Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £40,617 – £48,778 Per annum (pro rata) including High Cost Area Supplement
Partner Org: Royal Surrey County Hospital
Job overview
Following a review of our leadership arrangements we are now at an exciting stage of our development as a highly successful hospital and cancer centre. We are looking for the right individual to join us as the Assistant Specialty Manager to work within the Urology & Gynae Oncology SBUs.
Joining us at this critical time, you’ll be fundamental to managing the day to day operations of the Urology & Gynae Oncology SBUs. Working closely alongside the Specialty Manager and wider clinical and administration team, you will ensure that the services are coordinated; patient focused and meet complex financial, quality and activity indicators. You will work as a key member of the team to organise these services to ensure the Trust’s and the Business Units’ strategic and operational objectives are met. Leading and managing a complex set of priorities, your leadership skills and innovative approach to change management will ensure the units continue to succeed.
Main duties of the job
This post will support the day-to-day operational management of one or more SBUs.
To assist the Specialty Manager in the operational and strategic delivery of the SBU providing business support to each department.
To be the line manager for Administrators with SBUs and any other relevant team members.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn’t the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
The Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has a safeguarding policy for both adults and children and is committed to all Safeguarding legislation and current standards.
Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aims to ensure that no job applicant or employee is unfairly disadvantaged on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status/civil partnership, religion/belief or trade union status.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent professional qualification
- Evidence of significant personal development
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable operational management experience within the NHS
- Evidence of project management to facilitate service change
- Evidence of managing/developing teams
- Evidence of comprehension of managing budgets
- Evidence of understanding large & complex clinical environments
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Leadership, supervisory & decision making skills
- Knowledge & understanding of the 18weeks RTT & PTL management
Desirable criteria
- Background within NHS
- Detailed knowledge of the service requirements & current issues within the department(s)
- Knowledge of SBU pathway management
