Deputy Care Group ManagerinSouthamptoninSouthamptonPUBLISHED MON 10 MAR 2025
We’re looking for someone who is values-driven and has a proven track record in operational management within a complex healthcare environment. If you're passionate about empowering your colleagues, fostering career growth, and driving tangible improvements for patients, this could be the role for you. You'll collaborate closely with an array of stakeholders, from clinicians to operational managers, working together to meet our shared objectives. If you’re curious, resilient, and ready to put patients first, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply by Sunday, 30 March, and step into a pivotal leadership position that allows you to truly make an impact. For an informal chat about the role, please reach out to Jane at jane.mccartney@uhs.nhs.uk or Gail at gail.doran@uhs.nhs.uk. Join us in transforming healthcare for our community!
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
We are looking for a compassionate and values-driven individual to join us as our new Deputy Care Group Manager to jointly lead the cardiothoracic and vascular care group (CV&T). We are a large and busy service within UHS, with a core workforce of 900 talented individuals delivering in excess of 87,000 outpatient episodes and over 10,000 inpatients admissions each year.
Given the complexity and volume of our work, we are expanding the operational management team to include a new service manager to support a portfolio of specialties. You will be busy; the rhythm of the CV&T is fast paced and our patients are central to everything we do.
However, you won't be alone, you will be working with amazing teams of brilliant individuals who all make miracles happen every day. As you become established, you will work with teams to see how we can make improvements to benefit the experience of our patients and our own staff.
About us
What youll do
You will be assigned a portfolio of services to work closely with, but you will also be part of an MDT team overseeing the whole of the CVT Care Group.
You will work with a wide group of internal and external stakeholders including specialty lead clinicians, matrons, operational managers within the care group - and across the Trust.
You will demonstrate your ability to manage a range of challenges from project delivery to policy and finance ,to working across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, keeping the patient at the heart of all that we do.
You will work with the CGM and the rest of the management team to support each other, share ideas, deliver projects and work together to meet shared deadlines e.g. strategic plans, reporting, transformation objectives.
What were looking for
Compassionate leaders who can bring a track record of success in a complex, multi-site, patient-facing operational delivery and management position, with an ability to maximise the opportunities available within a rapidly changing healthcare community.
Proven experience in delivering operational excellence in a hospital setting; you will also be a supportive manager who can engage, empower and support career growth in your colleagues.
You need to be curious and able to turn an idea into something tangible and have the tenacity to drive forward work on behalf of our patients and teams.
Whats key is that you listen, are patient and resilient and are passionate about our values: Patients First, Working Together, Always Improving.
Additional information
Closing date is Sunday 30 March.
Shortlisting will take place w/c 31 March.
Final Panel Interviews will be held at our Trust on Monday 7th April.
Should you wish to have an informal conversation please do contact us, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Jane McCartney on or Gail Doran, CVT Care Group Manager on
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