Job overview

The General Surgery directorate is appointing into their admin service manager post. This is a rare and exciting opportunity  to apply to this subtantive position. 

This pivotal role combines people management with the chance to work in a dynamic and fast-paced speciality. You'll be part of a multi- disalinary team, helping to ensure that adminstrative processed run smoothly and effectively to support high-quality patient care.

As Admin Manager, you will:

• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day administrative operations of the service.
• Support the delivery of key performance, quality, and financial targets.
• Contribute to service development in line with directorate plans.
• Play a vital role in improving patient pathways through efficient administrative systems.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their leadership skills and make a meaningful impact within a supportive and forward-thinking team.

Main duties of the job

Key elements of the role include;

• Provide a full and comprehensive administration service for the General Surgery directorate , including line management.
• Provide administrative support to projects taking place within the services.
• Review and optimise the admin structure and processes in the department to support key performance measures and comply with National and Trust targets.
• Ensure all staff are working towards the delivery of high quality care to patients.
• Ensure all staff are working to deadlines that contribute to national standards and patient experience measures for the service.

To continually improve and monitor processes and procedures of teams to ensure they are delivering an effective service and the teams remain competent and motivated.

To support the Operational Managers  in delivering targets relating to elective recovery.

To build and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues across the trust ensuring agreed quality metrics are achieved consistently.

Working for our organisation

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.