Divisional Manager

Job description

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.

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.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

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 overview

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

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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 criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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 criteria

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

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Visa Sponsorship Information

This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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