Divisional Manager

Job description

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated leader to join a high-performing service within a welcoming and supportive hospital environment. The Divisional Manager will have responsibility for a diverse portfolio of services including Imaging, Pharmacy, Therapies and Outpatients, working closely with clinical, professional and operational leaders to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred services.

The postholder will be a key member of the divisional leadership team, working in partnership with senior clinicians and service leads to drive operational performance, service improvement, workforce development and financial sustainability. They will collaborate with a broad range of professional groups, including radiologists, radiographers, therapists, dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, technicians and operational colleagues, fostering strong multidisciplinary relationships across the division and hospital.

Reporting to the Divisional Director, the successful candidate will work closely with the Divisional Leadership Team (DLT), providing strategic and operational leadership across the portfolio. The role will involve working with SLT and representing the division at Trust-wide and Board-level meetings, presenting performance updates, leading improvement initiatives and ensuring the division contributes to the wider strategic objectives of the organisation.

The successful candidate will join the organisation at an exciting time, with significant opportunities to contribute to service transformation and modernisation. Key priorities over the coming years include the redesign of clinical pathways, improving access to services, strengthening community-based care, embracing innovation and becoming increasingly digitally enabled. This role offers the opportunity to influence these developments and play a key part in shaping future service delivery across not only Core Services, but the Medicine, Women's & Children's and the Surgery division. The role will be instrumental in shaping and encouraging our service management and administrative teams that underpin this too.

Whilst the role is demanding and fast-paced, it provides a unique opportunity to work within a hospital recognised for its collaborative culture, strong team ethos and commitment to continuous improvement, where colleagues work together with a shared focus on delivering the best possible outcomes for patients.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Divisional Manager (DM) is to provide strong local leadership to the Division and to balance strategic plans with operational needs and robust delivery.

The DM will provide strategic leadership at divisional level, ensure that there are appropriate systems and processes within the Division to enable staff to deliver good quality clinical care and drive forward the service improvement agenda to achieve efficiency gains and improve the operational effectiveness of the Division

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

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.

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.

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.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Foundation Trust or similar organisation
• Evidence of a track record in change management
• Experience of managing people and teams
• Experience in developing creative solutions to problems

Skills

Essential

• Good understanding of inter-agency working Planning, developing and implementing strategies
• The ability to express oneself clearly in writing.
• In line with established NHS management competencies, demonstrate the ability to prioritise, organise and carry out own work effectively and within agreed timescales and deadlines.

Knowledge

Essential

• In-depth knowledge in a number of management disciplines acquired through training and experience to degree level or equivalent.

Qualifications

Essential

• Education to degree level or equivalent qualification and or experience Postgraduate management diploma or equivalent
• Evidence of further professional academic or management studies

Person Specification
Experience

Essential

• Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Foundation Trust or similar organisation
• Evidence of a track record in change management
• Experience of managing people and teams
• Experience in developing creative solutions to problems

Skills

Essential

• Good understanding of inter-agency working Planning, developing and implementing strategies
• The ability to express oneself clearly in writing.
• In line with established NHS management competencies, demonstrate the ability to prioritise, organise and carry out own work effectively and within agreed timescales and deadlines.

Knowledge

Essential

• In-depth knowledge in a number of management disciplines acquired through training and experience to degree level or equivalent.

Qualifications

Essential

• Education to degree level or equivalent qualification and or experience Postgraduate management diploma or equivalent
• Evidence of further professional academic or management studies

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust
Address

Whipps Cross University Hospital

London

E11 1NR

United Kingdom

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