General Manager - Adult Critical Care

General Manager, Adult Critical Care

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a senior operational leader to serve as the General Manager of the Adult Critical Care Clinical Service Unit (CSU). The CSU is a key component of our tertiary service, delivering HDU and ICU care across Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital, and supporting Outreach and Rehabilitation teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership to a high performing medical and administrative team.
• Senior line management of business and administrative staff, including direct reporting.
• Act as CSU lead to deliver performance and financial objectives.
• Lead prioritised areas such as clinical service development, contracting, business cases and Leeds Improvement Method value streams.
• Collaborate with the Head of Nursing and Clinical Director to shape transformation plans, strategic direction and management priorities.
• Champion patient centred care, embedding safety, quality and patient experience across all activities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification.
• Masters level qualifications preferred.
• Management qualification or postgraduate diploma in management desirable.
• Proven operational management at a middle/senior level within a complex organisation.
• Budgetary management knowledge.
• Experience developing and utilising professional networks.
• Operational and business planning, implementation and option appraisal.
• Management of multidisciplinary staff across multiple sites.
• Strategic planning experience and evidence of service innovation.

Skills & Behaviours

• Excellent change management and service redesign skills.
• Ability to deliver business plans and development cases.
• Risk appraisal and decision making under pressure.
• Strong analytical, communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Credibility with clinical staff, including senior medical staff.
• Resilience, flexibility and self management.
• Commitment to values of patient centredness, collaboration, fairness, accountability and empowerment.

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