The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
We are seeking applications for a Centre Manager role for our Trauma and Orthopaedics Centre on a fixed term/secondment for 12 months.
We are seeking applicants who have proven experience working at a senior level and who have implemented and led changes in a supportive and collaborative style, working in partnership with Clinical Directors and Senior Nursing colleagues within the Division. You will be the main point of contact for all matters relating to the services within your portfolio, including operational activity and performance, workforce planning, contract and finance and governance and risk.
The post holder is accountable to the Divisional Director of Operations for the delivery of services within the Centre, ensuring efficient management of all resources in order to deliver safe, high quality and effective patient care in an environment of continuous improvement.
You will need to be resilient, flexible, influential and informative as well as having a 'can do' attitude.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for supporting the Divisional Director of Operations in formulating and implementing service delivery plans and managing the business activities of the Centre to ensure delivery of its operational and strategic objectives in line with the Operational Delivery Plan and Accountability Agreement.
The post holder will work with other centres and value stream leads as required to deliver the Trust's overall strategic objectives, ensuring that the patient experience is a key priority.
* Ensure patient flow pathways and processes are designed to meet operational best practice and eliminate waste, inefficiency and delay.
* Ensure that designed pathways and processes are consistently applied in practice.
* Ensure that teams/staff engaged in the pathways are achieving maximum productivity within their available time.
* Responsible for benchmarking and identifying best practice in conjunction with clinical teams design the best practice pathway.
* To develop and implement performance management systems to support delivery of the Centre's Operational Delivery Plan and Accountability Agreement.
* Through the analysis and interpretation of a wide range of highly complex and sometimes conflicting information, to continuously monitor the clinical and financial performance of the Centre, prepare and present options for improvement and ensure that corrective action is taken promptly when progress against plan is not as expected.
About us
This is a pivotal role within the Division. You will join a dedicated senior team working in a rapidly moving but supportive environment as we continue our journey of "Getting to Good".
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person Specification
Education
* Masters level education or equivalent professional qualification or experience
* Evidence of professional management development
* Evidence of a commitment to continuous professional development
Management Experience
* Significant experience of working at a senior management or professional level (equivalent to Postgraduate Diploma) in the acute sector
* Significant experience of managing teams
* Experience of business strategy and planning
* Experience of implementing service improvement including complex change management programmes
* Experience of managing non-clinical risk
* Evidence of effective management of a complex and diverse workforce
* Evidence of successful management of significant budget
* Knowledge of quality improvement tools and methodology
Knowledge
* Understanding of NHS business and financial regimes
* Excellent numeracy and IT skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Acting Divisional Director of Operations
£62,215 to £72,293 a yearper annum/pro rata
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