Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Trust wide Town Lincoln Salary £66,582 – £77,368 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/06/2026 23:59
Deputy General Manager for Community Medicine & Outpatients – Band 8b
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
The Alliance Care Group has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and values‑driven leader to play a pivotal role as the Deputy General Manager for Outpatients and Community Medicine Clinical Business Unit. The post holder will be responsible for providing operational and strategic business planning support and leadership across the Care Group to ensure the provision of high quality services and to achieve performance objectives.
Main duties of the job
The post holder provides strategic and operational leadership across the Clinical Business Unit, supporting integrated business planning, service development and continuous improvement. They provide professional leadership to clinical and operational leaders, ensuring teams understand expectations and deliver high‑quality, patient‑focused services. The role leads the implementation of Trust‑wide policies, develops Care Group improvement programmes, and drives innovation and service redesign to improve outcomes, reduce waiting times and optimise resources.
The post holder is responsible for strategic service planning, performance management and delivery of national and local targets, providing assurance to Care Group and Trust governance arrangements. They hold delegated budgets, ensure compliance with financial requirements, deliver agreed financial plans including CIPs and maintain effective budgetary control and reporting.
The role ensures services meet healthcare standards and CQC requirements, supports effective complaint management, and embeds strong governance, risk and patient safety cultures. Effective communication and engagement with staff, Trust colleagues and external partners supports integrated services aligned to the Trust vision. They promote workforce development, appraisal, wellbeing and compliance with employment legislation, and deputise for senior colleagues as required while complying with all Trust policies and health and safety responsibilities.
Benefits
- Flexible working options – part‑time, off‑site/remote working, compressed hours, staggered hours, set shift patterns.
- National Health Service Pension – generous and flexible pension scheme fully protected against inflation.
- Annual leave – starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays for Staff Covered by Agenda for Change. For Medical Workforce positions, the entitlement commences from 32 days per annum.
- Bank working – opportunity to work extra hours at enhanced rates with weekly pay.
- Family & childcare – on‑site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
- Health & wellbeing – counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy and eye tests.
- Learning & Development – Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, clinical education, research opportunities.
- Financial support and benefits – Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics, free on‑site parking and free tea and coffee.
- Rewards & recognition – staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, staff lottery.
Person Specification
- Qualifications
- Educated to Master level or equivalent experience in a health‑related or relevant field.
- Professional training/qualification.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Previous Experience
- Experience of working at a senior/corporate level.
- Demonstrable experience in leading, motivating and managing teams.
- Knowledge of key national NHS policy and strategies.
- Experience of strategic thinking at a senior level.
- Significant experience of communicating and working with very senior managers and leaders.
- Ability to influence at all levels and a strategic thinker.
- Experience of budget management and staff management.
- Experience of managing competing workloads concurrently.
- Experience of working at a senior/corporate level within the NHS.
- Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes
- Ability to use IT packages.
- Understanding of working with confidential information.
- Understanding of Corporate Governance.
- Ability to lead a team ensuring it is customer focused and delivers a high quality service.
- Ability to communicate at all levels verbally and in writing in a manner that is clear, fluent and persuasive.
- Demonstrate professional credibility.
- Demonstrate ability to make sound judgements and decision making.
- Ability to interpret national policies and guidance.
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen with a customer focus approach to problem solving.
- Self‑motivated and committed with the ability to work on own initiative.
- Committed, proactive and innovative.
- Committed to continuous improvement.
- Creative thinker and problem solver.
- Politically astute and high level of integrity.
- Focus on personal and corporate probity.
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