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Job summary

Main area
Division of Medicine
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
272-6380034
Employer
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Town
Doncaster
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 Pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Service Manager - Division of Medicine

Band 6

Job overview

Are you looking to advance your skills and knowledge within the NHS and take the next step in your career?  Do you have the desire to improve patient access and support the clinical and administrative teams to do so?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Service Manager within the Division of Medicine.

The post holder will work within an established team consisting of 2 Business Managers, 2 Services Managers and 5 Team Leaders, along with medical and nursing teams in specified specialties.

Main duties of the job

To support the Divisional Senior Management Team (Divisional Director, Divisional Director of Ops, Directors of Nursing and Quality) and Business Managers in the efficient and effective operational management of your respective services in order to deliver continually improving high quality patient care.

The post holder has delegated responsibilities for a range of operational activities, working autonomously using initiative and their specialist knowledge and experience of services to make decisions. 

Working for our organisation

Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS FT is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding areas.  Our services are based over three main hospital sites employing over 6,000 colleagues.   

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, so whether you spend just one year or fifty with us, it’s our pledge to help you DevelopBelong and ThriveHere.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to support a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits including:
•    Extensive range of learning opportunities
•    NHS Pension Scheme
•    Generous holiday entitlement commencing at 27 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro rata).
•    Comprehensive health and wellbeing support 
•    NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
•    Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully. 

 

Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and / or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Practical and theoretical knowledge of: Financial Management
  • Practical and theoretical knowledge of: HR Management
  • Practical and theoretical knowledge of: Performance Management
  • Practical and theoretical knowledge of: Project Management
  • Practical and theoretical knowledge of: 18 Week RTT Management
  • Knowledge of records management code of practice
  • Understands the changing NHS environment and its impact on service provision for staff
Desirable criteria
  • Up-to-date knowledge of NHS system reform policy and other key policy drivers
  • Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Foundation trust or similar organisation
  • Involvement in NHS service development and reconfiguration

Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences
  • Substantial team leadership/supervisory experience
  • Able to build rapport and credibility with a range of people in the delivery of performance targets, service delivery and change programmes.
  • Demonstrates a commitment to the Trusts behaviours

Organisational Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to identify and clarify key points from diverse and complex sets of information
  • Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenged and possible solutions
Desirable criteria
  • • Drafts clear accurate and complex reports that are easily understandable

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Race CodeVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Melanie Howard
Job title
General Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01302 644696
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