Job summary
Service Manager (Band 8A) for the Acute & Urgent Care Directorate - 12 - Fixed Term Position:
Do you want to be part of an innovative and collaborative Senior Leadership Team? The Acute & Urgent Care Directorate are looking for internal applicants for the Service Manager post for the Crisis Care Service Line. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to develop their leadership skills and drive some exciting developments within a complex and fast-paced environment.
The wider Leadership Team will support you to ensure we continue to maintain high quality, patient focused services in line with our national and locally agreed targets.
The right candidates will have leadership and managerial responsibility for the 'day to day' needs of the service within their portfolio, they will contribute to service improvements and business opportunities and work with varying stakeholders to support and develop these.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the operational, performance and business management of their delegated service areas. The post holder will work under the direction and line management of the Associate Director, with a secondary reporting line to the Clinical Director
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the operational, performance and business management of their delegated service areas.
The post holder will work under the direction and line management of the Associate Director, with a secondary reporting line to the Clinical Director
About us
Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it.
Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience. The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system including twilight shifts and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free on all our main sites.
As an employee and representative of the Trust, you are required to demonstrate and uphold the Trust's Values. These are:
Proud to CARE:
Compassionate
Caring with compassion, it's about how we listen, what we say, what we do.
Approachable
Friendly, welcoming, sharing ideas and being open
Responsible
Taking personal and collective responsibility, being accountable for our actions
Excellent
Striving for the best, for high-quality safe care and continually improving
In return we offer;
A competitive progressive salary
We cover the cost of your DBS Check (£44)
Competitive staff benefits such as weekly offers and discounts
Individual Personal Development Plan and Career Progression
Excellent pension scheme available
27- 33 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays (pro rata)
Free parking
Wellbeing initiatives in place for staff
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under direction from the Associate Director provide support to the Clinical Director in developing and implementing long term service strategy and policies within the Directorate, including annual, three year and five year business plans that fully reflect the direction and service needs of the Trust. These must be in line with corporate strategies of stakeholders and link directly to relevant legislation as well as national and local healthcare guidance and initiatives.
Responsible for the interpretation and implementation of broad policies and NHS guidance, contribute to all relevant corporate policies and strategy, developing services locally in line with them.
Coordinate service objectives ensuring relevance to local and national priorities.
Contribute to Directorate business plans the development of appropriate operational, financial, market assessment and workforce plans for service areas with the appropriate involvement of managers, clinicians and the wider workforce.
Involve service users and carers in the development and planning of services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under direction from the Associate Director provide support to the Clinical Director in developing and implementing long term service strategy and policies within the Directorate, including annual, three year and five year business plans that fully reflect the direction and service needs of the Trust. These must be in line with corporate strategies of stakeholders and link directly to relevant legislation as well as national and local healthcare guidance and initiatives.
Responsible for the interpretation and implementation of broad policies and NHS guidance, contribute to all relevant corporate policies and strategy, developing services locally in line with them.
Coordinate service objectives ensuring relevance to local and national priorities.
Contribute to Directorate business plans the development of appropriate operational, financial, market assessment and workforce plans for service areas with the appropriate involvement of managers, clinicians and the wider workforce.
Involve service users and carers in the development and planning of services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMasters degree or equivalent experience
Qualifications
Essential
- oExtensive, proven experience in working in an NHS environment, with significant experience of team/area management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMasters degree or equivalent experience
Qualifications
Essential
- oExtensive, proven experience in working in an NHS environment, with significant experience of team/area management
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).