Job vacancy: Deputy General Manager, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Truro

Job summary

Main area: Acute & Emergency Medicine
Grade: Band 8c
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will be required to participate in the on-call rota for the Trust and be available for on site weekend working when required)
Job ref: 156-6254570

Employer: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Town: Truro
Salary: £70,417 - £81,138 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/05/2024 23:59

Deputy General Manager

Band 8c

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. 

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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.

We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level or equivalent or equivalent experience
Evidence of continuing professional development including management studies to masters level or above or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

Significant experience working on both strategic and operational matters.
Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating and developing multi-disciplinary teams as highly effective people manager
Experience of leadership of complex operational change/project management while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality
Displays innovative and lateral thinking

Desirable criteria

RTT knowledge

Due to the high volume of applications we receive we are unable to inform candidates in writing if they have been unsuccessful at the shortlisting stage. Therefore if you have not received a reply within 21 days of the closing date you must assume that, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. By logging into your account on the website, this may provide you further information on the status of your application. If you wish to obtain feedback regarding your application, you will need to telephone the manager of the post which will be detailed in the vacancy advert.

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It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

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Should you be unsuccessful at interview, please be aware that your job application and related documents will be retained confidentially for a period of 12 months.

Benefits include optional pension and life assurance. The Trust has a dedicated Childcare Co-ordination Team who can support and advise staff on childcare related issues.

We are committed to ensuring our staff are developed, engaged and supported to work in different ways to support a changing environment in which we operate and deliver services

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is a non-smoking organisation. Smoking will not be permitted on any of the sites.

Should you require an alternative format of this application form (such as Braille, audio or large print), please telephone 01872 255755

In submitting an application form, you authorise Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority Transfer process should you be appointed to the post.

COVID-19 Vaccinations

Update – NHS employees/applicants of frontline posts at the Royal Cornwall Trust are no longer required to be fully vaccinated against COVID by 1 April 2022. This is pending the public consultation and Parliamentary review announced by the government. We may however request immunisation status but this will not impact working with the Trust

Royal Cornwall Hospital is an Equal Opportunities employer.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: please read the "guidance notes for applicants" document at the bottom of the screen before applying for this position.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via e-mail to advise you to book your interview slot.

Documents to download

Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 279.1KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Rachael Pearce
Job title: General Manager
Email address: [email protected]

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