Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£83,362 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS trusts, providing a wide range of hospital and community services across south London and specialist care nationally. The Trust is home to world-leading facilities including the largest dental school in Europe, a £160 million Cancer Centre, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, and a recently merged world-renowned heart and lung centre with Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals.

We are seeking a kind, compassionate, driven, ambitious and motivated leader to join Clinical Imaging & Medical Physics (CLIMP) as Deputy General Manager. This role predominantly supports the diagnostic radiology service and Medical Physics department, ensuring operational management of high volume, complex imaging and diagnostic services while assuring delivery against key targets such as DM01, cancer imaging, and RTT.

The Deputy General Manager will provide senior leadership, operational oversight, and strategic support to the service management team and technical staff. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to clinical transformation and innovation within a directorate committed to excellence and continuous improvement.

CLIMP encompasses Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Medical Physics services, all at the cutting edge of their fields. Radiology is one of the largest services nationally, including adult, paediatric, and interventional radiology. Nuclear Medicine is among the largest UK departments, offering diagnostic, screening, radiopharmacy, and therapy services. Medical Physics supports a wide range of clinical and research activities across multiple sites.

The role involves managing operational performance, staff administration and clerical management, and leading strategic priorities such as expanding private patient services, strengthening internal partnerships, and improving diagnostic performance to meet cancer and waiting time targets.

If you have strong operational leadership experience, excellent communication skills, and a passion for delivering high quality patient care, we encourage you to apply and join our motivated and engaged workforce.

Experience
- Extensive operational leadership experience in large, complex organisations
- Proven track record of leading successful projects and operational performance improvements
- Experience managing large, multi-stranded budgets from diverse income sources

About you
- Excellent communication skills including written, oral, presentation, facilitation, networking and negotiation
- Highly effective people and project management skills
- Ability to work flexibly, prioritise workloads and resources in response to changing demands
- Strong organisational skills with ability to meet deadlines and delegate effectively
- Commitment to partnership working, inclusion, and service integration
- Collaborative, systematic, rigorous approach with high emotional intelligence
- Passionate about making a difference to patients and families

Qualifications
- Relevant masters degree, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of recent continuing professional development
- Desirable: Prince 2 qualification or equivalent experience
- Desirable: Understanding of lean methodology

Additional desirable skills and knowledge
- Highly developed knowledge of the NHS environment, strategy and policy agendas