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Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist* (XR07)Assistant General Manager (XN09)

Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist* (XR07)

Leeds, ENG, GB

PRINCIPAL DUTIES \& AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical Duties To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspect of own work, including the management of patients in your care. Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of Cardiological Investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation. Gives lead specialist advice during highly complex situations where analytical judgement is required to all other members of the multi-disciplinary team including consultant physicians. Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by their Line Manager. Lead Specialist in own clinical field. Implements change in own specialist area based on own experience and evidence-based practice. Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g., BSE guidelines. Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental policies and those recognised by international organisations. Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the best possible care for patients, including: negotiating, reassurance, empathy, and persuasiveness. Communicates sensitive information about routine and complex cardiac investigations to patients and relatives/carers and those with learning and/or physical disabilities. Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive, technical equipment which process, create, update and store information. Performs / provides factual reports on a number of the following investigations on a region-wide range of Cardiac and Medical patients including acutely ill patients and elderly patients and those with a range of physical and learning disabilities: - Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) - 3D/4D Echocardiography - Strain/speckle Echocardiography - Bubble Contrast Echocardiography - Left Ventricular Opacification Echocardiography (LVO) - Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) - Physiologist Led Stress Testing - Sonographer Led Valve Clinic - Support for Transoesophageal Echocardiography - Support for Interventional Cardiology Reports equipment faults in accordance with departmental policy. Demonstrates personal duty of care for safe use of expensive and highly complex equipment. Is responsible for ensuring that others are fully trained in the safe use of such equipment within their specialist area. Responsible for maintenance of stock levels by ordering from pre-agreed tender schedules and by seeking new resources as service demands change. Responsible for day-to-day security of expensive equipment, e.g., portable ultrasound machines, TOE probes. Professional Responsible for maintaining own technical competencies in clinical areas. Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to the Service Manager, e.g., ultrasound probe heating / Datix. Maintain state registration. Responsible for formal mentorship and coordination of training for designated staff in training within own specialist area. Provides highly specialist training on a day-to-day basis for doctors and cardiac physiologists. Be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at, and participation in, in-service training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review. Undertakes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Personal Development Plan (PDP) as developed with Line Manager. Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings. Maintains and develops current knowledge of evidence-based practice in each clinical area. Responsible for the implementation and evaluation of capital and consumable equipment prior to purchase to ensure the equipment fulfils both service requirements and budget restrictions. Frequently undertakes collection of data for use in audit, research projects and equipment testing. Regularly undertakes clinical trials involving new and emerging technologies. Regularly provides training in Highly Specialist Cardiological techniques to staff members including specialist physiologists and medical staff. Collaborates with the Service Manager towards changes that may impact the wider service provision. Organisational Ability to prioritise and organise the clinical caseload within a designated area of Cardiology. Includes planning and organisation of expected and acute workload and deployment of more junior staff within that area. Accountable for the delivery and day to day management of the delegated area of responsibility within their speciality. Effort Required to exert moderate physical effort. Frequent transferring of patients and equipment on both trolleys and wheelchairs. Prolonged MSK activity whilst performing ultrasound scans. Is forced to deal with confrontation from industry representatives who can be demanding and intrusive. There is a frequent requirement for prolonged periods of concentration. Occasional requirements for both prolonged and highly intense levels of concentration. Frequently interrupted during clinical work to give highly specialist advice to peers, physicians and takes urgent calls from other sources, e.g., staff at other hospitals within the region whom are seeking urgent advice. Exposure to highly distressing situations, e.g., cardiac arrhythmias, anaphylaxis, respiratory and cardiac arrest. To comply with the Trusts manual handling policy at all times. Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular daily basis e.g.: bodily fluids including blood, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas and lice. Occasional exposure to highly emotional situation away from own clinical area, e.g., having to perform echocardiography as part of assessment for organ retrieval. Occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression. Frequently deals sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility.

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Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist* (XR07)

Leeds, ENG, GB

PRINCIPAL DUTIES \& AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical Duties To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspect of own work, including the management of patients in your care. Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of Cardiological Investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation. Gives lead specialist advice during highly complex situations where analytical judgement is required to all other members of the multi-disciplinary team including consultant physicians. Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by their Line Manager. Lead Specialist in own clinical field. Implements change in own specialist area based on own experience and evidence-based practice. Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g., BSE guidelines. Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental policies and those recognised by international organisations. Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the best possible care for patients, including: negotiating, reassurance, empathy, and persuasiveness. Communicates sensitive information about routine and complex cardiac investigations to patients and relatives/carers and those with learning and/or physical disabilities. Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive, technical equipment which process, create, update and store information. Performs / provides factual reports on a number of the following investigations on a region-wide range of Cardiac and Medical patients including acutely ill patients and elderly patients and those with a range of physical and learning disabilities: - Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) - 3D/4D Echocardiography - Strain/speckle Echocardiography - Bubble Contrast Echocardiography - Left Ventricular Opacification Echocardiography (LVO) - Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) - Physiologist Led Stress Testing - Sonographer Led Valve Clinic - Support for Transoesophageal Echocardiography - Support for Interventional Cardiology Reports equipment faults in accordance with departmental policy. Demonstrates personal duty of care for safe use of expensive and highly complex equipment. Is responsible for ensuring that others are fully trained in the safe use of such equipment within their specialist area. Responsible for maintenance of stock levels by ordering from pre-agreed tender schedules and by seeking new resources as service demands change. Responsible for day-to-day security of expensive equipment, e.g., portable ultrasound machines, TOE probes. Professional Responsible for maintaining own technical competencies in clinical areas. Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to the Service Manager, e.g., ultrasound probe heating / Datix. Maintain state registration. Responsible for formal mentorship and coordination of training for designated staff in training within own specialist area. Provides highly specialist training on a day-to-day basis for doctors and cardiac physiologists. Be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at, and participation in, in-service training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review. Undertakes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Personal Development Plan (PDP) as developed with Line Manager. Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings. Maintains and develops current knowledge of evidence-based practice in each clinical area. Responsible for the implementation and evaluation of capital and consumable equipment prior to purchase to ensure the equipment fulfils both service requirements and budget restrictions. Frequently undertakes collection of data for use in audit, research projects and equipment testing. Regularly undertakes clinical trials involving new and emerging technologies. Regularly provides training in Highly Specialist Cardiological techniques to staff members including specialist physiologists and medical staff. Collaborates with the Service Manager towards changes that may impact the wider service provision. Organisational Ability to prioritise and organise the clinical caseload within a designated area of Cardiology. Includes planning and organisation of expected and acute workload and deployment of more junior staff within that area. Accountable for the delivery and day to day management of the delegated area of responsibility within their speciality. Effort Required to exert moderate physical effort. Frequent transferring of patients and equipment on both trolleys and wheelchairs. Prolonged MSK activity whilst performing ultrasound scans. Is forced to deal with confrontation from industry representatives who can be demanding and intrusive. There is a frequent requirement for prolonged periods of concentration. Occasional requirements for both prolonged and highly intense levels of concentration. Frequently interrupted during clinical work to give highly specialist advice to peers, physicians and takes urgent calls from other sources, e.g., staff at other hospitals within the region whom are seeking urgent advice. Exposure to highly distressing situations, e.g., cardiac arrhythmias, anaphylaxis, respiratory and cardiac arrest. To comply with the Trusts manual handling policy at all times. Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular daily basis e.g.: bodily fluids including blood, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas and lice. Occasional exposure to highly emotional situation away from own clinical area, e.g., having to perform echocardiography as part of assessment for organ retrieval. Occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression. Frequently deals sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility.

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Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist* (XR07)

Leeds, ENG, GB

PRINCIPAL DUTIES \& AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical Duties To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspect of own work, including the management of patients in your care. Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of Cardiological Investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation. Gives lead specialist advice during highly complex situations where analytical judgement is required to all other members of the multi-disciplinary team including consultant physicians. Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by their Line Manager. Lead Specialist in own clinical field. Implements change in own specialist area based on own experience and evidence-based practice. Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g., BSE guidelines. Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental policies and those recognised by international organisations. Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the best possible care for patients, including: negotiating, reassurance, empathy, and persuasiveness. Communicates sensitive information about routine and complex cardiac investigations to patients and relatives/carers and those with learning and/or physical disabilities. Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive, technical equipment which process, create, update and store information. Performs / provides factual reports on a number of the following investigations on a region-wide range of Cardiac and Medical patients including acutely ill patients and elderly patients and those with a range of physical and learning disabilities: - Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) - 3D/4D Echocardiography - Strain/speckle Echocardiography - Bubble Contrast Echocardiography - Left Ventricular Opacification Echocardiography (LVO) - Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) - Physiologist Led Stress Testing - Sonographer Led Valve Clinic - Support for Transoesophageal Echocardiography - Support for Interventional Cardiology Reports equipment faults in accordance with departmental policy. Demonstrates personal duty of care for safe use of expensive and highly complex equipment. Is responsible for ensuring that others are fully trained in the safe use of such equipment within their specialist area. Responsible for maintenance of stock levels by ordering from pre-agreed tender schedules and by seeking new resources as service demands change. Responsible for day-to-day security of expensive equipment, e.g., portable ultrasound machines, TOE probes. Professional Responsible for maintaining own technical competencies in clinical areas. Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to the Service Manager, e.g., ultrasound probe heating / Datix. Maintain state registration. Responsible for formal mentorship and coordination of training for designated staff in training within own specialist area. Provides highly specialist training on a day-to-day basis for doctors and cardiac physiologists. Be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at, and participation in, in-service training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review. Undertakes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Personal Development Plan (PDP) as developed with Line Manager. Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings. Maintains and develops current knowledge of evidence-based practice in each clinical area. Responsible for the implementation and evaluation of capital and consumable equipment prior to purchase to ensure the equipment fulfils both service requirements and budget restrictions. Frequently undertakes collection of data for use in audit, research projects and equipment testing. Regularly undertakes clinical trials involving new and emerging technologies. Regularly provides training in Highly Specialist Cardiological techniques to staff members including specialist physiologists and medical staff. Collaborates with the Service Manager towards changes that may impact the wider service provision. Organisational Ability to prioritise and organise the clinical caseload within a designated area of Cardiology. Includes planning and organisation of expected and acute workload and deployment of more junior staff within that area. Accountable for the delivery and day to day management of the delegated area of responsibility within their speciality. Effort Required to exert moderate physical effort. Frequent transferring of patients and equipment on both trolleys and wheelchairs. Prolonged MSK activity whilst performing ultrasound scans. Is forced to deal with confrontation from industry representatives who can be demanding and intrusive. There is a frequent requirement for prolonged periods of concentration. Occasional requirements for both prolonged and highly intense levels of concentration. Frequently interrupted during clinical work to give highly specialist advice to peers, physicians and takes urgent calls from other sources, e.g., staff at other hospitals within the region whom are seeking urgent advice. Exposure to highly distressing situations, e.g., cardiac arrhythmias, anaphylaxis, respiratory and cardiac arrest. To comply with the Trusts manual handling policy at all times. Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular daily basis e.g.: bodily fluids including blood, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas and lice. Occasional exposure to highly emotional situation away from own clinical area, e.g., having to perform echocardiography as part of assessment for organ retrieval. Occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression. Frequently deals sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility.

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Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist* (XR07)

Leeds, ENG, GB

PRINCIPAL DUTIES \& AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical Duties To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspect of own work, including the management of patients in your care. Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of Cardiological Investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation. Gives lead specialist advice during highly complex situations where analytical judgement is required to all other members of the multi-disciplinary team including consultant physicians. Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by their Line Manager. Lead Specialist in own clinical field. Implements change in own specialist area based on own experience and evidence-based practice. Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g., BSE guidelines. Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental policies and those recognised by international organisations. Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the best possible care for patients, including: negotiating, reassurance, empathy, and persuasiveness. Communicates sensitive information about routine and complex cardiac investigations to patients and relatives/carers and those with learning and/or physical disabilities. Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive, technical equipment which process, create, update and store information. Performs / provides factual reports on a number of the following investigations on a region-wide range of Cardiac and Medical patients including acutely ill patients and elderly patients and those with a range of physical and learning disabilities: - Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) - 3D/4D Echocardiography - Strain/speckle Echocardiography - Bubble Contrast Echocardiography - Left Ventricular Opacification Echocardiography (LVO) - Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) - Physiologist Led Stress Testing - Sonographer Led Valve Clinic - Support for Transoesophageal Echocardiography - Support for Interventional Cardiology Reports equipment faults in accordance with departmental policy. Demonstrates personal duty of care for safe use of expensive and highly complex equipment. Is responsible for ensuring that others are fully trained in the safe use of such equipment within their specialist area. Responsible for maintenance of stock levels by ordering from pre-agreed tender schedules and by seeking new resources as service demands change. Responsible for day-to-day security of expensive equipment, e.g., portable ultrasound machines, TOE probes. Professional Responsible for maintaining own technical competencies in clinical areas. Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to the Service Manager, e.g., ultrasound probe heating / Datix. Maintain state registration. Responsible for formal mentorship and coordination of training for designated staff in training within own specialist area. Provides highly specialist training on a day-to-day basis for doctors and cardiac physiologists. Be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at, and participation in, in-service training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review. Undertakes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Personal Development Plan (PDP) as developed with Line Manager. Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings. Maintains and develops current knowledge of evidence-based practice in each clinical area. Responsible for the implementation and evaluation of capital and consumable equipment prior to purchase to ensure the equipment fulfils both service requirements and budget restrictions. Frequently undertakes collection of data for use in audit, research projects and equipment testing. Regularly undertakes clinical trials involving new and emerging technologies. Regularly provides training in Highly Specialist Cardiological techniques to staff members including specialist physiologists and medical staff. Collaborates with the Service Manager towards changes that may impact the wider service provision. Organisational Ability to prioritise and organise the clinical caseload within a designated area of Cardiology. Includes planning and organisation of expected and acute workload and deployment of more junior staff within that area. Accountable for the delivery and day to day management of the delegated area of responsibility within their speciality. Effort Required to exert moderate physical effort. Frequent transferring of patients and equipment on both trolleys and wheelchairs. Prolonged MSK activity whilst performing ultrasound scans. Is forced to deal with confrontation from industry representatives who can be demanding and intrusive. There is a frequent requirement for prolonged periods of concentration. Occasional requirements for both prolonged and highly intense levels of concentration. Frequently interrupted during clinical work to give highly specialist advice to peers, physicians and takes urgent calls from other sources, e.g., staff at other hospitals within the region whom are seeking urgent advice. Exposure to highly distressing situations, e.g., cardiac arrhythmias, anaphylaxis, respiratory and cardiac arrest. To comply with the Trusts manual handling policy at all times. Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular daily basis e.g.: bodily fluids including blood, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas and lice. Occasional exposure to highly emotional situation away from own clinical area, e.g., having to perform echocardiography as part of assessment for organ retrieval. Occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression. Frequently deals sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility.

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Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist* (XR07)

Leeds, ENG, GB

PRINCIPAL DUTIES \& AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical Duties To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspect of own work, including the management of patients in your care. Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of Cardiological Investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation. Gives lead specialist advice during highly complex situations where analytical judgement is required to all other members of the multi-disciplinary team including consultant physicians. Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by their Line Manager. Lead Specialist in own clinical field. Implements change in own specialist area based on own experience and evidence-based practice. Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g., BSE guidelines. Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental policies and those recognised by international organisations. Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the best possible care for patients, including: negotiating, reassurance, empathy, and persuasiveness. Communicates sensitive information about routine and complex cardiac investigations to patients and relatives/carers and those with learning and/or physical disabilities. Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive, technical equipment which process, create, update and store information. Performs / provides factual reports on a number of the following investigations on a region-wide range of Cardiac and Medical patients including acutely ill patients and elderly patients and those with a range of physical and learning disabilities: - Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) - 3D/4D Echocardiography - Strain/speckle Echocardiography - Bubble Contrast Echocardiography - Left Ventricular Opacification Echocardiography (LVO) - Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) - Physiologist Led Stress Testing - Sonographer Led Valve Clinic - Support for Transoesophageal Echocardiography - Support for Interventional Cardiology Reports equipment faults in accordance with departmental policy. Demonstrates personal duty of care for safe use of expensive and highly complex equipment. Is responsible for ensuring that others are fully trained in the safe use of such equipment within their specialist area. Responsible for maintenance of stock levels by ordering from pre-agreed tender schedules and by seeking new resources as service demands change. Responsible for day-to-day security of expensive equipment, e.g., portable ultrasound machines, TOE probes. Professional Responsible for maintaining own technical competencies in clinical areas. Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to the Service Manager, e.g., ultrasound probe heating / Datix. Maintain state registration. Responsible for formal mentorship and coordination of training for designated staff in training within own specialist area. Provides highly specialist training on a day-to-day basis for doctors and cardiac physiologists. Be an active member of the in-service training programme by attendance at, and participation in, in-service training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review. Undertakes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Personal Development Plan (PDP) as developed with Line Manager. Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings. Maintains and develops current knowledge of evidence-based practice in each clinical area. Responsible for the implementation and evaluation of capital and consumable equipment prior to purchase to ensure the equipment fulfils both service requirements and budget restrictions. Frequently undertakes collection of data for use in audit, research projects and equipment testing. Regularly undertakes clinical trials involving new and emerging technologies. Regularly provides training in Highly Specialist Cardiological techniques to staff members including specialist physiologists and medical staff. Collaborates with the Service Manager towards changes that may impact the wider service provision. Organisational Ability to prioritise and organise the clinical caseload within a designated area of Cardiology. Includes planning and organisation of expected and acute workload and deployment of more junior staff within that area. Accountable for the delivery and day to day management of the delegated area of responsibility within their speciality. Effort Required to exert moderate physical effort. Frequent transferring of patients and equipment on both trolleys and wheelchairs. Prolonged MSK activity whilst performing ultrasound scans. Is forced to deal with confrontation from industry representatives who can be demanding and intrusive. There is a frequent requirement for prolonged periods of concentration. Occasional requirements for both prolonged and highly intense levels of concentration. Frequently interrupted during clinical work to give highly specialist advice to peers, physicians and takes urgent calls from other sources, e.g., staff at other hospitals within the region whom are seeking urgent advice. Exposure to highly distressing situations, e.g., cardiac arrhythmias, anaphylaxis, respiratory and cardiac arrest. To comply with the Trusts manual handling policy at all times. Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular daily basis e.g.: bodily fluids including blood, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas and lice. Occasional exposure to highly emotional situation away from own clinical area, e.g., having to perform echocardiography as part of assessment for organ retrieval. Occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression. Frequently deals sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility.

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Assistant General Manager (XN09)

Leeds, ENG, GBremote

The Deputy General Manager is a senior leader within the CSU. Their purpose is to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities or programmes, and other targets as determined by the triumvirate team. These programmes of work require the formulation and adjustment of plans or strategies that impact across multiple services throughout the CSU and in other CSUs and organisations. The Deputy General Manager will support the General Manager, the Head of Nursing and the Clinical Director by providing a senior general management resource, capable of co-ordinating CSU-wide projects and initiatives, delivery of business, workforce and financial planning across the CSU as well as handling ad hoc issues delegated by the CSU triumvirate team. They will make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options. The Urgent Care CSU functions as one of the more complex units in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the CSU compasses Leeds General Infirmary Emergency Department, Paediatric Emergency Department, St James Hospital Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care service, Acute Medicine services, Remote Monitoring Virtual Ward, Primary Care Access Line and Bed Board services. The CSU employs over 800 WTE members of staffing ranging from medical, nursing, business \& other admin staff and AHPs. The CSU has an expenditure budget of £60 million and income budget of £74 million. Working to uphold The Leeds Way the post holder will: Be accountable for leading and managing the management teams of the CSU, developing and implementing local strategic plans and ensuring achievement of performance objectives. Work with the Triumvirate Team to provide operational business management and planning support across all specialties within the CSU in order that the CSU contributes its part to the Trusts ambition and contributes to the delivery of Trust objectives. Deputise for members of the CSU triumvirate team as appropriate. 3. ORGANISATIONAL CHART 4. PRINCIPAL DUTIES \& AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Financial and resource management Management of pay and non-pay budgets, ensuring a balanced financial position. Responsible for ensuring robust processes are in place to record and code activity within the CSU, ensuring income is received. Operationally manage the income and expenditure systems of the services including ensuring activity is recorded and day to day expenditure is managed. Lead the CSU Waste Reduction Programme. Support the Service and Business Managers in ensuring the CSU delivers a financial performance in line with the Trusts agreed financial plan and to actively explore and implement opportunities for cost improvement and waste reduction. Lead the management of the CSUs provider to provider service contracts, ensuring that activity is reported in a timely and accurate way, that systems are in place to record service performance, that contract variations are appropriately documented and authorised and that payments are signed off. Provide regular reports to the CSU General Manager / Clinical Director with assurance that appropriate follow up actions will be completed. Identify performance objectives, develop and operate effective reporting arrangements with the CSU to accurately record and monitor performance against local and national targets and to pro-actively manage any variances, developing action plans and ensuring compliance. Work with the Management Leads and Clinical Leads to rectify any blockages to performance especially where this impacts other CSUs or health care delivery. Planning and strategy Develop challenging service development strategies for / within the CSU. Leads the development of business cases whether for changes to service, new equipment or new posts. Lead the production of the CSUs annual business plan and longer term strategic plan, engaging with Clinical Leads, senior managers and staff, as appropriate. Challenge existing practices, ensuring that progressive solutions, which take into account models of best practice, are incorporated into service plans. Ensure that all income required to support delivery of the service is identified and secured. Responsible for ensuring that local and national policies are properly and consistently interpreted and implemented within the CSU. Negotiate Service Level Agreements with external agencies. Work with Service and Business Managers to identify business development opportunities, arising from changes in the internal/external environment or innovation. Pursue and secure contractual agreements to underpin these. Work closely with other CSUs/corporate services in the Trust to ensure delivery plans are compatible and to maximise opportunities for more efficient ways of working across the wider organisation. Support clinicians to deliver service re-design projects; to deliver improved clinical outcomes for patients, reduced waiting times and more efficient use of resources and expenditure. Support the Service and Business Managers in the development and preparation of business cases and cases of need. Identify a positive marketing strategy plan and evaluate other external communication that represents the CSU. Provide coaching and support to Service and Business Managers, supporting appraisal. Co-ordinates bids against the Trusts annual Capital Programme, including those for medical and surgical equipment, IT etc. Leads the production and regular review of the CSUs Major Incident Plan, Business Continuity Plan and Winter Plan. Promote a culture where health and safety, governance and risk management are seen to be everyones responsibility. Help ensure that patient safety is at the center of service planning, analysis and delivery. Promote clinical information for benchmarking and audit to improve patient experience, sharing with teams and supporting actions arising from this information. Programme management The post holder will manage a number of complex projects which involve all of the departments and functions of the CSU. This will entail the creation and management of project teams, the development of project initiation documents and project plans, the maintenance of a project risks and issues log, the regular reporting of progress to the CSU senior management team and Trust Directors and the on-going liaison with and co-ordination of CSU Service and Business Managers regarding implementation. Staff management Deputise for the General Manager, as directed. Line management of the CSU Service and Business Managers. Oversee and enable the functioning of strong specialty triumvirate management teams Ensure regular and effective appraisal and personal development planning for managed CSU staff. Develop management capability within the team, providing supervision, coaching and mentorship to others and supporting managers in this process. Responsible for ensuring that conduct, poor performance/capability/staff attendance and grievance issues are addressed within the CSU in line with Trust policy. Regularly support review of non-clinical administrative workforce of the Services, with service leads, to ensure the right numbers and the right level of knowledge skill and expertise to deliver services in the most effective and efficient way. Promote a culture where staff feel empowered and accountable for service improvement at local level. Working with HR Business Partners and training teams, ensure that all managed staff in the CSU receive appropriate training and on-going development to enable them to competently and safely fulfil their roles. Promote learning opportunities in a wide range of formats to improve multi-disciplinary and flexible working, including staff who work at night. Ensure that all managed staff meet their statutory and mandatory training requirements. Support the Services in providing opportunities for talent for be developed to ensure the Services continue to improve. Promote a culture of lifelong learning, engagement and success. Policy development and implementation The post holder will be responsible for developing policies and procedures that are applicable to the whole CSU. These will include, for example, policies on HR, Health and Safety, Major Incident response and Business Continuity. To comply with all Trust policies, procedures and practices and to be responsible for keeping up to date with any changes to these. Information The post holder will regularly write reports and papers for the CSU senior management team. These may require the querying of corporate databases such as PAS, PPM, Theatre Pro, Datix and Informatics Reports for statistics. Research and development Help the cost effective implementation of the Trusts Research Strategy, provide support to clinical and other service audits. Ensure teaching, training and development of research and development are supported in business plans. The post holder will agree with the General Manager a series of key results but will have a significant degree of discretion in deciding how to achieve those objectives. The post holder will work to the objectives specified in their Standard Work, and work with the General Manager and Service Managers to keep this Standard Work relevant and up to date. They will be guided by NHS and Trust principles, and Trust and CSU policies as well as the Urgent Care Strategy. Guidance will be provided on request by the General Manager and other members of the CSU triumvirate.

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Assistant General Manager (XN09)

Leeds, ENG, GBremote

The Deputy General Manager is a senior leader within the CSU. Their purpose is to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities or programmes, and other targets as determined by the triumvirate team. These programmes of work require the formulation and adjustment of plans or strategies that impact across multiple services throughout the CSU and in other CSUs and organisations. The Deputy General Manager will support the General Manager, the Head of Nursing and the Clinical Director by providing a senior general management resource, capable of co-ordinating CSU-wide projects and initiatives, delivery of business, workforce and financial planning across the CSU as well as handling ad hoc issues delegated by the CSU triumvirate team. They will make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options. The Urgent Care CSU functions as one of the more complex units in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the CSU compasses Leeds General Infirmary Emergency Department, Paediatric Emergency Department, St James Hospital Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care service, Acute Medicine services, Remote Monitoring Virtual Ward, Primary Care Access Line and Bed Board services. The CSU employs over 800 WTE members of staffing ranging from medical, nursing, business \& other admin staff and AHPs. The CSU has an expenditure budget of £60 million and income budget of £74 million. Working to uphold The Leeds Way the post holder will: Be accountable for leading and managing the management teams of the CSU, developing and implementing local strategic plans and ensuring achievement of performance objectives. Work with the Triumvirate Team to provide operational business management and planning support across all specialties within the CSU in order that the CSU contributes its part to the Trusts ambition and contributes to the delivery of Trust objectives. Deputise for members of the CSU triumvirate team as appropriate. 3. ORGANISATIONAL CHART 4. PRINCIPAL DUTIES \& AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Financial and resource management Management of pay and non-pay budgets, ensuring a balanced financial position. Responsible for ensuring robust processes are in place to record and code activity within the CSU, ensuring income is received. Operationally manage the income and expenditure systems of the services including ensuring activity is recorded and day to day expenditure is managed. Lead the CSU Waste Reduction Programme. Support the Service and Business Managers in ensuring the CSU delivers a financial performance in line with the Trusts agreed financial plan and to actively explore and implement opportunities for cost improvement and waste reduction. Lead the management of the CSUs provider to provider service contracts, ensuring that activity is reported in a timely and accurate way, that systems are in place to record service performance, that contract variations are appropriately documented and authorised and that payments are signed off. Provide regular reports to the CSU General Manager / Clinical Director with assurance that appropriate follow up actions will be completed. Identify performance objectives, develop and operate effective reporting arrangements with the CSU to accurately record and monitor performance against local and national targets and to pro-actively manage any variances, developing action plans and ensuring compliance. Work with the Management Leads and Clinical Leads to rectify any blockages to performance especially where this impacts other CSUs or health care delivery. Planning and strategy Develop challenging service development strategies for / within the CSU. Leads the development of business cases whether for changes to service, new equipment or new posts. Lead the production of the CSUs annual business plan and longer term strategic plan, engaging with Clinical Leads, senior managers and staff, as appropriate. Challenge existing practices, ensuring that progressive solutions, which take into account models of best practice, are incorporated into service plans. Ensure that all income required to support delivery of the service is identified and secured. Responsible for ensuring that local and national policies are properly and consistently interpreted and implemented within the CSU. Negotiate Service Level Agreements with external agencies. Work with Service and Business Managers to identify business development opportunities, arising from changes in the internal/external environment or innovation. Pursue and secure contractual agreements to underpin these. Work closely with other CSUs/corporate services in the Trust to ensure delivery plans are compatible and to maximise opportunities for more efficient ways of working across the wider organisation. Support clinicians to deliver service re-design projects; to deliver improved clinical outcomes for patients, reduced waiting times and more efficient use of resources and expenditure. Support the Service and Business Managers in the development and preparation of business cases and cases of need. Identify a positive marketing strategy plan and evaluate other external communication that represents the CSU. Provide coaching and support to Service and Business Managers, supporting appraisal. Co-ordinates bids against the Trusts annual Capital Programme, including those for medical and surgical equipment, IT etc. Leads the production and regular review of the CSUs Major Incident Plan, Business Continuity Plan and Winter Plan. Promote a culture where health and safety, governance and risk management are seen to be everyones responsibility. Help ensure that patient safety is at the center of service planning, analysis and delivery. Promote clinical information for benchmarking and audit to improve patient experience, sharing with teams and supporting actions arising from this information. Programme management The post holder will manage a number of complex projects which involve all of the departments and functions of the CSU. This will entail the creation and management of project teams, the development of project initiation documents and project plans, the maintenance of a project risks and issues log, the regular reporting of progress to the CSU senior management team and Trust Directors and the on-going liaison with and co-ordination of CSU Service and Business Managers regarding implementation. Staff management Deputise for the General Manager, as directed. Line management of the CSU Service and Business Managers. Oversee and enable the functioning of strong specialty triumvirate management teams Ensure regular and effective appraisal and personal development planning for managed CSU staff. Develop management capability within the team, providing supervision, coaching and mentorship to others and supporting managers in this process. Responsible for ensuring that conduct, poor performance/capability/staff attendance and grievance issues are addressed within the CSU in line with Trust policy. Regularly support review of non-clinical administrative workforce of the Services, with service leads, to ensure the right numbers and the right level of knowledge skill and expertise to deliver services in the most effective and efficient way. Promote a culture where staff feel empowered and accountable for service improvement at local level. Working with HR Business Partners and training teams, ensure that all managed staff in the CSU receive appropriate training and on-going development to enable them to competently and safely fulfil their roles. Promote learning opportunities in a wide range of formats to improve multi-disciplinary and flexible working, including staff who work at night. Ensure that all managed staff meet their statutory and mandatory training requirements. Support the Services in providing opportunities for talent for be developed to ensure the Services continue to improve. Promote a culture of lifelong learning, engagement and success. Policy development and implementation The post holder will be responsible for developing policies and procedures that are applicable to the whole CSU. These will include, for example, policies on HR, Health and Safety, Major Incident response and Business Continuity. To comply with all Trust policies, procedures and practices and to be responsible for keeping up to date with any changes to these. Information The post holder will regularly write reports and papers for the CSU senior management team. These may require the querying of corporate databases such as PAS, PPM, Theatre Pro, Datix and Informatics Reports for statistics. Research and development Help the cost effective implementation of the Trusts Research Strategy, provide support to clinical and other service audits. Ensure teaching, training and development of research and development are supported in business plans. The post holder will agree with the General Manager a series of key results but will have a significant degree of discretion in deciding how to achieve those objectives. The post holder will work to the objectives specified in their Standard Work, and work with the General Manager and Service Managers to keep this Standard Work relevant and up to date. They will be guided by NHS and Trust principles, and Trust and CSU policies as well as the Urgent Care Strategy. Guidance will be provided on request by the General Manager and other members of the CSU triumvirate.

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