Divisional Operational Manager – Maternity and Neonatal Portfolio

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join a committed and dynamic team within the Family and Specialist Services (FASS) Division at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the effective operational delivery of the divisional Maternity and Neonatal Portfolio. They will have a varied and extensive role as a member of the wider Divisional Management Team (DMT) contributing to the strategic leadership and direction of the division.

We are seeking a dynamic individual who has the ability to successfully engage with a broad range of teams, disciplines and staff across the Division. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing leadership, operational management, strategic business planning and project management to help ensure that Maternity and Neonatal services deliver and achieve performance, quality, safety and efficiency objectives, whilst delivering high standards of patient care.

You will have experience at service management level, experience of successfully delivering projects and will have led your teams to deliver high quality, cost effective patient care.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure that the Division's services are delivered to plan within available resources, and to assured quality and safety standards.
• To be responsible for coordinating and promoting the integration of operational management, service planning and service delivery processes of the Division, to achieve agreed services levels.
• To work with the Divisional Management Team to use available resources effectively, efficiently and within agreed budgets.
• To lead on, and be responsible for the development of strategies and business plans for the Division by ensuring that there are robust systems for performance management and quality governance in place.
• To provide leadership which enables the delivery of high quality, safe and person centred care through the engagement and empowerment of others

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk