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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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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Location: Leeds
Job Description:
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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
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Posted: May 13th, 2026