Job summary
- Main area
- Operational
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (On-call commitments)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-call commitments)
- Job ref
- 356-25-7574258
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hull Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Hull
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 pa pr
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior General Manager
Band 8b
Job overview
Fixed term for 12 month
What a unique and exciting time to join us!
We are looking for a Senior General Manager to work in the Neurosciences Care Group who will ensure that, through their team, that patient care is assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated in accordance with required organisational and professional standards. The Neurosciences Care Group portfolio includes Neurosurgery, Neurology, Neurophysiology and Stroke.
This is an excellent opportunity for a high calibre Senior Operational NHS Manager who has a proven track record of overseeing service management and delivery in a large complex organisation. You will be report directly to the Care Group Operations Director providing assurance on strategic, business and operational objectives
You will have the opportunity to shape the future and transform how the services will be delivered across the new group operating model.
You will work as a member of the Neurosciences Senior Management team managing a number of specialties within the Care Group. In the Care Group structure, the Divisional General Manager is accountable to the Care Group Operations Director and is responsible jointly, along with the Specialty Clinical Leads and Senior Matron/Senior Nursing Team, for its overall efficient and effective leadership, management and performance.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the triumvirate team leading the Division, the Senior General Manager is accountable to the Care Group Operations Director and is responsible jointly, along with the Clinical lead and Senior Nursing Team, for its overall efficient and effective leadership, management and performance.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker
Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification/experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development including management studies to masters level or above or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/Management qualification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working on both strategic and operational matters
- Significant NHS/ public sector experience and knowledge, including upto-date knowledge and understanding of NHS systems and policies
- Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating and developing multidisciplinary teams as a highly effective people manager
- Proven experience of effective performance and budgetary management and control.
- Proven success in business planning and in the development of business cases
- Experience of leadership of complex operational change/project management while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality
Communication & Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication - verbal/written
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Works well with in a team
- Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- Participate in standard setting and research projects
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Facilitate learning of others
Attributes & Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
- Strong, effective leadership and people management skills
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills
- Highly developed verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences
- Ability to ensure patient safety by assessing and managing risks associated with service developments
- Ability to work with and through others
- Ability to perform well under pressure and manage unpredictable workload with conflicting priorities
- Quality focused with an innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems
- Ability to develop effect networks and work collaboratively with internal and external partners
- Ability to critically analyse complex financial and clinical data sets
- Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information
- Good time keeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
- Personal resilience
- Able to participate in on-call rota as required
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carole Joyce
- Job title
- Operations Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 674147
- Additional information
Informal visits would be welcome. Please contact my PA or email me directly
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