Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Service Manager

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual who is looking to take on a new challenge in an ever changing and expanding team.

We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic and forward thinking individual who has operational experience, and is used to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

The individual will work alongside the management team to drive improvements and transform services both within the Cardiovascular Care Group and across the wider organisation.

The Cardiovascular Care Group currently have several major transformation and improvement projects underway, including the development of a hybrid theatre for Vascular Surgery, the Humber Acute Services review for Cardiology and the development of Community Diagnostic Centres.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a dynamic and forward-thinking team.

Main duties of the job

Using highly developed specialist knowledge, the post holder has delegated responsibility and autonomy for the delivery of safe and effective clinical services within the division/specialties, ensuring that all targets and deadlines are delivered as appropriate.

The post holder will have delegated responsibility for the effective management of human resource and clinical governance and play a key role in business planning

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Details

Date posted

20 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-6937116

Job locations

Castle Hill Hospital

Castle Road

Cottingham

HU16 5JQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce and service redesign, acquired through training or project management qualification/experience equivalent to master's level.
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience as an effective operational manager within an NHS organisation
  • Experience of managing change within a complex environment
  • Experience of managing or working within a performance driven environment with a key focus on patient safety and quality
  • Proven ability to utilise and interpret information to formulate action plans.

Desirable

  • Understanding of contract planning
  • Understanding of financial management

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

Essential

  • Proven ability to identify areas of service delivery that require improvement and develop and embed appropriate actions and solutions
  • Proven ability to analyse a wide range of data and information and make appropriate decisions and recommendations
  • Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with clinical leaders and professional staff groups
  • Working knowledge of all MS Office applications
  • Proven ability to come up with flexible and creative solutions to difficult problems.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to negotiate and influence in difficult and contentious situations, including in patient resolution meetings
  • Strong commitment to inclusive team working, honesty and integrity ensuring that the care of the patient is at the forefront of all decision making

Desirable

  • An ability to develop mechanisms for assessing and responding to variations in capacity and demand

Other

Essential

  • Sound knowledge base of the NHS, the current issues, its values and principles of timely local access for the population
  • Ability to travel between sites

Desirable

  • Knowledge of how theatre systems within a hospital environment work
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce and service redesign, acquired through training or project management qualification/experience equivalent to master's level.
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience as an effective operational manager within an NHS organisation
  • Experience of managing change within a complex environment
  • Experience of managing or working within a performance driven environment with a key focus on patient safety and quality
  • Proven ability to utilise and interpret information to formulate action plans.

Desirable

  • Understanding of contract planning
  • Understanding of financial management

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

Essential

  • Proven ability to identify areas of service delivery that require improvement and develop and embed appropriate actions and solutions
  • Proven ability to analyse a wide range of data and information and make appropriate decisions and recommendations
  • Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with clinical leaders and professional staff groups
  • Working knowledge of all MS Office applications
  • Proven ability to come up with flexible and creative solutions to difficult problems.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to negotiate and influence in difficult and contentious situations, including in patient resolution meetings
  • Strong commitment to inclusive team working, honesty and integrity ensuring that the care of the patient is at the forefront of all decision making

Desirable

  • An ability to develop mechanisms for assessing and responding to variations in capacity and demand

Other

Essential

  • Sound knowledge base of the NHS, the current issues, its values and principles of timely local access for the population
  • Ability to travel between sites

Desirable

  • Knowledge of how theatre systems within a hospital environment work

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

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Castle Hill Hospital

Castle Road

Cottingham

HU16 5JQ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Castle Hill Hospital

Castle Road

Cottingham

HU16 5JQ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

General Manager

Jane Abson

jane.abson@nhs.net

01482624227

Details

Date posted

20 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-6937116

Job locations

Castle Hill Hospital

Castle Road

Cottingham

HU16 5JQ


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