Job summary
- Main area
- DGM Specialist Surgey
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 381-SS-6432740
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- West Bromwich
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Directorate General Manager Specialist Surgery
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
We are delighted to be recruiting to our senior operational team working across two hospitals and supporting the move to our new hospital site later this year.
The Directorate General Manager post is a high-profile leadership position within the Surgical Services Clinical Group, responsible for the operational delivery of an exciting and dynamic portfolio. We are searching for a talented and ambitious senior operational leader to join the Clinical Director and Senior Nursing Team to support the delivery of outstanding care and experience for our patients. The Directorate General Manager will be responsible for managing Trauma and Orthopedic service as well as a Trust-wide profile, continuing to help build on our reputation for delivering high-quality and well-led services.
The successful candidate will be expected to drive forward elective recovery in T&O, implementing new transformation initiatives while maintaining a strong handle on key performance metrics. They will identify opportunities for improvement and growth and contribute to business planning and strategy for the service. The department's portfolio requires a strong grasp of performance standards, and the successful candidate will oversee and drive compliance for RTT.
Main duties of the job
With a passion for patient-centred care, you will have a proven track record of achieving high-quality patient outcomes and delivering performance standards. The ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to drive change and improve care is essential.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
1. Make autonomous decisions regarding the operational management of services within the Directorate.
2. Day-to-day responsibility for the operational management of specific services/departments within the Directorate.
3. To identify and implement ongoing modernisation and new ways of working and innovation within the Directorate.
4. To routinely monitor and track performance associated with national targets and trust objectives, taking action where required to ensure all targets are met within the Directorate.
5. Troubleshoot operational issues that affect performance within the Directorate daily, liaising with relevant managers to identify and resolve them as required.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Reporting to the Group Director of Operations, the post holder will directly manage the relevant directorate and will have specific cross-directorate responsibilities within the Group as delegated by the Group Director of Operations. They will be responsible for ensuring operational safety, efficiency and effectiveness of services, effective clinical governance and risk management within the directorate, and budgetary and workforce management.
The post holder will be required to support the Group Director of Operations to implement service change and developments, deputise for him/her on matters relating to the Group and work effectively with clinical colleagues
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven project management experience involving transformational change.
- Substantial line /general management experience within acute services, with responsibility for operational matters, including staff management, budgetary responsibility, performance targets, waiting list management, and discharge arrangements
Desirable criteria
- Proven experience of service development
- Proven experience in change management ability
- Experience of working in emergency services.
Management Experience
Essential criteria
- Management /Leadership qualification or equivalent.
- Postgraduate diploma or equivalent
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Masters qualification or in process of obtaining.
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
- Liz Mynett
- Job title
- PA
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07813 992492
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