General Manager - Medicine

Rate: Band 8d

Location: Cornwall

Duration: 6 months FTC

Hours: 37.5

Reference: J85159

Venn Group are currently working with an NHS organisation in the South West, who are seeking a General Manager to support the Clinical Director to deliver and be accountable for the effective integrated clinical, operation and financial performance of the Care Group.

Responsibilities include:

• Be accountable for the operational management of the Care Group and understand corporate responsibility for the delivery of specific responsibilities
• Keep the Clinical Director and Chief Operating Officer abreast of relevant day to day matters relating to services and issues where there are areas of challenge/concern
• Ensure full compliance with the organisation’s assurance Framework and any related standards including assurance on all corporate and clinical risks
• Promote innovation and quality improvement to ensure best-practice services for patients and positive working experience for staff
• Support the Service Managers that sit within the Specialities in the delivery of their specialty access standards and the delivery of the local business plan
• With the Clinical Director, lead the Care Group annual budget setting process and delivery of the CIP and associated savings targets
• Ensure all people related key performance indicators are achieved

Essential Skills:

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent qualification/experience
• Significant NHS/Public sector experience and knowledge and understanding of the NHS system reform policy and other key policy drivers
• Proven experience of effective performance and budgetary management and control including achieving annual targets on a regular basis for a large group of clinical specialties