Deputy Department Manager (T&O) - INTERNAL

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Band 6 Deputy Department Manager (T&O Outpatients)

The Deputy Department Manager for T&O Outpatients is an exciting opportunity to hold responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the Outpatient team.

This involves overseeing all administrative and clerical processes, providing the foundations for the clinical staff to be able to perform their roles in an efficient way. The Deputy Department Manager will support the Service Leads to set and achieve key strategic targets, helping to improve patient care.

This role represents a brilliant development opportunity for someone looking to build their management skills in an operational environment.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the Deputy Department Manager will include:

  • Leading the delivery of the daily operational business of T&O Outpatients.
  • Contributing to the development and implementation of strategic plans.
  • Providing senior administrative support and expert knowledge to the T&O OPD clinical team.
  • Holding delegated responsibilities for a range of operational activities, working autonomously using initiative and specialist knowledge and experience of the service to make decisions and help the service to excel.
  • Overseeing all administrative and clerical processes to enable a high quality, effective, patient focused service to be delivered.
  • Line managing the T&O Outpatients administrative team.

The role would suit someone who is passionate about driving strategic change to deliver improvements to patient care and staff experience.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer and may form the central hospital for one of the country's new medical schools.

The hospital provides all those services normally associated with a very large District General Hospital. The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.

The trust provides several services Berkshire-wide (e.g. Ophthalmology, renal). Following the principle of care closer to home, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust offers services from many locations, including King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, Windsor dialysis unit, West Berkshire Community Hospital, Royal Berkshire Bracknell Healthspace, Townlands Hospital Henley and there are visiting clinics in Wallingford and Wantage.

Date posted

22 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6716189PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree or equivalent experience/qualification

Desirable

  • Management qualification or business qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Supervisory experience of administrative staff
  • Trouble shooting IT issues
  • Delivering against performance targets

Desirable

  • Knowledge of CAT patient pathways
  • Change management skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree or equivalent experience/qualification

Desirable

  • Management qualification or business qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Supervisory experience of administrative staff
  • Trouble shooting IT issues
  • Delivering against performance targets

Desirable

  • Knowledge of CAT patient pathways
  • Change management skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Directorate Manager - T&O and Private Patients

Joe Pither

joseph.pither@royalberkshire.nhs.uk

01183226660

Date posted

22 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6716189PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


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