Overview
Post Title:
Directorate Business Manager
Post Status:
Permanent Contract
Department:
Critical Care & Anaesthetic Directorate (CC&A)
Location:
Beaumont Hospital, affiliated sites and services
Reports to:
Chief Operations Officer/Head of Surgical Operations
Salary:
Appointment will be made on the Grade VIII salary scale
(€83, 081 - €100,205) at a point in line with Government pay policy.
Hours of work:
Full-Time 35 hours per week
Closing Date:
12:00 noon on 29/4/2026
Position Summary:
The Business Manager is an integral member of the Directorate Management Team, providing strategic leadership to ensure the operational management and service delivery of Slaintecare targets and local KPI’s are met. The post holder works and reports to the Chief Operations Officer (COO)/Head of Surgical operations, and will work in collaboration with the Clinical Director in CC&A, the Directorate Nurse Manager, and the Theatre Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON). The role is pivotal in optimising CC&A capacity in Beaumont Hospital, St Joseph’s hospital in Raheny and offsite Surgical Hub. The post holder will work closely with the surgical, Transplant Urology & Nephrology and Neurosciences business managers driving efficiency, productivity, and innovation in care delivery. The successful candidate will also develop strong partnerships with external stakeholders including HSE Acute Hospitals, NTPF, and regional health networks.
Responsibilities
Operational Management
- Responsible for the efficient day-to-day running of the Clinical Directorate, matching resources with flexibility to respond to workload.
- Develop and deliver operational plans linked to the hospital strategy and ensure national targets are met.
- Manage all non-medical and non-nursing staff within the Directorate.
- Coordinate an annual review of equipment requirements and manage infrastructural developments.
- Drive service redesign projects to support six day and extended hour service delivery.
Service Planning and Strategic Development
- Coordinate, review, and plan services to meet service agreement requirements stipulated by the Hospital Executive.
- Lead the development of business cases for service improvements, innovation, or income generation initiatives.
- Implement proven business management technologies to strengthen performance and enhance the Directorate’s reputation.
- Co-ordinate scheduled care across Surgical, TUN and Neurosciences directorates
- Manage waitlist targets within the directorate
- Oversee the utilisation of the National perioperative patient pathway enhancement programme (NPPPEP) in Beaumont and St Joseph’s hospital.
- Liase with the surgical hub manager to optimise service delivery.
Performance and Financial Management
- Act as the budget manager for the Directorate, monitoring activity, income, and expenditure in coordination with the Director of Finance.
- Develop and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to support hospital and national targets.
- Ensure the highest quality of data regarding all Directorate activity to support informed decision-making.
- Support the Clinical Director in monitoring Consultant activity and compliance with contract requirements.
HR Management and Organisational Development
- Maximize staff contribution through performance appraisal systems, personal development, and continued skill-mix reviews.
- Manage sickness and absence in accordance with hospital policy.
- Ensure effective recruitment, retention, and local induction strategies are in place.
- Ensure mandatory training of staff is up to date.
- Ensure staff are appropriately trained and supported for administrative duties and adhere to hospital policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
Qualifications
Criteria:
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
or
- Demonstrated experience in a similar role
- Career progression through continuing professional development
- Masters level in a related field
Experience:
- Experience of middle/senior management in a complex organisation
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of managing multi-professional teams
- Successful operational management in a multi-professional environment
- Day-to-day people management including, recruitment and retention, performance management, etc
- Budgetary management
- Operational planning and implementation including strategic planning and options appraisal
- Health Services management experience
- Senior Management on call experience
Special Knowledge:
- Sound knowledge of the working of the wider healthcare system in Ireland and internationally
- Sound understanding of the HSE National agenda
- Comprehensive knowledge and practical understanding of financial and commissioning frameworks
- Workforce and capacity planning, managing waiting lists and developing business cases
- Knowledge and application of key policies and procedures to include access to services, Health and Safety, HR Guidance and Governance etc.
- Knowledge of social services and voluntary organisations
Behaviours:
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills and diplomacy
- Effective team leader and team player with the ability to work flexibly in a diverse and highly demanding team
- Working well under pressure of time and resources
- Fair, honest and consistent in approach
- Self management, demonstrating resilience
Practical Skills:
- Excellent change management skills including major service reconfiguration
- Analytical skills, literacy and numeracy. Ability to analyse highly complex data and formulate reports
- Project Management Skills
- Able to develop effective working partnership skills within and beyond employing organisation
- Excellent presentation skills using a variety of options and mechanisms
- Mange clinical and business risks developing action plans to improve performance
Aptitude:
- Intellectual capacity to provide vision and direction to the Directorate to seize service opportunities and develop services
- Self management in order to achieve appropriate work life balance
Further Information
- Hospital Website: www.beaumont.ie
- Informal Enquiries: Can be directed to the Chief Operations Officer or the Clinical Director of CC&A
