Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Southern Health FT, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, Solent NHS Trust, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals FT.
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
This role is responsible for the line management of Outpatient staff in Cancer Care. The Cancer Care outpatient team deal with booking appointments and treatment for patients in Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Haematology and Palliative & Supportive Care. They also work closely with the Patient Pathway Coordinators (PPCs) and the Trust Outpatient Administration Centre (OAC).
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
Specific to this role is the suitability for agile working which is a mixture of on-site and remote working. In addition, we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have demonstrably strong leadership skills, be willing to learn and be able to work on the implementation of improvements to the service. They will be able to work on reports to monitor the progress of the team to identify where to focus the teams efforts.
The ideal candidate will also have experience with recruitment and managing budgets and rotas for staff.
You will be an organised individual who is able to prioritise tasks for the best possible outcome.
Person specification
Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience
* NVQ Level 4 or equivalent experience e.g. good knowledge across a range of administrative work procedures including non-routine elements
* Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) standard, with a pass in English and Maths
* Experience of administration in a customer-focused environment
* Experience of dealing with non-routine and complex problems, progress chasing, resource and staff allocation
* Ability to compose correspondence from fragmented instructions
* Experience in delivering training sessions
* Previous experience of working in an acute hospital setting
* Competent in the use of ESR and Healthroster
* Supervisory or office management experience
Values & Behaviours
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
Our commitment to equality
Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.
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Name Natasha Chikiwa Job title Operations Manager Email address Natasha.Chikiwa@uhs.nhs.uk Telephone number 023 8120 1320 Additional information
Holly Fricker, Associate Operations Manager, 023 8120 2377, Holly.Fricker@uhs.nhs.uk
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