Job summary Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced General Manager to lead Imaging servce with the Imaging directorate triumvirate team.
You will support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate Barts Health 'we care' values of welcoming, engaging, collaborative, accountable, respectful and equitable.
You will play a key part of building the strategy of the Imaging department, and be responsible for all Radiology management functions of the service, managing a variety of staff and services to deliver the strategy.
You will have a significant role in building working relationships and collaboration between Royal London within Barts Health and the wider NEL System partners.
You will also participate in the planning for the business planning cycle for the RLH and MEH. Particularly in planning to reduce health and wellbeing inequalities across Tower Hamlets and the wider NEL system.
Main duties of the job
- Be responsible for all Radiology management functions of the service, managing a variety of staff and services to deliver this agenda
- Oversee the operational delivery of Radiology services across the Imaging Department on the designated site and within Barts Health NHS Trust
- To ensure the safe and effective use of all resources. Specifically, to take a lead in achieving key performance targets in line with local and national agreements
- Take management responsibility for the Operational managers and Departmental leads within the Service Group and assume delegated responsibility for the budgets.
- Provide senior leadership and overall Radiology general management for Barts Health NHS Trust, working in close collaboration with the triumvirate
- To work with Clinical, Radiographer and Nursing colleagues to ensure the development of staff and services, in conjunction with a wide range of partner organisations
- Support the clinical and triumvirate leadership RLH Imaging department in delivering a range of outcomes, ensuring that fundamental and underlying activities to organisational success are achieved
- Drive innovation, modernisation and high levels of staff and patient satisfaction for the Division
- Act as an ambassador for the Trust and as a Senior Manager of the Trust working in an ethnically and culturally diverse area, promote the Trust's Equality and Diversity policy and goals.
About us Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Date posted 08 January 2024
Pay scheme Agenda for change
Band Band 8c
Salary £78,163 to £88,884 a year per annum inc
Contract Fixed term
Duration 12 months
Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number 265RLH-A
Job locations Royal London Hospital
London
E1 1FR
Job description Job responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job description Job responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Person Specification Experience Essential
- Proven experience of managing a significant service budget.
- Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Foundation Trust or similar organisation
- Experience of managing people and teams
Skills Essential
- Good understanding of inter-agency working Planning, developing and implementing strategies
- Uses a range of influencing strategies to bring about change and modernisation of services
- Communicates the vision and brings it alive - describes what the future needs to look like in terms of service improvement and gives people a sense that change is achievable and that their contribution matters
- The ability to grasp critical issues and distil them into clear and manageable priorities, weighing both costs and benefits.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- Demonstrates openness to learning from others and improving services for the greater good
Knowledge Essential
- Demonstrates a commitment to the highest ethical and professional values and a belief in government funded healthcare.
- Ability to articulate and persuade others up, down and across the NHS organisations and represent/act as an ambassador to the Trust
Desirable
- Experience of Lean methodologies & successful delivery in acute services.
Qualifications Essential
- Education to degree level or equivalent qualification and or experience.
- Postgraduate management diploma or equivalent
Desirable
- Evidence of further professional academic or management studies
- MBA
Person Specification Experience Essential
- Proven experience of managing a significant service budget.
- Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Foundation Trust or similar organisation
- Experience of managing people and teams
Skills Essential
- Good understanding of inter-agency working Planning, developing and implementing strategies
- Uses a range of influencing strategies to bring about change and modernisation of services
- Communicates the vision and brings it alive - describes what the future needs to look like in terms of service improvement and gives people a sense that change is achievable and that their contribution matters
- The ability to grasp critical issues and distil them into clear and manageable priorities, weighing both costs and benefits.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- Demonstrates openness to learning from others and improving services for the greater good
Knowledge Essential
- Demonstrates a commitment to the highest ethical and professional values and a belief in government funded healthcare.
- Ability to articulate and persuade others up, down and across the NHS organisations and represent/act as an ambassador to the Trust
Desirable
- Experience of Lean methodologies & successful delivery in acute services.
Qualifications Essential
- Education to degree level or equivalent qualification and or experience.
- Postgraduate management diploma or equivalent
Desirable
- Evidence of further professional academic or management studies
- MBA
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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