Rural General Hospital Manager

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

NHS Highland are pleased to advertise this exciting senior leadership role. This is a key operational management role in the Acute Division within NHS Highland. 

A rural general hospital is a small hospital, similar to a district general hospital, but is specifically staffed and equipped to provide healthcare services in remote and rural areas.

NHS Highland employs over 10,500 staff, hosts one District General Hospital (Raigmore Hospital in Inverness), 3 Rural General Hospitals in Wick, Fort William and Oban and is supported by a network of community hospitals and health centres, providing care and support for patients. Fort William is the major town located within Lochaber which is a large area in the West Highlands. Lochaber is famed for its scenery, Ben Nevis mountain and distillery, and is a major centre for tourism and outdoor activities. The wider Lochaber area has a population of around 20,000.

The Belford Hospital has 34 beds across two wards, an ED, theatre/endoscopy suite, outpatients, radiology, pharmacy, and maternity services.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced NHS manager to move into a unique leadership role, operationally managing a whole hospital with a large degree of professional autonomy.  Managing small, self-contained rural general hospitals are both interesting and challenging and require skills such resilience, creativity, and resourcefulness.

We are unapologetically looking for applications from experienced, confident managers who can demonstrate a track record in managing all staff groups, consultant job planning, success in workforce redesign/planning and a proven track record of innovation and creativity.  We are looking for evidence of proactive service transformation and delivery of good fiscal management.

It really is an exciting time for the successful post holder to join our team as we are currently designing a modern, state of the art, new, £110,000,000 replacement hospital in Fort William to be built over the next few years.  The new RGH Manager will be central to the successful delivery of this project. 

To discuss this role in more detail, potential candidates are encouraged to contact Mike Hayward, Deputy Chief Officer via alison.mcgregor2@nhs.scot