Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
We are pleased to be searching for an experienced senior operations manager to join QEHB’s specialty surgical team.
The post entails operationally overseeing and managing both ENT and Maxillofacial services, in collaboration with a dedicated Matron and two Clinical Service Leads.
The ideal applicant should be devoted, structured, dynamic, and possess excellent leadership skills in order to oversee services across four hospital sites.
This is an interesting and high-profile position that is best suited to someone with extensive experience in performance delivery.
It is asked that you contact Charlotte Keates, Associate Director of Operations, prior to submitting your application to schedule an informal chat. Please contact Chelsea Yau at 0121 371 4917 or by email at Chelsea.Yau@uhb.nhs.uk.
Main responsibilities, tasks, and abilities required
*Please Note: For a precise and complete work description for this vacancy, please check the attached work Description*
About us.
We are acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading NHS Foundation Trusts. Our aim is to Build Healthier Lives, and we understand that we will require exceptional employees to achieve this.
Our dedication to our employees is to offer the ideal environment for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and well-being of our employees, including a commitment to provide flexible working arrangements when possible;
We provide our employees with a wide range of training and development options to help them achieve their personal and professional goals.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our employees are treated fairly and feel like they belong by providing a friendly and inclusive atmosphere. This is about equal opportunity; eradicating all barriers, including prejudice, and ensuring that each individual member of staff reaches their full potential, achieves their goals, and thrives in their jobs. This isn’t just words. We’re taking action. Our dedication to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation, where every voice is heard, and is pushed by our varied and active staff networks, as well as the Fairness Taskforce, which is managed by our CEO. We foster a culture that encourages employees to oppose discriminatory behaviour and allows people to contribute their “full self” to a kinder, more connected, and bolder place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a smoke-free hospital.
Job Description
- Please Note: For a precise and complete work description for this vacancy, please check the attached work Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE/O Level: English and Mathematics Grade C or equivalent.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent (E).
- Post-graduate qualification or similar experience (E)
Experience
Essential
Substantial experience in a senior managerial and leadership function in a healthcare context that is appropriate for the complexity and magnitude of the assigned area of responsibility.
Knowledge and experience leading significant change in patient services, resulting in concrete and sustainable gains.
Experience creating and sustaining active partnerships with stakeholders in the service development process.
Experience with improvement measurement systems and a grasp of the importance of measurement in performance enhancement.
Experience directly managing and giving strategic leadership to large numbers of specialised staff/multidisciplinary service teams in bands 3–7.
Experience managing individual and team performance by establishing targets, performance development plans, and appraisals.
Experience implementing recruitment strategies and workforce development, including conducting skill mix reviews and succession planning.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This position is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, which requires a Disclosure application to be submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service (previously known as CRB) to check for any past criminal conviction.
Certificate of Sponsorship
applicants from job seekers who require existing skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are encouraged and will be reviewed alongside all other applicants. For further information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration page.
From April 6, 2017, skilled worker applicants requesting for entrance clearance into the UK were required to show a criminal record certificate from each country where they had lived continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the previous ten years. This requirement also applies to adult dependents (those over the age of 18).Guidance can be found here. Criminal background checks for international candidates.
For assistance with your application, contact:
Charlotte Keate
charlotte.keates@uhb.nhs.uk