Service Manager - Medicine

Job summary

The post holder will provide strong leadership and a highly visible presence across the directorate, ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care and communication. They will play a key role in enhancing the patient experience by driving service efficiency, maintaining high standards of safety, and upholding best practices in infection prevention and control.

Working collaboratively with the Operations Manager and Head of Nursing, the post holder will contribute to service development, workforce leadership, and the achievement of key performance targets, including inpatient and outpatient waiting list management. They will also be responsible for the effective use of resources, staff development, and deputising for the operational team when required.

Main duties of the job

To support the operations manager in developing service development plans / business plans to align national direction/strategies and local priorities.

The post holder will be responsible in ensuring that resources are used effectively and efficiently and work with the staff, leading and coaching them to maximise their potential in support of their future career options.

The post holder in conjunction with the operations manager and head of nursing will ensure that patient safety is maintained to the highest level.The post holder will deputise for the operations manager as required

Support the delivery of access targets within the service through effectivemanagement of consultant leave and capacity & demand management in linewith the Trust consultant leave policy.

To track budgets of agreed delegated responsibility to enable monthly variancereporting.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Health (cross site working)

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Health (cross site working)

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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