Job Title: General Manager Women and Children’s Directorate
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £74,290 - £85,601 per annum
Closing Date: 16th February 2025
Interview Date: 6th March 2025
*This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. *
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a General Manager within the Women and Children’s directorate at George Eliot Hospital. The Women and Children’s directorate have recently had a successful NHSE visit, and a successful West Midlands Perinatal Network Peer Review. The directorate is also in the process of setting up a Gynaecology Assessment Unit, which the successful general manager will be heavily involved with over the next year. The Maternity Services at George Eliot Hospital are rated as ‘good’ by the CQC.
The General Manager will be responsible for supporting the Clinical Director in directing, guiding and leading the Directorate Management Teams in the overall management of the Directorate and for developing Business strategic plans performance management frameworks to ensure delivery of all key activity and financial targets.
A key dimension will be to support the Clinical Director in engaging Clinical Managers in the complex management agenda including the preparation of annual business plans and the development of capacity and capability to deliver both local and national priorities.
The post holder will be required to be included in the Trusts On-call management rota.
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘ excel at patient care ’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Performance Management
To support the Clinical Director in ensuring that robust performance management development systems are developed that can inform internal stakeholders including the Board and other managers in addition to meeting the requirements of external agencies including CQC, NHSI, NHSE, DoH.
To take lead responsibility for the preparation of any inspections and reviews to achieve compliance with NHS and statutory requirements e.g. CQC, HSE.
To review and report on Directorate performance indicators to demonstrate compliance against national standards ensuring that attention is paid to immediate risks and in addition develop, implement and maintain internal performance management processes to ensure progress in all areas.
To analyse and translate data from various sources into effective knowledge management, which drives the activities of the Directorate Management Teams.
To take the lead role to ensure that all Directorate Managers are aware of the specific standards/targets they are responsible for delivering and provide support to each manager to ensure delivery of them.
To be responsible for the delivery of clinical services and management of clinical risk and health care governance.
To ensure effective and optimum utilisation of all resources within the Women and Children’s Directorate Management Teams.
To participate in the Trust’s on-call rota.
To ensure both the development and implementation of winter pressure plans, in order to ensure that the Services can respond to the needs of the patients throughout the year.
To ensure that the Directorate meets its waiting list and waiting times targets e.g. actively support the delivery of a maximum 18 week wait for patients and cancer waiting time targets.
To oversee and interpret the performance targets of specialties and develops strategies to address issues as they arise.
To support processes aimed at improving financial information and control mechanisms, eg identifying cost drivers, refining systems to gather activity data, within the Trust’s performance management framework.
To take a lead role for the implementation of an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solution within the directorate and contribute proactively to the alignment with the overall trust EPR rollout.
Strategic Development
To lead and identify the key activities for service improvement and business development within the Directorate to ensure the delivery of cost effective strategies and the adoption of the lean principles.
To develop and deliver business opportunities that maintain, support and enhance the delivery of high quality services, identifying new and existing opportunities for income generation.
To lead service redesign with multidisciplinary teams, clinicians and operational managers to deliver Trust objectives.
To work with clinical staff in developing appropriate changes in clinical practice within the Directorate in line with Trust objectives.
To develop effective partnerships with other Directorate Management Teams and Corporate Directorates in order to contribute to strategic and planning deliberations that will develop the corporate strategy and operations of the Trust.
To develop effective partnerships with clinical staff and an environment within which all staff within the Directorate have an opportunity to become closely involved in, or have genuine opportunity to influence, the management, planning of, and development of, services within the Directorate.
Financial Responsibilities
To ensure that the Directorate Management Team establishes a strategic direction, this provides a basis for business planning and reflects the priorities of the organisation.
To involve all clinical and non-clinical teams in the management of budgets, and directorate reporting and management to ensure services are cost effective.
To maximise income opportunities throughout the Directorate and ensure business cases are in place to develop and sustain services in line with strategic plans for the Trust.
To ensure that assets, for the full range of specialties and departments within the Directorate (buildings, land and equipment) are utilised efficiently and effectively. Contribute to Trust- wide capital
issues, including new developments, as appropriate.
To be responsible for the strategic development of business, workforce and service plans in conjunction with other internal and external stakeholders.
To support the introduction of local and national health initiatives to ensure their effective integration into specialties and services.
Leadership and Workforce Development
To provide leadership, direction and development to ensure that the skills and capabilities of the Management teams are effectively utilised to maximise potential of individuals
Develop a workforce that is fit to deliver the Trust’s Strategy and improve the experience of patients and carers.
To ensure that the Trust’s strategy and vision is supported across the Directorate by developing managerial and clinical capability.
Responsible for the development and delivery of Directorate Workforce Plans ensuring effective utilisation of the workforce and appropriate skill mix levels in all levels across the Directorates teams.
To agree consultant medical staff job plans, in liaison with the Clinical Director, ensuring that effective arrangements are established and maintained to engage doctors and other clinical professionals in the management and planning of both clinical and non-clinical services.
To ensure consultant job plans reflect clinical commitments and Trust strategic objectives.
To ensure that good HR practices are adhered to within the Directorate including ensuring that the Directorate has a workforce strategy and all staff have an annual performance appraisal.
To promote a culture of equality, inclusion and engagement across the Directorate and Trust.
To work with clinical staff in developing appropriate changes in clinical practice within the Directorate in line with Trust objectives.
To participate fully in the decision-making for the Trust, via active engagement with senior colleagues (clinical/non-clinical) and attendance at appropriate groups.
To initiate and manage change within the Directorate, ensuring engagement of staff, service users and other appropriate group.
For further aspects of the job description and duties, including Clinical Quality and Patient Safety and Business Objectives, please see the attached job description and personal specification

Please refer the Job description for details