Assistant General Manager: Cardiac Services

The Bristol Heart Institute is looking for an exceptional individual to join the Management Team as an Assistant General Manager for Cardiac Services. We are looking for a highly credible candidate who will provide strategic and operational leadership to the department and work as part of the existing team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate patient care. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate extensive experience of operational service management, and a commitment to continuous service development and improvement. They will be an effective and inclusive communicator, who can motivate and influence different clinical and non-clinical teams to achieve objectives.

As the major tertiary cardiac centre for the South-West of England, the Bristol Heart Institute delivers a full range of specialist cardiology services, as well as offering one of the largest cardiac surgery programmes in the UK. The department has expanded rapidly in recent years, with the recent commissioning of a new catheter lab, extensive additional consultant appointments and expansion of the cath lab workforce.

The role will support the General Manager/Deputy Divisional Director and be responsible for managing teams to provide the day to day services as well as have key project, performance, governance, business planning, strategic and transformational responsibilities.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.