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Job summary

Main area
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Theatres and Peri-Operative Medicine
Grade
Band 8C
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-7421470SBH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£85,431 - £97,148 per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/08/2025 23:59
Interview date
25/09/2025

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

General Manager

Band 8C

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, and collaborative leader to take up 1 WTE permanent  General Manager position.  This position has become available as the permanent post holder will be taking on a secondment elsewhere within the Group.  The remit for the role is:

-       Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

-       Operating Theatres

-       Peri-Operative Medicine

These post would be an ideal opportunity for someone looking to expand their skill set in the world of General Management, with a supportive divisional team.  Whilst direct operational management experience is preferred this would be a good role for someone with a clinical leadership background looking to expand their experience within operational management.

As part of the directorate leadership team, the post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the safe, high quality and efficient delivery of clinical services

Interview date: 25th September

Main duties of the job

Main responsibilities:

Provide operational leadership, as part of the leadership team, across the directorate covering quality, access, finance and people;

Lead the elective recovery planning and delivery efforts for the imaging modalities with a focus on delivering diagnostic targets and supporting 18 week and diagnostic targets;

Work closely with Trust-wide operational and clinical colleagues to support the Trust's elective recovery programme as a whole

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate Barts Health 'we care' values of welcoming, engaging, collaborative, accountable, respectful and equitable

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Proven experience of managing a significant service budget
  • Successful delivery of significant organisational change

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to influence and contribute to creative ideas
  • Gets results by working in partnership

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • In Depth knowledge in a number of management disciplines acquired through training and experience to degree level or equivalen

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and/or experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emily Pegg
Job title
Divisonal manager
Email address
[email protected]
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