As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
The Medical Specialties Team are looking for a full-time enthusiastic Operational Manager to join our Respiratory team in Specialist Medicine Directorate. This is on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave.
This role is crucial to the operational running of the Directorate. As such, the successful candidate must have some experience as an NHS manager and proven experience managing patient pathways to meet key access targets. A solid understanding of the NHS is essential.
We seek an enthusiastic individual who can balance conflicting priorities and undertake project work across the Directorate. Experience in managing administration staff, budgets, and outpatient targets will be beneficial.
As a key part of the management team, you will be responsible for providing leadership across the Directorate and deputising for the Deputy General and General Managers and Matrons.
In return, you will be supported to develop your skills and gain valuable senior management experience.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Hospital. Please note that cross-site working will be required.
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
* Performance management (elective and acute)
* Budget management
* Transformation work for long-term reconfiguration of the trust
* Workforce planning and management
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Business planning
* Working knowledge of hospital systems
* IT and keyboard skills that support the effective analysis of data and production of reports
* Ability to influence staff while behaving confidently and assertively
* Audit
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent/relevant 3+ years’ experience in an NHS Managerial role
* Management/leadership qualification or experience
* Portfolio evidence of continuous personal and management development
* Evidence of relevant post-basic training
Experience
* Minimum of 3 years line management experience
* Working with and delivering on challenging performance targets
* Management of service needs within limited resources (budget management)
* Investigating complaints and adverse incidents
* Working in secondary NHS care
* Performance or capability management of others
Please note: Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
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