Job overview

As a key member of the service leadership team, the postholder will be jointly responsible for the provision of safe, effective and efficient Dermatology services at St Georges Hospital in Tooting (SGH), Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton (QMH) and the Nelson Health Centre in South Wimbledon. The postholder’s core responsibilities will include:

• Day-to-day management of all operational issues within Dermatology services.
• Ensuring the effective delivery of services to patients in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource limits.
• Support the Assistant General Manager, General Manager and Clinical Leads in the delivery of Trust and national objectives.

Main duties of the job

The role will be reporting to the Assistant General Manager, and will be a vital part of the Dermatology and Specialist Medicine management team.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills and a strong operational background to support the delivery of high-quality and efficient patient care. Applicants should be educated to degree level or have equivalent experience, be committed to personal development, have a proactive approach to change and be keen to work alongside clinical colleagues to develop the service and implement lasting service improvements.

The successful candidate will also have experience in managing pathways including RTT and cancer waiting times and experience in the management of budgets and staff. In turn, the successful candidate will have access to a plethora of development courses and opportunities, as part of the St George’s Leadership Academy and opportunities to progress their NHS management career within a supportive, enthusiastic and motivated team.

We strongly encourage all individuals who are interested in the role to contact the recruiting manager for an informal discussion before applying. 

Working for our organisation

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.