Job summary
Salary Band:Band 8a (£57,528 - £64,750 per annum)
Hours:Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Are you a proactive operational leader with the ambition to influence change across an entire Trust? Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is recruiting a driven Business Manager to support our Trust Leadership Team - a vital position focused on delivering outstanding patient care and ensuring our services perform at the highest level.
Main duties of the job
About the Role
As a TLT Business Manager, you will provide proactive, visible leadership to ensure the effective operational, financial, and strategic performance of your speciality area. Working in close partnership with the Clinical Specialty Lead and Modern Matron, you will play a central role in delivering high quality, innovative and patient centred services.
You will drive service improvement, support the delivery of national and local access targets, and help shape the ongoing development of the Trust. This is a role for someone who thrives in a complex environment, enjoys working collaboratively with clinical and operational leaders, and is committed to continuous improvement.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
What You'll Be Doing
- Providing strong, inclusive leadership across operational, workforce, financial and strategic domains
- Supporting the speciality in delivering its business plan and meeting key access, performance and financial targets
- Ensuring compliance with governance, assurance and risk management frameworks
- Leading service improvement, innovation and quality initiatives to enhance patient experience
- Overseeing workforce development, talent management and effective team performance
- Managing and forecasting budgets, delivering efficiency improvements and supporting long term financial planning
- Building productive relationships with clinical teams, Trust leaders and external partners
- Playing an active role in Trust-wide corporate responsibilities, including 7-day service developments and on call duties
This is an exceptional opportunity to shape services, influence strategy and support the delivery of excellent care throughout the Trust.
About You
You will be a confident, credible leader with:
- Significant operational management experience, ideally in a complex or NHS environment
- Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior clinicians and colleagues
- Proven success in leading teams, improving services and delivering against performance and financial metrics
- A passion for developing people, improving patient outcomes and driving forward change
You bring tenacity, resilience, sound judgement, political awareness and a collaborative mindset. Above all, you share our commitment to delivering high-quality care and embodying Trust values in every decision and interaction.
Why Join Us?
At Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, you will be part of a supportive, forward-thinking and ambitious organisation. We are committed to:
- Valuing our people and supporting their professional development
- Encouraging innovation and positive change
- Delivering compassionate, high-quality care
- Creating a culture where everyone can thrive
You will have the opportunity to make a real difference - for our staff, our patients and our community.
For further details, please see enclosed job description.
Closing Date: Sunday 29th March 2026
Job description
Job responsibilities
What You'll Be Doing
- Providing strong, inclusive leadership across operational, workforce, financial and strategic domains
- Supporting the speciality in delivering its business plan and meeting key access, performance and financial targets
- Ensuring compliance with governance, assurance and risk management frameworks
- Leading service improvement, innovation and quality initiatives to enhance patient experience
- Overseeing workforce development, talent management and effective team performance
- Managing and forecasting budgets, delivering efficiency improvements and supporting long term financial planning
- Building productive relationships with clinical teams, Trust leaders and external partners
- Playing an active role in Trust-wide corporate responsibilities, including 7-day service developments and on call duties
This is an exceptional opportunity to shape services, influence strategy and support the delivery of excellent care throughout the Trust.
About You
You will be a confident, credible leader with:
- Significant operational management experience, ideally in a complex or NHS environment
- Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior clinicians and colleagues
- Proven success in leading teams, improving services and delivering against performance and financial metrics
- A passion for developing people, improving patient outcomes and driving forward change
You bring tenacity, resilience, sound judgement, political awareness and a collaborative mindset. Above all, you share our commitment to delivering high-quality care and embodying Trust values in every decision and interaction.
Why Join Us?
At Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, you will be part of a supportive, forward-thinking and ambitious organisation. We are committed to:
- Valuing our people and supporting their professional development
- Encouraging innovation and positive change
- Delivering compassionate, high-quality care
- Creating a culture where everyone can thrive
You will have the opportunity to make a real difference - for our staff, our patients and our community.
For further details, please see enclosed job description.
Closing Date: Sunday 29th March 2026
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level, equivalent experience in a related subject area
- Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience
Desirable
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a fast-paced environment within the NHS
- Management level experience including working in collective decision-making groups such as organisational wide programmes of work or healthcare partnerships that may impact service delivery
- Management level experience including working in collective decision-making groups such as organisational wide programmes of work or healthcare partnerships that may impact service delivery
- Experience of leading and delivering programmes and projects of work that have limited resources, short-medium term timeframes and result in change
- A proven track record of making a strong personal impact, demonstrating effectiveness and credibility to operate at a senior level.
- A proven record of high performance in business and/or project management roles
Desirable
- Experience of operations management in a complex healthcare organisation
- Experience of using Quality Improvement methodologies in practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level, equivalent experience in a related subject area
- Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience
Desirable
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a fast-paced environment within the NHS
- Management level experience including working in collective decision-making groups such as organisational wide programmes of work or healthcare partnerships that may impact service delivery
- Management level experience including working in collective decision-making groups such as organisational wide programmes of work or healthcare partnerships that may impact service delivery
- Experience of leading and delivering programmes and projects of work that have limited resources, short-medium term timeframes and result in change
- A proven track record of making a strong personal impact, demonstrating effectiveness and credibility to operate at a senior level.
- A proven record of high performance in business and/or project management roles
Desirable
- Experience of operations management in a complex healthcare organisation
- Experience of using Quality Improvement methodologies in practice
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.
