Assistant Support Manager - GS & Breast

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available to the join the General Surgery Department at Leighton Hospital as an Assistant Support Manager. This is offered on a secondment basis to cover a 12 month period of maternity leave.

The post holder will be required to work Monday to Friday within the General Surgery & Breast team alongside the Support Manager, Deputy Service Manager and Service Manager. The role will involve deputising for the Support Manager as and when required, including line management duties for the administration team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Service Management Team in managing the administrative team whilst ensuring effective service delivery, including the monitoring of performance targets. They will be assist the Support Manager with rota management to ensure all areas are covered effectively, in particular maintaining full on-call provision via proactive management of rota gaps.

The successful candidate will be expected to monitor, assess and delegate workload among the team. They will be responsible for managing sickness and annual leave and be able to identify and step-in to fill gaps to ensure continuity of services.

It is essential that the post holder can exercise initiative suitable to the role and is fully supportive to other colleagues in the administrative team.

A key requirement of the post is to proactively manage clinics and appointments, including making recommendations and implementing any authorised changes to clinic templates to ensure best use of capacity and compliance with national targets.

The post holder will be expected to organise their workload and co-ordinate their activities in conjunction with the Support Manager to ensure that an efficient service is provided. It is essential that the post holder is able to exercise initiative suitable to the role and is fully supportive to other colleagues in the administrative team.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.

The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

Employer details

Employer name

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ

Employer's website

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

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