus on the delivery of streamlined, efficient services and will lead on the project management of the cost reduction programmes and organisational change.
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.
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
- Relevant first degree
- Recognised management qualification at postgraduate level and/or experience
Desirable criteria
- Completion of project management skills course (e.g. PRINCE2)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of operational and staff management in the NHS
- Experience of managing and deciding on complex employment issues including handling grievances and disciplinary issues
- Budget management experience
- Experience of dealing with conflict and working with colleagues to agree remedial action as required
- Experience of writing complex business and project plans with evidence of delivery
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and effectively present performance data and identify areas for improvement
- Ability to problem solve and to develop solutions to issues
- Excellent organisational skills and time management skills
- Excellent communication skills
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
- Joanne Edwards
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Or Simone Brown, Deputy General Manager
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