Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Senior Operations Manager - Cancer & Complex Joints

The closing date is 23 June 2025

Job summary

As we strive for continued improvement and excellence we are seeking an outstanding individual to join our team as Senior Operations Manager. Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping the future of RNOH.

As the Senior Operations Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of surgery and cancer services within our Trust. You will work closely with clinical leaders, operational teams and external partners to drive excellence, innovation and patient-centred care.

Your role will also encompass significant input of operational delivery of a new Electronic Health Record, leveraging technology to optimise clinical and operational performance.

In addition to your operational responsibilities, you will demonstrate exemplary leadership qualities, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, compassionate leadership and supporting the development of our diverse workforce. Your commitment to our Trust values, equality, diversity, and inclusion will be paramount in creating an environment where everyone feels valued and can thrive.

Main duties of the job

As Senior Operations Manager you are accountable to the Unit Director of Operations for Surgery and Cancer Services for the effective and efficient day to day operation of the hospital, delivering patient care to the highest levels of safety and quality, meeting all national and local performance criteria and targets, whilst operating within agreed financial parameters.

The portfolio for is broad and a great opportunity to make an impactful and positive difference. Services include: Upper Limb, Joint Reconstruction, Sarcoma and Hip and Knee.

About us

RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/

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Details

Date posted

10 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£80,025 to £91,336 a year Per Annum (pro rata) Inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

392-RNOH-1201-C

Job locations

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Stanmore

HA7 4LP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Service Delivery and Improvement: Be responsible for interpreting national guidance and translating it into service development plans to align national direction/strategies and regional priorities, considering the necessary changes in current practice and resources implications.

Develop, produce and present recommendations and business plans for the development of the service as required and directed under the memorandum of understanding.

Performance Management: Ensure that operational efficiency indicators, including Model Hospital and other benchmarking tools, are deployed to measure and develop plans for the effective and efficient running of Cancer and complex joints.

Ensure that systems and processes exist to measure and deliver required national and local access, efficiency and other targets as specified by the Trust and wider NHS.

Leadership and Management: Provide expert project and programme management leadership to partners/projects. Operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.

Financial Management: Be accountable for the Cancer and complex joints.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Service Delivery and Improvement: Be responsible for interpreting national guidance and translating it into service development plans to align national direction/strategies and regional priorities, considering the necessary changes in current practice and resources implications.

Develop, produce and present recommendations and business plans for the development of the service as required and directed under the memorandum of understanding.

Performance Management: Ensure that operational efficiency indicators, including Model Hospital and other benchmarking tools, are deployed to measure and develop plans for the effective and efficient running of Cancer and complex joints.

Ensure that systems and processes exist to measure and deliver required national and local access, efficiency and other targets as specified by the Trust and wider NHS.

Leadership and Management: Provide expert project and programme management leadership to partners/projects. Operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.

Financial Management: Be accountable for the Cancer and complex joints.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area i.e. programme management
  • Project/Programme Management qualification e.g. PRINCE 2 or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of successfully leading large or complex improvement projects and programmes
  • Expert knowledge of portfolio, programme and project management in a NHS context
  • Experience of working and influencing senior teams

Desirable

  • Experience in working with Children's Services within the NHS

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time
  • Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations.
  • Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area i.e. programme management
  • Project/Programme Management qualification e.g. PRINCE 2 or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of successfully leading large or complex improvement projects and programmes
  • Expert knowledge of portfolio, programme and project management in a NHS context
  • Experience of working and influencing senior teams

Desirable

  • Experience in working with Children's Services within the NHS

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time
  • Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations.
  • Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation

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

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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

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Stanmore

HA7 4LP


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Stanmore

HA7 4LP


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Unit Director of Operations

Julie Kerr

juliekerr1@nhs.net

07961122477

Details

Date posted

10 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£80,025 to £91,336 a year Per Annum (pro rata) Inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

392-RNOH-1201-C

Job locations

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Stanmore

HA7 4LP


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