Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Band 5 Operational Support Manager

The closing date is 30 January 2026

Job summary

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the West Midlands Rehabilitation Service for an Operational Support Manager. Working 37.5 hours per week.

The post holder will support the management of day-to-day issues in the service and will have responsibility for providing management and leadership to the administrative and clerical teams. The post holder will be responsible for the achievement of key performance targets across the group.

Successful candidates will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, be well organised, enthusiastic with the ability to problem solve and will be committed to improving services for our patients and their families.

Main duties of the job

  • Responsible for ensuring administration teams provide relevant, effective and timely administration ensuring the patient pathway runs smoothly.
  • In a monthly basis collect and collate information for all key performance indicators and national targets for the Group Manager.
  • Responsible for completing routine eligibility checks for patients who may not be eligible for NHS treatment. Ensuring procedures are kept up to date with national guidance.
  • Responsible for submitting funding requests to commissioners as needed ensuring systems are in place to monitor and complete all requests.
  • Ensure Admin support is provided during absences to ensure quality of service delivery and avoid any delays in productivity.
  • Responsible for the management of clinical records and for promoting high standards of record keeping, ensuring regular audits are completed to ensure Trust standards are monitored and maintained.

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

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Details

Date posted

19 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

820-7670988-ASR

Job locations

West Midlands Rehab Centre

Oak Tree Lane

Birmingham

B29 6HZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ training

Essential

  • Degree in business /administration/ management or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continuous personal development
  • Project management qualification or equivalent experience or training and/or evidence of successfully managing and completing projects

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within and leading teams to deliver results
  • Experience of working across professional boundaries
  • Proven ability in proactively solving complex problems
  • Experience in undertaking audits

Desirable

  • In depth knowledge of the 18 week RTT pathway

Skills/knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to interpret data
  • Proven staff management and supervisory skills
  • Information technology skills including Microsoft, excel, word, PowerPoint
Person Specification

Qualifications/ training

Essential

  • Degree in business /administration/ management or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continuous personal development
  • Project management qualification or equivalent experience or training and/or evidence of successfully managing and completing projects

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within and leading teams to deliver results
  • Experience of working across professional boundaries
  • Proven ability in proactively solving complex problems
  • Experience in undertaking audits

Desirable

  • In depth knowledge of the 18 week RTT pathway

Skills/knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to interpret data
  • Proven staff management and supervisory skills
  • Information technology skills including Microsoft, excel, word, PowerPoint

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).

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

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

West Midlands Rehab Centre

Oak Tree Lane

Birmingham

B29 6HZ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

West Midlands Rehab Centre

Oak Tree Lane

Birmingham

B29 6HZ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Business Information and Performance Manager

Nichola Parker

Nichola.Parker@nhs.net

01214663286

Details

Date posted

19 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

820-7670988-ASR

Job locations

West Midlands Rehab Centre

Oak Tree Lane

Birmingham

B29 6HZ


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