Support Manager - Ophthalmology - Band 5 - 24/25

Job summary

To start on or after 1/4/2024.

Job Details

• Support Manager
• Ophthalmology Service Trustwide
• Lincoln or Boston base with Trustwide responsibility
• Band 5
• 37.5 hours per week to be worked over 5 days.

About the Role

An opportunity has arisen for a role as a Support Manager within the Ophthalmology Team with the Division of Surgery. Applications are invited from dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking individuals who are looking to showcase their potential.

You will provide clear leadership and management to a team who are responsible for managing the Trusts elective waiting lists. You will be instrumental in ensuring our patients receive their treatment and appointments in line with national targets, streamlining administrative processes, and supporting the day to day operational running of the service.

Main duties of the job

What we're looking for

You will have previous experience of managing teams, ideally during times of change as well as NHS knowledge and experience.

The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic team player with excellent customer care and interpersonal skills. You will be required to have GCSE's at C grade or above in English and Mathematics and a relevant management qualification or equivalent experience. A flexible approach to work is required and an ability to get on with others in a team based environment.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated