General Manager

This post is a key position in the general management structure in the division providing support to the Divisional Director and Divisional Director of Operations for Surgery, Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Associate Services (SACCAS). Reporting to the Divisional Director of Operations, the General Manager will be responsible for the operational leadership, delivery and performance of services in line with expected objectives, Policies and governance processes for service and clinical quality, business planning, financial (Income & Expenditure) plans and budget management. The GM will have identified delegated responsibility for operational management of services, ensuring the effective implementation of national and local strategies and the delivery of service objectives within available resources on all sites (both within and outside the trust) within the remit of the division. The General Manager will work with other Divisional leaders to provide leadership and direction for the division ensuring that this supports the Trust's strategic vision for high quality patient-centred care, and excellence in education and research. The candidate will ensure that effective management and delivery underpins the leadership of the division and that the Divisional Director is supported to ensure that leadership decisions are translated into transforming and delivery of services., + To be responsible for the operational management of all services within the division, through the divisional director, on behalf of the trust. + Work closely with internal teams to devise systems proactively to manage service demands and ensure that these are fully implemented. + Initiate regular review of services within the division and work with the divisional director to ensure new developments are appropriately resourced through the business planning process. + Monitor activity in relation to agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA) as and national access targets and implement immediate corrective action in relation to any significant under/ over-performance. + Respond in a timely fashion to frequent and unpredictable day-to-day operational issues as required. Liaise directly with patients and staff to resolve urgent concerns, including resolving stressful or distressing situations. + To participate in the senior manager on-call rota + Provide leadership of emergency and business continuity planning across the division. + Lead the development of the performance management framework and ensuring its implementation to deliver national and local performance targets within the Division.

• + Developing and supporting service redesign and quality initiatives. + Produce reports as required internally and externally on a routine and ad hoc basis
  
  North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium sized District General Hospital based in Edmonton in Enfield, North London. We serve a diverse multicultural population largely from the London boroughs of Enfield and Haringey. Many of our patients live in wards that are within the 5% most deprived in the UK and a large proportion of our patients were born abroad. This makes it both a fascinating and a challenging hospital to work in. Over the last decade we have rebuilt almost all of the hospital and now have facilities that we are proud to work in. We employ just over 3,000 staff, more than half of whom live locally. We encourage apprenticeships from the local community and work closely with our local Health Watch. In our most recent CQC report (2019) we are still found to 'require improvement', but the report noted the achievements since the previous report, with a positive shift in culture and quality. Our Trust vision and objectives show our aspirations to develop towards 'Good' and 'Outstanding'.