Job summary
- Main area
- Gender Service
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 411-COM-24-6482609
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mandarin Court, Centre Park, Warrington
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Operational Service Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the team for a 12 Month Fixed Term role as the Operational Service Manager for the Gender Service for the North West of England. The Children and Young People’s Gender Service is a Phase 1 Provider of Gender Services provided in partnership by Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
The postholder will support the management of day-to-day operational issues in the service and will have responsibility for providing management and leadership to the operational and administrative and clerical teams. The postholder will enable the successful delivery of high quality services for children, young people and their families and will ensure that systems and process that enable the team to function effectively are successfully embedded within the service.
Successful candidates will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, be well organised, innovative with the ability to work well autonomously as well as part of a team and will be committed to improving services for children, young people and their families.
Main duties of the job
The main duties for this role are provided in the attached job description
For further details please contact [email protected]
Working for our organisation
The base for this service is Mandarin Court, Centre Park, Warrington which includes the following benefits:
- Free parking and free EV charging
- Short walk from Warrington Bank Quay station
- Bicycle storage and on site changing facilities
Flexible working and some remote working opportunities will be considered in this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main responsibilities for this role are provided in the attached job description/person specification
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in NHS or other health related management
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Management qualification
- Post Grad certificate in management
Experience
Essential criteria
- NHS Management experience (minimum 2 years)
- Substantial experience of management within a health service or other related field
- Evidence of successful operational leadership and effective involvement in change management
- Experience of working with senior clinical professionals
- Experience of interagency working in the public sector
- Evidence of successfully managing staff
- Evidence of conflict resolution
- Experience of working within designated financial controls
Desirable criteria
- Audit skills
- Data Analysis skills, including analyzing complex performance information
- Experience of managing demand and capacity in a clinical team
- Experience of working with service users and carers/patient participation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of current issues affecting the NHS and other related sectors such as social care and education
- National and local policy drivers
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of further personal development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good computer skills; experience of using Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent report writing skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Leadership and motivational qualities
- Flexible work attitude
- Creative, innovative and proactive approach
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to work as an integral part of a functioning team
- Ability to demonstrate resilience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gender Service Recruitment
- Job title
- [email protected]
- Email address
- [email protected]
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