Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Manager - Band 8a (Surgical Services)

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Job summary

Specialty Manager Surgery (Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, ENT & Audiovestibular Medicine)

Contract type Permanent

Hours 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Surgical Division at the Royal Surrey Hospital as the Specialty Manager for the Maxillofacial, Orthodontic, ENT & Audiovestibular Medicine surgical business unit. We are seeking an exceptional candidate with extensive knowledge and experience of service delivery within a challenging, yet very rewarding, acute hospital environment.

This Specialty Manager post is a key position within the Divisions management structure, responsible for providing day-to-day operational management and support across the respective clinical services, in addition to leading jointly with clinical leads a large amount of service transformation and networked working with other local district general and teaching hospitals.

Main duties of the job

You will possess demonstrable organisational skills with an ability to manage, prioritise and delegate in order to meet tight timelines of delivery. An excellent communicator, you will have the ability to effectively liaise with, and influence, clinical and non-clinical staff groups in order to optimise service delivery and patient experience.

This is both a challenging and rewarding time to join the division. This post is an opportunity to lead on service level projects, redesigning workflows and processes to support elective recovery. To deliver these changes, you will need experience of working within a multi-professional team and of working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders. You will need to have a strong commitment to improving services whilst remaining passionate about quality and safety. You will have a proven track record of successful operational management experience, and will demonstrate a high standard of communication and organisational skills. There will be many opportunities to assist with Division wide service improvement projects.

Above all, the post holder will show proficiency for working closely with clinical teams to ensure the efficient delivery of high quality care across outpatient, inpatient and community settings.

Informal discussions are strongly encouraged. Please contact Rebecca Palm Head of Service for Surgery to arrange a call via email rebecca.palm1@nhs.net

About us

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Details

Date posted

14 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,441 to £56,534 a year Incl HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9384-CS-EMF12091

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Job description

Job responsibilities

The Specialty Manager is jointly responsible with the Clinical Director and Matron for the effective strategic and operational management of the Strategic Business Unit (SBU), ensuring the delivery of high quality patient services within the resources available.

The Specialty Manager with the Clinical Director and Matron will provide leadership and direction to the service. A core function of each Specialty Manager is to develop and manage the activity plans for the SBU ensuring that service pathways and capacity and demand analysis is understood to ensure delivery. This will include playing a key role in identifying opportunities for clinical innovation and modernisation, the delivery of all operational performance targets, waiting list and financial management, bed utilisation and management. Continually improving the quality of services to patients and redesigning services to meet best practice standards, improving efficiency and effectiveness and available resources

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Specialty Manager is jointly responsible with the Clinical Director and Matron for the effective strategic and operational management of the Strategic Business Unit (SBU), ensuring the delivery of high quality patient services within the resources available.

The Specialty Manager with the Clinical Director and Matron will provide leadership and direction to the service. A core function of each Specialty Manager is to develop and manage the activity plans for the SBU ensuring that service pathways and capacity and demand analysis is understood to ensure delivery. This will include playing a key role in identifying opportunities for clinical innovation and modernisation, the delivery of all operational performance targets, waiting list and financial management, bed utilisation and management. Continually improving the quality of services to patients and redesigning services to meet best practice standards, improving efficiency and effectiveness and available resources

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent professional qualification
  • Diploma or health care related post grad degree

Experience

Essential

  • Understanding of the complexity of cancer services
  • Service quality and quality management
  • Current changes and developments within the NHS
  • Change management theory

Desirable

  • Previous experience of managing complex services
  • Experience of delivering change within the NHS
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent professional qualification
  • Diploma or health care related post grad degree

Experience

Essential

  • Understanding of the complexity of cancer services
  • Service quality and quality management
  • Current changes and developments within the NHS
  • Change management theory

Desirable

  • Previous experience of managing complex services
  • Experience of delivering change within the NHS

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Rebecca Palm

rebecca.palm1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

14 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,441 to £56,534 a year Incl HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9384-CS-EMF12091

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


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