Assistant General Manager

The Urology department is seeking a motivated Assistant General Manager with strong leadership skills to lead the Benign Urology department.

As an Assistant General Manager, you will be working in one of the largest Urology departments in the UK providing highly specialised Benign Urology care, including endo-urology, female, reconstructive and adolescent urology, male reconstructive urology and andrology. The department works closely with other trusts as part of the North Central London network and therefore you will be required to build and maintain close relationships with a wide range of clinical and operational teams.

The post holders will have specific focus on maintaining and improving RTT and DM01 performance targets and pathway redesign.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that services are efficiently and effectively run within the Urology department. This will be achieved through excellent human resource, financial and performance management, to achieve improvement in process and patient outcomes.

The post holder will also be operationally responsible for urology outpatients and provide leadership and management support to staff within their areas of management.

The post holder will be responsible for meeting both the Surgical Specialties Division objectives and the strategic corporate objectives of the organisation. The role will also focus on the development and implementation of projects working within tight time scales when required.

The assistant general manager will deputise, where appropriate for the urology general manager in their absence.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically-led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
Eastman Dental Hospital
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

For detailed information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification (Supporting Documents).