We have an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Service Manager to join our busy specialty comprising of Trauma & Orthopaedics at Frimley Park Hospital.
This position primarily will be to drive the efficiency for the running of the service including planning with particular focus on the admitted pathway and theatre utilisation. This will be a cross site role between the Frimley, Wexham and the Heatherwood sites.
We are looking for someone who has the drive, ambition and enthusiasm to support a busy directorate; you will be working with clinical and administrative staff to ensure the success of our service in delivery of its 18 week targets, financial, quality and performance objectives and will report to the Deputy Operations Manager.
You will have good leadership skills and excellent communication and collaborative team-working skills and knowledge of 18 weeks. You will enjoy a varied and diverse workload and be able to continually adapt and work flexibly to support the needs of the team.
If you enjoy an exciting and challenging role and enjoy improving services for patients, solving problems and using different types of information to make decisions, then please contact Kellie Dhugak.dhuga@nhs.netto arrange an informal discussion.
General Management
· Ensure that there are effective administration processes in place to ensure that patient access to services is optimised.
· Ensure that there are effective mechanisms for communication of the business processes to all staff under the remit of the role.
· Support the delivery of access targets within the service through effective management of consultant leave and capacity & demand management in line with the Trust Consultant Leave Policy.
· Take proactive steps as requested by Operations Management Team if there is any deviation from the delivery of the access targets.
· Support the investigation of patient complaints, analysing the issues and identifying any faults in procedures, processes or the treatment of patients and making appropriate recommendations to the Operations Management Team and others to avoid future occurrences.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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The post holder will ensure that:
• The patient experience is optimised through an efficient and effective service that encompasses the National and Trust agenda.
• All staff work and will use best practice in infection control and prevention.
• Services are developed to meet the Trust’s operational objectives
• Be responsible for delivering Directorate inpatient waiting list 18 week targets within Orthopaedics.
• Optimise theatre lists and utilisation
This advert closes on Monday 13 Jan 2025