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We are currently seeking enthusiastic Operation Managers within Division 1 at University Hospitals Birmingham.

Division 1 is a support service with vacancies covering Theatres and Anaesthetics and Critical care workforce.

All posts are full time, permanent, requiring 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, working across Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Heartlands Hospital, and Good Hope Hospital & Solihull Hospital.

We are keen to hear from applicants with operational management experience who are already currently working within the acute setting in the NHS.

These posts offer an excellent opportunity for development, gaining exposure to a wide range of operational initiatives and challenges within the directorate.

This is an exciting opportunity within the Theatre and Anaesthetic directorates, working alongside multidisciplinary teams to deliver high quality, safe, efficient and effective clinical care. The service delivers 70 operating theatres across the Trusts four acute hospitals. Providing support services to multiple specialities including General Surgery, Ear, Nose and Throat, Maxillofacial, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Cardiac and Neurosurgery. We also provide an outreach service which supports activity external to theatres including Interventional Radiology, Cath Lab and Endoscopy.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

• To ensure that the operational performance of their assigned areas is effectively managed to meet agreed Trust and Divisional objectives.
• Work with the Deputy Divisional Director of Operations, Clinical Service Leads, Senior Nurses and General Manager to ensure achievement of access standards for delegated specialties.
• To monitor performance against activity targets and other service objectives. To ensure General Manager Operational Manager Service Manager Admin Manangers secretaries that all national and locally agreed access standards and booking targets are understood and met.
• To ensure complaints and incidents are investigated in line with Trust policies to identify, agree and implement corrective action plans.
• To ensure the Trust's Infection Control policy is fully enforced.
• Co-ordinate assigned audits within the Division.
• Lead on the annual capacity and business planning process within delegated specialties
• To co-ordinate the provision of locum Medical Staff for the Division, monitor EWTD and be the medical staffing lead for the group.
• To ensure the delivery of key performance standards for designated areas within the Division escalating any variances and providing action plans as required.
• To monitor and analyse data as required to ensure that the General Manager has access to timely and accurate information on all relevant key performance indicators with the appropriate formulation of data for reports

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Post graduate management experience or equivalent knowledge obtained through a combination of continuous professional development & training courses.
• Considerable experience of Knowledge and experience of budgetary management including sound working knowledge of revenue expenditure, budgets, capital including forecasting trends.
• Experience of developing service opportunities, through business planning, monitoring, and leading the implementation of successful change management processes
• Evidence of delivering excellent standards of patient care
• Clear understanding of the NHS agenda

Desirable

• Understanding and experience in managing Referral to treatment (RTT) pathways and the rules that apply to patients waiting times.
• Evidence of success in the management of a multidisciplinary environment
• Evidence of significant achievement and personal contribution to organization success

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Ability to make independent decisions
• Good presentation skills - making use of software packages and an ability to meet the needs of recipients with different levels of understanding
• Operational/organizational skills and ability to prioritise work under pressure
• Good communication and influencing skills including the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to understand complex issues, problem solve and propose solutions
• A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals

Desirable

• Ability to work in a competitive market when appropriate.

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.

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.