General Manager

Are you an experienced NHS operational leader looking for an opportunity to make a real difference in Urgent and Emergency Care?

We are seeking an ambitious and collaborative General Manager to join the Acute Medicine Business Unit at Royal Derby Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a fast-paced and evolving service, leading operational delivery, driving improvement and shaping the future of acute and urgent care pathways.

As part of the Business Unit triumvirate leadership team, you will work in close partnership with the Clinical Director and Matron to provide visible, compassionate and effective leadership across the service. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our patients receive safe, high-quality and timely care, while supporting staff to deliver their best every day.

This role offers the opportunity to influence strategic decision-making, lead transformational change and work alongside multidisciplinary teams to improve patient experience, performance and outcomes.

Whether delivering operational excellence, improving patient flow or supporting innovative models of care, you will be empowered to make a significant impact across one of the Trust's most important clinical services.

As General Manager, you will support the Divisional Director in providing strategic and operational leadership across the Acute Medicine Business Unit, ensuring the delivery of high-quality services that meet both local and national priorities.

Working Collaboratively With Clinical And Operational Colleagues, You Will

• Lead the day-to-day operational performance of the Business Unit, ensuring delivery of key quality, activity and financial objectives.
• Drive improvements in urgent and emergency care pathways, supporting patients to receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
• Provide strong, visible leadership to multidisciplinary teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Support the development and delivery of strategic service plans that respond to the evolving needs of our patients and communities.
• Work closely with clinical leaders to implement service improvements, redesign pathways and deliver transformational change.
• Ensure robust performance management and governance arrangements are in place to support sustainable service delivery.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues across the Trust and wider health system to support integrated approaches to urgent and acute care.
• Champion staff engagement, development and wellbeing, creating an environment where individuals and teams can thrive.

Closing date of applications : 25 October 2026 Interview date: 12 November 2026 As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts About Our Trust

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tony Mayer Job title: Divisional Director Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07772868550