Job summary
This
Specialty Manager post is a key position within the Divisions management
structure, responsible for providing day-to-day operational management and
support across three broad clinical services, in addition to leading jointly
with clinical leads a large amount of service transformation and networked
working with other local district general and teaching hospitals.
The
Specialty Manager for Medical Specialties is jointly responsible with the
Clinical Director and Matron for the effective strategic and operational
management of the Strategic Business Units (SBU), ensuring the delivery of
high quality patient services.
Main duties of the job
The Specialty Manager
with the Clinical Director and Matron will provide overall leadership and
direction to the Geriatric Medicine, Stroke, Rheumatology and Neurology
services.
The post-holder will co-ordinate the activities of the medical SBUs,
(alongside the managers and matrons of the other medicine departments), as well
as working with allied health professional teams that support medical patients,
thereby ensuring seamless clinical services are provided to patients.
The Specialty Manager
will develop and manage the activity plans for the SBU ensuring that service
pathways and capacity and demand analysis is understood to ensure the delivery
of outstanding services. This will
include playing a key role in identifying opportunities for clinical innovation
and modernisation, the delivery of all operational performance targets, waiting
list and financial management, bed utilisation and management. Continually improving the quality of services
to patients and redesigning services to meet best practice standards, improving
efficiency and effectiveness and available resources.
The post-holder will be
responsible for securing the commitment of all staff in the SBU to organisational
change and continuous improvement.
About us
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.
Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.
There has never been a better time to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
An exciting opportunity has arisen for talented operational
managers to join the Division of Access and Medicine as a Specialty Manager.
Utilising your exceptional leadership skills, the successful
applicants will work alongside the Matrons, Clinical Directors and Head of
Service to ensure the Trusts and the Divisions operational objectives are met,
and that services run effectively and efficiently to provide outstanding
patient care.
The successful candidates will have a proven track record of
delivering effective operational management in a clinical environment. The
successful candidates will also require outstanding communication and
leadership skills. In return, the team will provide a supportive environment in
which to work that has a strong team ethic and collective desire to deliver
excellent standards of care to patients.
Specialties to be covered between the two posts include
Respiratory, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Renal, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and
Geriatric Medicine. Division of the specialties will be discussed with the
successful applicants, but will be equally divided.
Interviews will
take place early in june (date TBC) and will consist of a presentation/stakeholder
panel, as well as a formal interview.
For a conversation
regarding the role, please contact Jenni Friar, Head of Service for Medicine: Jennifer.friar1@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
An exciting opportunity has arisen for talented operational
managers to join the Division of Access and Medicine as a Specialty Manager.
Utilising your exceptional leadership skills, the successful
applicants will work alongside the Matrons, Clinical Directors and Head of
Service to ensure the Trusts and the Divisions operational objectives are met,
and that services run effectively and efficiently to provide outstanding
patient care.
The successful candidates will have a proven track record of
delivering effective operational management in a clinical environment. The
successful candidates will also require outstanding communication and
leadership skills. In return, the team will provide a supportive environment in
which to work that has a strong team ethic and collective desire to deliver
excellent standards of care to patients.
Specialties to be covered between the two posts include
Respiratory, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Renal, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and
Geriatric Medicine. Division of the specialties will be discussed with the
successful applicants, but will be equally divided.
Interviews will
take place early in june (date TBC) and will consist of a presentation/stakeholder
panel, as well as a formal interview.
For a conversation
regarding the role, please contact Jenni Friar, Head of Service for Medicine: Jennifer.friar1@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent professional qualification
Desirable
- Diploma or health care related post grad degree
Experience
Essential
- Understanding of the complexity of cancer services
- Service quality and quality management
- Current changes and developments within the NHS
- Change management theory
- Payment by Results system
Desirable
- Previous experience of managing clinical services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent professional qualification
Desirable
- Diploma or health care related post grad degree
Experience
Essential
- Understanding of the complexity of cancer services
- Service quality and quality management
- Current changes and developments within the NHS
- Change management theory
- Payment by Results system
Desirable
- Previous experience of managing clinical services
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
