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Job Description

Position: Senior Operational Manager – Specialised Surgery Team

Location: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB)
Department: Specialised Surgery Team

We are excited to invite an experienced Senior Operational Manager to join our specialised surgery team at QEHB. In this role, you will be responsible for operational leadership and management of the breast, burns, and plastics services, alongside a dedicated Matron and Clinical Service Lead. Additionally, you will oversee cancer pathways across the University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), making this role ideal for someone with a proven track record of driving performance improvement.

Before submitting your application, please contact Charlotte Keates, Associate Director of Operations, to arrange an informal discussion. You can schedule this through Chelsea Yau at 0121 371 4917 or via email at Chelsea.Yau@uhb.nhs.uk.

Key Responsibilities and Skills Required:

The Senior Operational Manager will play a critical role in leading and managing healthcare services at QEHB, ensuring high-quality, safe, and efficient service delivery to meet the needs of patients in our pain and surgical specialties. The postholder will work closely with clinical service leads, nursing teams, and various hospital stakeholders, with robust support from the senior leadership team.

This role is primarily based in the theatre complex of the new QE hospital, with some oversight of the pain service at both the Solihull and QE sites.

About Us:

As one of the UK’s leading NHS Foundation Trusts, we are committed to building healthier lives. We recognise that achieving this vision requires incredible staff, and we are focused on making UHB the best place to work. Our dedication includes:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, offering flexible working where possible.

Providing extensive training and development opportunities to support staff’s personal and career growth.

Fostering a culture of inclusion, where every voice is heard and valued. We actively remove barriers, promote equality, and encourage a supportive work environment for all staff.

UHB is also a smoke-free campus hospital.

Job Description: For more detailed information about the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Person Specification:

Qualifications
Essential:

• GCSE/O Level in English and Maths (Grade C or equivalent).
• Degree level education or equivalent (E).
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience (E).

Experience
Essential:

• Significant senior managerial and leadership experience in healthcare, managing areas of comparable complexity.
• Proven track record in leading significant change to patient services, achieving measurable and sustained improvements.
• Experience building and maintaining active partnerships with key stakeholders.
• Expertise in using measurement systems to track and improve performance.
• Experience in managing large, multidisciplinary teams, and providing strategic leadership.
• Experience in recruitment, workforce development, and conducting skill mix reviews and succession planning.

Desirable:

• Experience with service redesign methodologies.

Additional Criteria:
Essential:

• Confidence to make decisions and commit to them, with the ability to lead others in the same manner.
• Adaptability in responding to changing situations and achieving objectives.
• Strong self-motivation, setting ambitious goals and tracking progress.
• Commitment to openness, honesty, and integrity.
• Dedication to continuous personal and professional development.
• Genuine passion for improving patient services.

Desirable:

• Flexibility in decision-making, holding multiple options in mind and evaluating them effectively.

Other Information:

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Certificate of Sponsorship:
We welcome applications from individuals requiring Skilled Worker Sponsorship to work in the UK. More details can be found on the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants must provide a criminal record certificate from any country they’ve lived in for 12 months or more over the past 10 years. This applies to adult dependants as well.

For application assistance, please contact:
Charlotte Keates
Email: charlotte.keates@uhb.nhs.uk