Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Service Co-ordinator

The closing date is 24 August 2025

Job summary

Permanent opportunity within the Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology Care Group (OGN).

Exciting opportunities have arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and committed individual to join the team as Service Co-ordinators within the Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology Care Group (OGN).

You should have excellent communication, organisation, and administrative skills. The successful candidate will lead admin functions reporting to the care group Assistant Service Manager.

Main duties of the job

The Service Co-ordinator will co-ordinate activity between clinical and administrative teams to ensure that immediate service activity demand requirements are met; escalating, where required, any challenges in delivering activity in line with contract targets.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Details

Date posted

11 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-0707-DIR

Job locations

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Tree Root Walk, Broomhall

Sheffield

S10 2SF


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree / equivalent qualification or demonstrable experience in relevant field: e.g Business Administration, Hospital / General Management, IT or HR

Experience

Essential

  • Managing administration services
  • Administration system design and re-design
  • Standard operating procedure development and implementation
  • Working closely with senior managers and internal and external stakeholders
  • Managing staff and developing teams
  • Managing, supporting and developing staff through change
  • Forward planning, horizon scanning for problems and troubleshooting under pressure
  • Project planning annual cycles of work
  • Collating analysing and presenting data
  • Implementing Trust or Directorate Policies

Desirable

  • Experience of managing administration services in a healthcare setting
  • Experience supporting elective and emergency services
  • Experience of working to national targets for the management of patient care eg 18 weeks or specific national cancer targets, antenatal screening

Further Training

Essential

  • A willingness to undertake training as required to deliver the duties of the post

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relationships
  • Analytical, a keen eye for detail and a systematic and methodical approach to tasks
  • Exceptional organisational and planning skills
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise effectively in order to meet deadlines
  • Highly self motivated and equally able to work autonomously and in a team
  • Ability to find creative and simple solutions to complex problems
  • Ability to handle conflict effectively and to minimise its escalation
  • Competent user of Microsoft office packages
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree / equivalent qualification or demonstrable experience in relevant field: e.g Business Administration, Hospital / General Management, IT or HR

Experience

Essential

  • Managing administration services
  • Administration system design and re-design
  • Standard operating procedure development and implementation
  • Working closely with senior managers and internal and external stakeholders
  • Managing staff and developing teams
  • Managing, supporting and developing staff through change
  • Forward planning, horizon scanning for problems and troubleshooting under pressure
  • Project planning annual cycles of work
  • Collating analysing and presenting data
  • Implementing Trust or Directorate Policies

Desirable

  • Experience of managing administration services in a healthcare setting
  • Experience supporting elective and emergency services
  • Experience of working to national targets for the management of patient care eg 18 weeks or specific national cancer targets, antenatal screening

Further Training

Essential

  • A willingness to undertake training as required to deliver the duties of the post

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relationships
  • Analytical, a keen eye for detail and a systematic and methodical approach to tasks
  • Exceptional organisational and planning skills
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise effectively in order to meet deadlines
  • Highly self motivated and equally able to work autonomously and in a team
  • Ability to find creative and simple solutions to complex problems
  • Ability to handle conflict effectively and to minimise its escalation
  • Competent user of Microsoft office packages

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Tree Root Walk, Broomhall

Sheffield

S10 2SF


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Tree Root Walk, Broomhall

Sheffield

S10 2SF


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant Service Manager

Dawn Grayson

dawngrayson@nhs.net

01142268382

Details

Date posted

11 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-0707-DIR

Job locations

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Tree Root Walk, Broomhall

Sheffield

S10 2SF


Supporting documents

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