Group Manager - Women's and Children's Division
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an experienced leader to join our Women’s & Children’s Division as a Group Manager on the Obstetric, Gynaecology and HIV Team.
You’ll drive high quality, innovative services, lead operational delivery, and champion continuous improvement for patients and staff.
This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future, including the development of our brand new Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
All staff are expected to uphold our Trust values of:
* Respect
* Compassion
* Teamwork
Main duties of the job
Responsible to operationally deliver qualitative, high‑performing services across the Group to ensure services are outstanding.
To coordinate and prioritise the effective and efficient delivery of clinical services across the Group and manage operational business on a day‑to‑day basis, meeting all necessary standards of safety, quality, and patient access within agreed resources.
To ensure there is a culture of continuous improvement and innovation in patient pathways and services.
This role requires an ambitious individual to lead and support the running of the Group. Working in conjunction with the Clinical Lead and Clinical Matron, the postholder is an integral part of the team who will resolve daily operational challenges faced at the front door of our hospital. The Trust has an ambitious improvement plan with a range of projects established to support patient care and the delivery of national operational standards, which the Group Manager will support.
The Group Manager is responsible for the strategic and operational management of a defined set of areas, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality patient services within the resources available. The postholder is responsible for the management of all non‑clinical staff in these areas; ensuring staff are managed in line with the Trust’s employment policies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to a post‑graduate degree level or equivalent
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Knowledge of NHS Improvement and other compliance and performance frameworks, safety, financial procedures and statutory regulations
Experience
* Evidence of management development
* Proven previous experience of working as a Group Manager or senior operational manager, or leadership experience in an equally diverse and complex organisation
* Demonstrable knowledge of the NHS financial regime and probity and proven experience of budgetary management
* Proven track record of tactical management and delivery at a senior level in a large, complex, service‑focused organisation, including staff management, change management, performance management, and service improvement
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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