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Job summary

Main area
Surgery
Grade
Band 8c
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
337-NP-7910SM
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
cross site
Town
Harrow
Salary
£75,853 - £86,574 pa Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/07/2024 23:59

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust logo

General Manager - Theatres & Critical Care

Band 8c

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible for the operational delivery of performance and governance for a large portfolio of clinical services. The services may run across both hospital and community sites and cover services within and out of the hospital setting of care. Lead directorate teams to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of patient centred
services, strategic planning, service development and change programmes, driving innovation, modernisation and high levels of staff and patient satisfaction. Responsible for establishing and maintaining internal controls to assure delivery of financial management and the deployment of resources in line with the Trust’s financial plan and in accordance the Trust’s financial governance requirements. This will include delivering contracted activity levels and managing related pay and non-pay expenditure within agreed budgets, achieving required levels of cost improvement and underpinning service line profitability.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities 

Ensure that the services meet relevant contractual and performance requirements, including on-going assessment of future demand and capacity requirements.

Accountable for the effective performance of service, demonstrating achievements against national and local requirements.

Responsible for multiple pay and non-pay budgets across the directorate

Ensure the optimum management of resources within the Trust’s corporate governance framework and ensure the directorate fully complies and demonstrates value for money in all transactions.

Have responsibility for the implementation of workforce management and planning across the directorate considering the needs of the local community.

Lead, manage, motivate, and develop staff to maintain the highest level of staff morale and to create a climate within the agreed portfolio of clinical services, characterised by high standards and openness.

Ensure that systems are in place within these services to enable compliance with the organisation’s complaints procedure.

Monitor and update the operational policies of these services and take account of risk management needs.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person specification

Performance

Essential criteria
  • Proven experience of effective performance and budgetary management and control, including achieving annual targets on a regular basis for a large group of clinical specialities
Desirable criteria
  • RTT Knowledge

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Evidence of continuing professional development including management studies to masters level or above or equivalent experience
  • Significant experience working on both strategic and operational matters
  • Significant NHS/ public sector experience and knowledge, including up-to-date knowledge and understanding of NHS system reform policy and other key policy
  • Ability to ensure patient safety by assessing and managing risks associated with service developments
  • Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information
  • Ability to perform well under pressure and manage unpredictable workload with conflicting priorities
  • Significant experience in Theatre Utilisation, 6-4-2 and Scheduling.
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Experience
  • 3 years experience (minimum)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Capital Nurse, LondonApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jan Jezik
Job title
PA/Office Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07929797123
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