Are you an experienced operational leader looking for the opportunity to manage a range of surgical specialties at a senior level? The Surgery and Associated Services (SAS) Care Group at Nottingham University Hospital are looking for an individual with a passion for improvement to join our senior management team as Directorate General Manager for Theatres, Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care
The Directorate General Manager works as part of a triumverate to lead the delivery of five services within the SAS, with operational and strategic responsibility for these services. The Directorate General Manager will provide visible and authentic leadership for the c.1000 people working within the Directorate, oversee operational delivery in line with relevant standards and lead the management of the Directorate's c.£100million budget.
1. To provide visible leadership so that all staff in the directorate are engaged and motivated to provide safe and effective patient care.
2. To foster a culture that promotes openness and where people have the confidence to speak up, ensuring that communication mechanisms are operating effectively in the Care Group
3. To foster a climate of innovation and improvement for all services in the directorate including encouraging staff to identify further opportunities for improvement.
4. To support the Care Group Director of Operations in the delivery of the strategic plans for the Care Group, ensuring they are consistent with the aims and objectives of the of the Trust and ensuring that the plans fully reflect the service needs of the Directorate and Care Group. Including sound financial managed and budget setting across the care group.
5. To line manage the Specialty / Service General Managers / Programme Managers (where appropriate).
6. To deputise for the Director of Operations
Nottingham University Hospitals is one of the biggest and busiest Trusts in the Country, running the largest Major Trauma Service in the Midlands. The SAS Care Group works across all three sites within the Trust - Queens Medical Centre, City Hospital, ropewalk House.
This is an exciting time to be joining the Care Group. We have secured significant capital and revenue investments to enable the relocation of some aspects of our elective surgical service from QMC to City Hospital, taking a first step towards the future vision of City Hospital as an elective campus and providing much needed additional capacity within the Care Group to support our elective recovery plans.
The post holder will be responsible for leading on , and delivering success across , a number of key programmes within the Directorate. These programmes will be essential in ensuring that the Care Group can deliver its primary objectives and targets over the years and will encompass a range of topics including productivity and efficiency, transformation, clinical effectiveness, quality and workforce succession planning.
Full list of key responsibilities in the attached JD.
