University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Oncology Operations Manager (12m post)

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Job summary

The Oncology Department are recruiting to an operations manager post for a 12m period. The role will be key in ensuring efficient and safe service delivery, with opportunities to work on service development, manage budgets, contribute to the service strategy and operationalise an estates project. The role will allow the successful individual exposure to a range of management duties and operational experience and will allow the successful candidate to build experience with cancer pathways, to deliver excellent patient care. The successful candidate will be part of an effective Triumvirate, made up of the Clinical Service Lead, Matron and Finance Team, who work together to deliver safe patient care.

Main duties of the job

Service Development

To contribute to the strategic development of services

To support the General Manager with specific change management processes and ensure engagement of the multi-disciplinary team.

To programme manage service developments as requested by the General Manager.

Assist in the formulation of business cases as required to support service developments, in conjunction with General Manager.

To ensure the review and revision of policies/procedures and working practices across the allocated specialities/departments to ensure standards of practice are maintained. To contribute to the update and rewriting of Trust wide policies.

Planning and Operational Management

To ensure that the operational performance of their assigned areas is effectively managed to meet agreed Trust and Divisional objectives.

Work with the Deputy Divisional Director of Operations, Clinical Service Leads, Senior Nurses and General Manager to ensure achievement of access standards for delegated specialties.

To monitor performance against activity targets and other service objectives. To ensure that all national and locally agreed access standards and booking targets are understood and met.

To ensure complaints and incidents are investigated in line with Trust policies to identify, agree and implement corrective action plans.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

26 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-1088292DO

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Educated to degree level or equivalent

Experience

Essential

*Post graduate management experience or equivalent knowledge obtained through a combination of continuous professional development & training courses.
*Considerable experience of Knowledge and experience of budgetary management including sound working knowledge of revenue expenditure, budgets, capital including forecasting trends.
*Experience of developing service opportunities, through business planning, monitoring, and leading the implementation of successful change management processes
*Evidence of delivering excellent standards of patient care
*Ability to make independent decisions when appropriate.
*A good understanding of clinical governance, risk management and health and safety principles.
*Good communication and influencing skills including the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
*Excellent verbal and written communication skills
*Good presentation skills -- making use of software packages and an ability to meet the needs of recipients with different levels of understanding
*Clear understanding of the NHS agenda
*Operational/organizational skills and ability to prioritise work under pressure
*Ability to understand complex issues, problem solve and propose solutions

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Educated to degree level or equivalent

Experience

Essential

*Post graduate management experience or equivalent knowledge obtained through a combination of continuous professional development & training courses.
*Considerable experience of Knowledge and experience of budgetary management including sound working knowledge of revenue expenditure, budgets, capital including forecasting trends.
*Experience of developing service opportunities, through business planning, monitoring, and leading the implementation of successful change management processes
*Evidence of delivering excellent standards of patient care
*Ability to make independent decisions when appropriate.
*A good understanding of clinical governance, risk management and health and safety principles.
*Good communication and influencing skills including the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
*Excellent verbal and written communication skills
*Good presentation skills -- making use of software packages and an ability to meet the needs of recipients with different levels of understanding
*Clear understanding of the NHS agenda
*Operational/organizational skills and ability to prioritise work under pressure
*Ability to understand complex issues, problem solve and propose solutions

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.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)