General Manager
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Cardiff, is currently looking to recruit a General Manager for an initial 6 month contract with potential to extend on a rate of £32.60-£44.88/hour PAYE. This role will be based onsite in Cardiff.
Responsibilities:
– Be a key member of the Directorate leadership team, working with clinical and managerial colleagues to manage the design and delivery of clinical/non-clinical services within the Directorate.
– Contribute to the development of the strategic direction for specified areas in line with the Directorate and Clinical Board’s overall strategy and improvement programme, ensuring that all strategic plans are incorporated into service plans and objectives for all staff.
– Develop a culture within which all staff are delivering high quality patient-centred clinical services.
– Develop, short, medium- and long-term objectives, which are turned into effective, affordable and achievable annual service plans for the clinical areas and deliver these plans within the financial resources available.
– Responsible and accountable for the formulation of new service developments and initiatives, preparing bids and ensuring business cases are produced for service developments, taking into account activity and income projections and resource allocations.
– Work with colleagues to review and redesign services in order to meet the needs of patients and enable the Directorate to achieve key performance indicators and reduce costs.
– Lead the planning of future capital developments to deliver improved facilities for patients in line with the Clinical Board’s strategy, ensuring that capital; developments are designed around the service.
– Develop robust mechanisms to ensure clear communication of service plans, objectives and service changes ensuring that staff are engaged directly in any review and the development of services.
– There is a requirement to present complex, sensitive and often contentious information to a large group of staff, for example changes in service delivery, organisational change, etc.
– Present information formally both internally and externally on behalf of the Directorate at formal meetings.
– Communicate service related information to senior managers, senior clinicians, external agencies, etc. – using negotiation, persuasion and reassurance skills.
– Develop effective processes for monitoring and managing activity and performance as well as core standards of care, identifying when performance falls below set standards and taking corrective action, ensuring that all national and organisational performance targets are achieved.
– Analyse and interpret a range of options in highly complex situations, making judgements and deciding upon corrective action to ensure performance targets are achieved.
– Determine the information needs of the clinical services and ensure appropriate timely data collection mechanisms are established to support capacity and demand analysis.
– Contributing to the Directorate Performance Review ensuring that all KPIs are met; where they are not met, establish appropriate action plans to meet the standards in order to deliver.
– Accountable for the delivery of a balanced budget for the Directorate and developing a financial strategy which ensures financial viability, that systems are in place to maximise income, control expenditure and deliver cost improvements, achieving synergies between the component elements of the Directorate and, where appropriate, other parts of the Clinical Board. This includes budget setting, monitoring and determining corrective action for multiple departments/services.
– Lead on the planning and implementation of cost improvement programmes in line with corporate objectives.
– Ensure all budget holders in their area have the skills to manage budgets effectively and provided support to budget holders by regularly reviewing budget statements.
– Line management responsibilities for direct reports, e.g. recruitment, PADR’s, sickness absence, staff development, etc.
– Monitor key workforce indicators (sickness absence, turnover, PADR, etc) that affect productivity and work with line managers and the Head of Workforce and OD to address issues of concern.
– Will carry out other duties within the job role.
Essential Skills:
– Masters Degree in a relevant discipline or demonstrable ability and experience to work at Masters Level.
– Recognised Management qualification.
– Evidence of management development through CPD and /or formal management courses.
– Significant experience working in general management within the NHS or private sector. This must include experience of managing staff and resources above £5m.
– Experience of leadership at a senior management level.
– Successful management of change in a complex organisation.
– Significant financial management experience including evidence of delivery within budget and timescales.
– Able to make and take sometimes difficult decisions after analysis of options and implications.
– Highly developed communication skills (written, oral, presentational and interpersonal).
– Able to influence and engage people in different settings.
– Able to secure commitment from others for change programmes.
– Able to provide strategic direction and leadership within the Directorate without adopting a dictatorial style.
– Able to multi-task and continue to function to a high standard when under pressure.
– Able to build effective working relationships at all levels within and outside of the UHB.
– Able to learn fast and adapt to become quickly effective in new situations.
– Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, etc – able to produce reports
– Knowledge and experience of quality improvement methodologies.
– Good understanding of IT systems, their application and potential.
– Knowledge and experience of service improvement skills, tools and techniques.
– The ability to travel in a timely manner to different hospital sites within the organisation and occasional further to represent the Directorate at meetings
Desirable Skills:
– Improving Quality Together – IQT
– Professional qualification subject to registration requirements e.g. accountancy
– Project Management Qualification
– Experience with audits, inspections, etc.
– Demonstrates intellectual flexibility, political astuteness and drive for results.
– Knowledge of safeguarding adults/children including the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
– Be a key member of the Directorate leadership team, working with clinical and managerial colleagues to manage the design and delivery of clinical/non-clinical services within the Directorate.
– Contribute to the development of the strategic direction for specified areas in line with the Directorate and Clinical Board’s overall strategy and improvement programme, ensuring that all strategic plans are incorporated into service plans and objectives for all staff.
– Develop a culture within which all staff are delivering high quality patient-centred clinical services.
– Develop, short, medium- and long-term objectives, which are turned into effective, affordable and achievable annual service plans for the clinical areas and deliver these plans within the financial resources available.
– Responsible and accountable for the formulation of new service developments and initiatives, preparing bids and ensuring business cases are produced for service developments, taking into account activity and income projections and resource allocations.
– Work with colleagues to review and redesign services in order to meet the needs of patients and enable the Directorate to achieve key performance indicators and reduce costs.
– Lead the planning of future capital developments to deliver improved facilities for patients in line with the Clinical Board’s strategy, ensuring that capital; developments are designed around the service.
– Develop robust mechanisms to ensure clear communication of service plans, objectives and service changes ensuring that staff are engaged directly in any review and the development of services.
– There is a requirement to present complex, sensitive and often contentious information to a large group of staff, for example changes in service delivery, organisational change, etc.
– Present information formally both internally and externally on behalf of the Directorate at formal meetings.
– Communicate service related information to senior managers, senior clinicians, external agencies, etc. – using negotiation, persuasion and reassurance skills.
– Develop effective processes for monitoring and managing activity and performance as well as core standards of care, identifying when performance falls below set standards and taking corrective action, ensuring that all national and organisational performance targets are achieved.
– Analyse and interpret a range of options in highly complex situations, making judgements and deciding upon corrective action to ensure performance targets are achieved.
– Determine the information needs of the clinical services and ensure appropriate timely data collection mechanisms are established to support capacity and demand analysis.
– Contributing to the Directorate Performance Review ensuring that all KPIs are met; where they are not met, establish appropriate action plans to meet the standards in order to deliver.
– Accountable for the delivery of a balanced budget for the Directorate and developing a financial strategy which ensures financial viability, that systems are in place to maximise income, control expenditure and deliver cost improvements, achieving synergies between the component elements of the Directorate and, where appropriate, other parts of the Clinical Board. This includes budget setting, monitoring and determining corrective action for multiple departments/services.
– Lead on the planning and implementation of cost improvement programmes in line with corporate objectives.
– Ensure all budget holders in their area have the skills to manage budgets effectively and provided support to budget holders by regularly reviewing budget statements.
– Line management responsibilities for direct reports, e.g. recruitment, PADR’s, sickness absence, staff development, etc.
– Monitor key workforce indicators (sickness absence, turnover, PADR, etc) that affect productivity and work with line managers and the Head of Workforce and OD to address issues of concern.
– Will carry out other duties within the job role.
Essential Skills:
– Masters Degree in a relevant discipline or demonstrable ability and experience to work at Masters Level.
– Recognised Management qualification.
– Evidence of management development through CPD and /or formal management courses.
– Significant experience working in general management within the NHS or private sector. This must include experience of managing staff and resources above £5m.
– Experience of leadership at a senior management level.
– Successful management of change in a complex organisation.
– Significant financial management experience including evidence of delivery within budget and timescales.
– Able to make and take sometimes difficult decisions after analysis of options and implications.
– Highly developed communication skills (written, oral, presentational and interpersonal).
– Able to influence and engage people in different settings.
– Able to secure commitment from others for change programmes.
– Able to provide strategic direction and leadership within the Directorate without adopting a dictatorial style.
– Able to multi-task and continue to function to a high standard when under pressure.
– Able to build effective working relationships at all levels within and outside of the UHB.
– Able to learn fast and adapt to become quickly effective in new situations.
– Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, etc – able to produce reports
– Knowledge and experience of quality improvement methodologies.
– Good understanding of IT systems, their application and potential.
– Knowledge and experience of service improvement skills, tools and techniques.
– The ability to travel in a timely manner to different hospital sites within the organisation and occasional further to represent the Directorate at meetings
Desirable Skills:
– Improving Quality Together – IQT
– Professional qualification subject to registration requirements e.g. accountancy
– Project Management Qualification
– Experience with audits, inspections, etc.
– Demonstrates intellectual flexibility, political astuteness and drive for results.
– Knowledge of safeguarding adults/children including the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
