General management

In general management, you could be responsible for a whole service division of staff and a multi-million pound budget in a hospital trust, or for managing primary care or mental health services across many sites.

public health nurse with client

Job roles will vary depending on the NHS organisation, but will certainly involve:

  • people
  • resource and budget management
  • working alongside clinical colleagues
  • consulting patients and the public on how the NHS can be modernised to meet their needs.

General management includes the following roles: