Job vacancy: General Manager Surgery and Cancer Division, Whittington Health NHS Trust, Archway

Job summary

Main area: General Manager
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 220-WHT-2250-B

Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Whittington Hospital
Town: Archway
Salary: £70,387 - £80,465 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/12/2024 23:59

General Manager Surgery and Cancer Division

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Covid-19 Vaccination

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3^rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General Duties

Accountable

Responsible

· Deputise for the Deputy DOO as required.

· Being part of the Silver on Call rota

· Accountable to the DOO for a major area of activity

· Accountable for a multi-million-pound budget and associated physical resources.

· Accountable for the performance, budget, quality and workforce for a major area of activity

· Responsible for the recruitment, line management of Service managers, appraisal, staff development and performance

· Responsible for policy and service development within the areas they are accountable for.

· Operates independently, manages department, interprets organisational policies

Education /

Qualifications

• Masters level qualification or equivalent experience

• Management qualification (or equivalent management experience)

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent analytical skills and able to interpret multiple data sources and translate into significant improvement projects.

• Excellent writing skills to be able to write reports to the level of the executive committee and the Trust’s Senior Management Group (TMG).

• Excellent communication skills to be able to relay complex information to internal and external colleagues and patients/families.

• Able to work flexibly and contribute to the programme of change using advanced negotiating skills

• Strong leadership skills

• Excellent time management and organising skills

• Demonstrates tenacity in dealing with issues

• IT literate

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience of working in the NHS at a senior level

• Current understanding of the challenges facing the NHS and Health Service management.

• Understanding of improvement methodology and change management

• Knowledge of the Quality and Assurance Framework

• Experience of service management at a senior level.

• Experience of managing challenging and emotional situations

• Experience of management over a million pound budget

• Notable change management experience

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Ability to create a positive working environment putting patients and staff first

• Willing to learn

• Able to work well in a team

• Ensure all practice carry the trust values.

• Commitment to developing a culture of responsibility and accountability

• Effective communicator / negotiator/ influencer

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
Management qualification (or equivalent management experience)

Desirable criteria

Chartered Manager Status
QSIR GOLD

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Excellent analytical skills and able to interpret multiple data sources and translate into significant improvement projects.
Excellent writing skills to be able to write reports to the level of the executive committee and the Trust’s Senior Management Group (TMG)
Excellent communication skills to be able to relay complex information to internal and external colleagues and patients/families. • Able to work flexibly and contribute to the programme of change using advanced negotiating skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working in the NHS at a senior level
Current understanding of the challenges facing the NHS and Health Service management.
Understanding of improvement methodology and change management

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential criteria

Ability to create a positive working environment putting patients and staff first
Willing to learn
Able to work well in a team

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
Participate in required training and supervision.
Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

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

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: David Crosby
Job title: Director of Operations
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07824602382

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General Manager Surgery and Cancer Division

NHS AfC: Band 8b

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