Job summary
- Main area
- General Management
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working can be approved on request)
- Job ref
- 396-NN-6600888-A&C-Y
- Employer
- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital
- Town
- Kingston
- Salary
- £80,025 - £91,336 pa incl hcas pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
General Manager -Cluster 6
Band 8c
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
The South West London Collaborative Bank
Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Pastoral Wellbeing Practitioners who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Practitioners are part of the wider Health & Wellbeing provision which includes a specialist Staff Physiotherapist, Occupational Health and access to counselling and an Employee Assistance Programme. The team works together to enhance staff wellbeing and to promote a healthy work-life balance.
Recent awards:
- Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year
- HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019
- NHSE National Healthcare Support Worker Award for Innovation and Excellence in Pastoral Support – 2023
- NHSE London Healthcare Support Worker Award for Sustainable Retention Initiative – 2023
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
Job overview
An exciting opportunity of general manager of the surgical cluster of services has arisen at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The surgical cluster incorporates Surgery and Urology; Theatres and Anaesthetics; Gastroenterology and Endoscopy; and Orthopaedics and Rheumatology.
Kingston is recognised as a national leader in theatre productivity and post-pandemic elective recovery. We opened a new endoscopy suite in 2020 which is fully JAG compliant.
**Please note interviews will be held between 10th or 11th Oct 2024**
Main duties of the job
The General Manager for the Cluster is a high-profile leadership role within the Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for overall management / leadership of the cluster, working closely with the Clinical Director to deliver, develop and evaluate all services within their remit. Cluster 6 comprises Theatres & Anaesthetics; Surgery & Urology; Orthopaedics & Rheumatology; Gastroenterology & Endoscopy.
The General Manager will ensure that effective and efficient structures are in place to ensure that all standards of patient care are met and associated risk and governance matters are managed. The post holder will support the Clinical Director in developing efficient and effective patient centred services, meeting key financial and operational performance targets, and putting in place effective processes for delivering national / local targets, reviewing the efficiency and effectiveness of services in terms of cost effectiveness and financial flows.
The post holder will work with internal and external stakeholders to identify and exploit opportunities for service redesign through the application of relevant service improvement techniques.
The post holder will deputise for the Associate Director as required and participate in the on-call rota for the Trust
Working for our organisation
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
***Please see the attached supporting document/s which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification***
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Education to degree level or evidence of sound intellectual ability and ongoing personal development at senior management level
- Recognised post-graduate management qualification or equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
- Masters level education
Skills, Abilities, Knowledge
Essential criteria
- IT literate
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to liaise and negotiate effectively at all levels
Personal Attributes / Qualities
Essential criteria
- Proven self-confidence and ability to confidently state own position on issues
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant general and operational management experience to include the management of a large multi-disciplinary group of staff – part of which to have been in the NHS
- A proven record of success in managing significant operational / strategic change whilst also developing and maintaining the provision of a high-quality service, within a clinical setting, with multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience of team working and building and maintaining effective working relationships in a multidisciplinary environment
- Fully developing staff potential through facilitating training, development and education initiatives
- Demonstrable ability to lead and influence
- Evidence of sound budgetary management experience
- Experience in service redesign and project management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with external organisations (CCGs, GP practices, social services departments)
- Experience in managing quality/ clinical audit/ clinical governance/ risk management issues
- Evidence of having implemented strategies to reduce/ meet junior doctor hours
Skills, Abilities, Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge of NHS performance management standards
- Quality focussed with an innovative approach and ability to solve complex problems
- Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise duties
- Evidence of a commitment to and delivery of staff and organisational development
- Commitment to self-development, with the ability to demonstrate knowledge of current policy and thinking affecting the NHS generally
- Knowledge of the Trust’s values
Personal Attributes / Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Flexibility – adapts to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments.
- • Self-motivated – possesses high internal work standards, sets stretching yet attainable goals; wants to do things better and to measure progress against targets.
- • Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
- • Commitment to ongoing lifelong learning and personal development.
- • Commitment to the Trust’s values
- • Motivation – driven by a genuine interest and concern for the quality and appropriateness of patient services.
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
- Robert Jeffries
- Job title
- Associate Director of Planned Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07887 842 645
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