Job summary
Business
Manager: Obstetrics & Gynaecology, SJUH and LGI
An
opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Business
Manager to join our team within the Womens Clinical Service Unit (CSU) at
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Womens CSU comprises Obstetrics,
Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine with a comprehensive range of
subspecialties.
We
are looking for an experience individual who can work proactively with our
clinical teams, providing visible leadership and initiative to develop our
services to meet the changing needs of our patients.
Supported
by the Service Manager, you will manage resources and finances effectively to
meet the changing needs of the service. You will need to be adept in managing
and balancing conflicting priorities and must have a proven track record in
the delivery of service improvement initiatives across complex clinical and
business environments.
Expected Shortlisting
Date
23/06/2025
Planned Interview
Date
30/06/2025
Main duties of the job
You
will have line management responsibility for the Patient Services Coordinator
and associated administrative teams and will oversee several specialty
services. You will be responsible for the performance of the services and
ensuring delivery of activity against plan.
A
good range of interpersonal and communication skills is essential as is the
ability to build, develop and motivate a team effectively. This role offers
excellent opportunities for someone to further enhance their skills in
operational management as we build on much excellent improvement and
efficiency work already achieved.
This
is an exciting time to work in the Womens CSU. Committed to The Leeds Way
Values, our ambition is to deliver the highest quality service to meet the
needs of our women and families across our community, region and beyond.
If
you feel you can contribute to the Trusts and CSUs vision to be the best
for specialist and integrated care and are seeking a challenging yet
rewarding role then we would love to hear from you and would welcome your
application. We would encourage
candidates from within and external to the NHS.
For
further information, please contact Andrew Harding, General Manager on 0113
2064058 or Charlotte Waite, Service Manager on charlotte.waite4@nhs.net.
About us
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB
DETAILS
Job Title: Business Manager
Reports to: General Manager
Band: 7
Department: Obstetrics / Gynaecology
Location Trust wide but based at SJUH
JOB
PURPOSE
The
post holder provides management support to the CSU or a component part of the
CSU. He/she will have responsibility for the performance of administrative
and clerical staff and will ensure that services are delivered within budget
to agreed quality standards and in accordance with agreed activity levels.
The
post holder will also work with members of their CSU and other senior
managers in the strategic development of the services provided by the CSU.
This will include strategic and operational business planning and monitoring,
and the development of relationships with key internal and external partners.
The post holder will ensure the CSU functions as an integral part of the
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and that CSU and Trust-wide objectives are
achieved simultaneously.
Please
see attached document for full job description and personal specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB
DETAILS
Job Title: Business Manager
Reports to: General Manager
Band: 7
Department: Obstetrics / Gynaecology
Location Trust wide but based at SJUH
JOB
PURPOSE
The
post holder provides management support to the CSU or a component part of the
CSU. He/she will have responsibility for the performance of administrative
and clerical staff and will ensure that services are delivered within budget
to agreed quality standards and in accordance with agreed activity levels.
The
post holder will also work with members of their CSU and other senior
managers in the strategic development of the services provided by the CSU.
This will include strategic and operational business planning and monitoring,
and the development of relationships with key internal and external partners.
The post holder will ensure the CSU functions as an integral part of the
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and that CSU and Trust-wide objectives are
achieved simultaneously.
Please
see attached document for full job description and personal specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification
- Management qualification or post graduate diploma.
- Career progression through continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Masters level in a related field
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Willingness to undertake training and development as identified through the PDP process
- Negotiation and influencing skills and diplomacy
- Effective team leader and team player with the ability to work flexibly in a diverse and highly demanding organisation
- Working well under pressure of time and resources
- Fair, honest and consistent in approach
- Self-management, demonstrating resilience
other criteria
Essential
- Change management skills including service reconfiguration
- Analytical skills, literacy and numeracy. Ability to analyse data and formulate reports
- Able to communicate in a complex service
- Understanding and experience of information analysis essential for communicating business, finance and workforce plans
- Able to develop effective working partnership skills within and beyond employing organisation
- Able to deliver outcomes within a culture of ambiguity
- Presentation skills using a variety of options and software packages
- Ability to manage teams based on different sites across the organisation
- Manage clinical and business risks developing action plans to improve performance.
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of the working of the NHS and wider healthcare system within England
- Understanding of the NHS modernisation agenda
- Knowledge and practical understanding of financial and commissioning frameworks
- Workforce and capacity planning, managing waiting lists and developing business cases
- Knowledge and application of key policies and procedures to include access targets; Booking and Choice; Health and Safety; HR Guidance and toolkit; Attendance Management
- Experience of middle management level
- Specialist knowledge of managing multi-professional teams underpinned by formal management training
- Successful operational management in a multi-professional environment
- Day-to-day people management including appraisal and objective setting, recruitment and retention
- Management of complex budget
- Operational planning and implementation including strategic planning and options appraisal, and change management
- Recruitment, selection & retention of senior key personnel within the organisation; attendance management; appraisal & objective setting; disciplinary & grievance across multi-professional boundaries
Desirable
- NHS management experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification
- Management qualification or post graduate diploma.
- Career progression through continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Masters level in a related field
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Willingness to undertake training and development as identified through the PDP process
- Negotiation and influencing skills and diplomacy
- Effective team leader and team player with the ability to work flexibly in a diverse and highly demanding organisation
- Working well under pressure of time and resources
- Fair, honest and consistent in approach
- Self-management, demonstrating resilience
other criteria
Essential
- Change management skills including service reconfiguration
- Analytical skills, literacy and numeracy. Ability to analyse data and formulate reports
- Able to communicate in a complex service
- Understanding and experience of information analysis essential for communicating business, finance and workforce plans
- Able to develop effective working partnership skills within and beyond employing organisation
- Able to deliver outcomes within a culture of ambiguity
- Presentation skills using a variety of options and software packages
- Ability to manage teams based on different sites across the organisation
- Manage clinical and business risks developing action plans to improve performance.
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of the working of the NHS and wider healthcare system within England
- Understanding of the NHS modernisation agenda
- Knowledge and practical understanding of financial and commissioning frameworks
- Workforce and capacity planning, managing waiting lists and developing business cases
- Knowledge and application of key policies and procedures to include access targets; Booking and Choice; Health and Safety; HR Guidance and toolkit; Attendance Management
- Experience of middle management level
- Specialist knowledge of managing multi-professional teams underpinned by formal management training
- Successful operational management in a multi-professional environment
- Day-to-day people management including appraisal and objective setting, recruitment and retention
- Management of complex budget
- Operational planning and implementation including strategic planning and options appraisal, and change management
- Recruitment, selection & retention of senior key personnel within the organisation; attendance management; appraisal & objective setting; disciplinary & grievance across multi-professional boundaries
Desirable
- NHS management experience
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).
Additional information
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).
