Job summary
The Family Health Care Group has an exciting opportunity for a Business Manager to join their Operational Team supporting Children's & Neonatal Care, Maternity, Obstetrics and Gynaecology care & Sexual Health and HIV Services.
The role of Business Manager is diverse and complex involving working intensively with the clinicians and operational leads to support the delivery of the ambitious Care Group objectives including achieving quality and safety improvements and performance improvement plans. You will work closely with our Business Analyst and Finance Manager to identify referral and activity trends, support activity and capacity planning and improve operational performance.
Main duties of the job
You will support the development of the annual planning and performance with the Trust corporate team and any associated performance improvement, service development and capacity and capital investment plans to support planned delivery.
You will support all procurement and contracting arrangements, leading on all SLAs and business cases working with subject matter experts.
You will need to demonstrate your resilience and be able to build effective working relationships working across multi-professional teams and between the Care Group and the corporate teams. We are also looking for candidates who are empathetic and enabling in their leadership style. You will work across all our sites and from home in an agile way.
The ideal candidate will have at least two years' experience in a senior management role (Band 7 or equivalent), be educated to degree level (or equivalent experience ideally in the NHS).
We may consider offering this position as a training opportunity under annex 21 of the NHS national terms and conditions of service which allows the successful candidate to work towards developing the skills and experience required for the role while being paid a percentage of the top of the band.
About us
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifcations and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Project management qualification or (equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Recognised higher level qualification/masters (e.g. MBA, MA) / post graduate qualification in a relevant area or masters level equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Senior level experience in the planning or performance management of complex services.
- Experience of building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of staff across departments and functions.
- Experience of managing multiple complex issues, judging their relative priority and assessing their degree of inter-connectedness.
- Experience of working in partnership across multiple services / systems to deliver improvement.
- Experience of independently carrying out analysis using a variety of techniques in order to diagnose and understand service issues.
- Experience of presenting information to diverse groups with different levels of understanding and priorities.
- An understanding of how to apply performance management approaches across multiple services and organisations.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an NHS environment
Person Specification
Education, Qualifcations and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Project management qualification or (equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Recognised higher level qualification/masters (e.g. MBA, MA) / post graduate qualification in a relevant area or masters level equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Senior level experience in the planning or performance management of complex services.
- Experience of building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of staff across departments and functions.
- Experience of managing multiple complex issues, judging their relative priority and assessing their degree of inter-connectedness.
- Experience of working in partnership across multiple services / systems to deliver improvement.
- Experience of independently carrying out analysis using a variety of techniques in order to diagnose and understand service issues.
- Experience of presenting information to diverse groups with different levels of understanding and priorities.
- An understanding of how to apply performance management approaches across multiple services and organisations.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an NHS environment
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.
