Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Northern General Hospital
Town Sheffield
Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Closing 19/01/2025 23:59
Interview date 28/01/2025
Deputy Service Manager
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
The MSK Care Group at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services for the entire adult population of Sheffield. Delivering both inpatient and outpatient care, our clinical specialty areas include Orthopaedics and Spinal Surgery, Rheumatology, Chronic Pain Management, Metabolic Bone, The Hand Centre, PhysioWorks, Staff Physiotherapy Service, MSK Therapy Services and Podiatric Surgery.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Hand and Podiatric services as a Deputy Service Manager. We are looking for an experienced, motivated and independently minded person, able to act on their own initiative within agreed guidelines and manage the plans and performance of the Hand Centre and Podiatric Surgery under the direction of the Service Manager.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide direct support to the Service Manager (and cover during absence) ensuring the service is progressed and not compromised. This role will require the post holder to have a level of leadership and operational experience including budget management, workforce planning and performance management.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff, including commitments to professional development and many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree (or equivalent experience) and postgraduate diploma (or equivalent)
* Masters Degree in Management
Experience
* Relevant experience of managing a hospital service including budgetary, patient access, and performance management
* Using data to make successful decisions and presenting data to others
* Implementing Trust or Directorate Policies
* Managing information systems
* Clear understanding of NHS policy and detailed knowledge of current NHS targets including 18 weeks and cancer waiting times
* Budget Management
* Service Redesign and Change Management
* Project Management
Further Training
* Experience of using a hospital database such as the Patient Administration System
* NHS Electronic Booking Service
* Effective written and verbal communication skills
* Highly self-motivated
* High level of integrity and professionalism
* Initiative and quick to learn
* Able to work as a member of a team
* Able to build effective working relationships
* Able to handle and resolve conflict.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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