Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Service Manager General Surgery - UGI & Bariatrics

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Job summary

An exciting secondment opportunity to work as the Service Manager role for General Surgery within the GS-ACT division.

We are looking for an effective leader with proven delivery experience in a fast paced environment who will approach this interesting and varied position with energy and enthusiasm.

The service has achieved exceptional outcomes and have demonstrated drive, passion and enthusiasm to bring down patient waiting times, streamlining and re-design clinical pathways.

The Bariatric team were one of the first services to lead the way with Hit Lists and Super Clinics and this year won the Trusts Staff Award in Innovation and Improvement.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an effective leader with proven delivery experience in a fast paced environment who will approach this interesting and varied position with energy and enthusiasm.

Full operational management of the clinical services, which includes performance against internal and national KPIs, clinical governance, financial management, service development and staff management.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

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Date posted

07 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,877 to £62,626 a year pa, inc. HCAS

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

323-AC2003-SK

Job locations

Ashford and St Peters Hospital (Dual Site)

London Road

Ashford

TW15 3AA

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on this role, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on this role, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Educated to Post Grad Diploma or Masters level and/or equivalent experience
Project Management and CPD

Experience

Essential

Management Experience in the Acute Sector
Operational Management of a service and team
National Performance metrics knowledge - RTT / Cancer

Desirable

Experience of implementing service change for improvement / quality / cost

Skills

Essential

Full range of IT skills, including data analysis and packages
Evidence of report writing and presenting skills incl Business cases, clinical strategy
Excellent communication, verbal and written. Ability to influence decision making with senior clinical staff

Other

Essential

Able to demonstrate honesty, reliable and trustworthy
Ability to travel between trust sites
Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, service and trust

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Educated to Post Grad Diploma or Masters level and/or equivalent experience
Project Management and CPD

Experience

Essential

Management Experience in the Acute Sector
Operational Management of a service and team
National Performance metrics knowledge - RTT / Cancer

Desirable

Experience of implementing service change for improvement / quality / cost

Skills

Essential

Full range of IT skills, including data analysis and packages
Evidence of report writing and presenting skills incl Business cases, clinical strategy
Excellent communication, verbal and written. Ability to influence decision making with senior clinical staff

Other

Essential

Able to demonstrate honesty, reliable and trustworthy
Ability to travel between trust sites
Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, service and trust

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

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ashford and St Peters Hospital (Dual Site)

London Road

Ashford

TW15 3AA

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ashford and St Peters Hospital (Dual Site)

London Road

Ashford

TW15 3AA

Employer's website

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