General Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and collaborative General Manager to join the Community Directorate at Newcastle Hospitals to support the delivery of Neighbourhood Health. As a senior member of the leadership team, you will be responsible for working collaboratively with system partners across the local authority, primary care/general practice, mental health services and our VCSE sector to support the co design and delivery of neighbourhood working, shifting care from hospital to community based on the specific needs of the people and communities we serve. The successful candidate will have a demonstrable understanding of community service delivery across health and social care and have a strong track record on integrated working, service improvement and managing performance., As General Manager for Neighbourhood Health, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery and development of our neighbourhood health model. Working as part of the Clinical Board leadership team, you will: o Provide strong operational leadership across the neighbourhood health portfolio, ensuring high-quality, safe and effective services are delivered.o Lead the delivery of performance, quality and financial objectives, ensuring services meet agreed targets and make effective use of resources.o Work collaboratively across organisational and professional boundaries, developing strong relationships with clinical teams, community services, primary care, local authorities and other partners.o Support the development and implementation of strategic priorities, translating Trust and wider system ambitions into practical improvements in neighbourhood health services.o Lead and develop teams, providing effective line management, creating a positive culture and supporting staff to deliver their best.o Provide expert operational advice and assurance to the Clinical Board and wider leadership teams, ensuring effective governance, risk management and compliance with Trust policies.o Drive continuous improvement and transformation, identifying opportunities to improve outcomes, patient experience and the way services are delivered closer to home.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.