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Job summary

Main area
HPB & General Surgery
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent: Full Time 37.5 Hours per week
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday, 1 day working from home.)
Job ref
164-6186623
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queen's Medical Centre Campus
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Deputy Service Manager - Hepato-Pancreatic Biliary & General Surgery

Band 5

Job overview

Deputy Service Manager - Band 5  

A full-time opportunity has arisen in the Surgery Directorate for a full time  Deputy Service Manager to join our busy HPB & General Surgery department.  

We are looking for a confident, well-motivated, pro-active individual to support the delivery of some  key projects, both strategically and operationally.

The successful candidate will monitor and ensure delivery of key performance targets and provide support to the Service Manager and Head of Service.  The post holder will also have line management responsibility for the administration team.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Working closely with the  Management team , you will have excellent communication skills with proven experience of being able to manage multiple demands from different areas.  You will have the ability to deal with sensitive situations and conflict in a diplomatic and tactful manner to ensure all stakeholders needs are met.

You will have experience in both leading and delivering elements of projects. You will possess the ability to work under pressure, with excellent planning, time management and organisational skills.

The successful candidate will have the ability to anticipate and manage capacity and performance issues in a timely manner. They will be able to organise and prioritise their own workload against constantly changing demands to meet agreed targets and deadlines.

It is desirable for applicants to be competent in the use of Careflow and other hospital systems.

Working for our organisation

With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! 

As a management team we are very supportive, innovative and proactive in ensuring we provide a high quality service.

We are keen to ensure that staff are developed within their environment in order to achieve vision and deliver care that reflects the values and behaviors of the team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and  person specification for the details and responsibilities.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of commitment to ongoing learning and personal development

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience at management level which could include project management, change management, multidisciplinary working, human resource management, performance management
  • Evidence of having achieved challenging targets
  • Relevant practical experience in an administrative role
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in healthcare
  • Experience of using healthcare IT systems

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria
  • Effective communication skills
  • Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
  • Ability to present data and write reports
  • Negotiating skills
  • Ability to supervise a team
  • Ability to manage conflict
  • Able to build strong durable working relationships
  • Evidence of a proactive approach to relationship building through face-to-face engagement
  • Evidence of strong working relationships within multi-disciplinary teams
  • Proven record of planning, organisation and administration skills.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent problem solving skills, using team when appropriate
  • Evidence of being business focused
  • Sensitive to clinical and political demands
  • Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers with change
  • Able to demonstrate good prioritisation skills
  • Able to demonstrate a pro-active approach to work/problem solving
  • Skilled in analysing business performance information, interpreting performance data and then proposing solutions / outcomes to enable the department to reach business targets. A comparison of a range of options e.g. designing working procedures and working processes around new technology and national directives to enable the department to meet performance targets in the most cost effective way.
  • Understand limits of own responsibilities

Planning and Organisational Skills

Essential criteria
  • Effective organisation and planning skills
  • Evidence of developing skills to manage own workload and that of own teams when required
  • Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines using own initiative and sound judgement
  • Ability to demonstrate innovative and forward thinking approach

Physical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information systems

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work flexibly across two campuses

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveadded for NUHArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badge

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jessica Davis
Job title
Service Manager - HPB & General Surgery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07812 275767
Additional information

Informal Visits are welcome by contacting Jessica Davis, Service Manager in HPB & General Surgery or Grace Constantinou, Speciality General Manager in UGI, Endocrine, HPB & General Surgery. 

[email protected] - 07812 275767

Grace Constantinou - 07812 275776

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