Operational Manager
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield, S5 7AU
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
6 days left
Job description
The Laboratory Medicine directorate is on an exciting transformation journey and we currently have a full time opportunity for a credible and passiona...
Work collaboratively with the SYBP Performance Lead to support the provision of high quality care, within a patient-centred environment.Delivering on financial, activity and performance targets and supporting teams across the network, leading on service redesign, involving front-line staff and patients in delivering effective, efficient and timely services, in a cost-effective way.
With responsibility for the delivery of activity, turnaround time, and performance targets, including regular activity modelling and capacity planning, the successful candidate will contribute to the production of service development bids, business cases and capital bids.
Fully contributing during the implementation of IT development including Electronic Patient Record/EDMS and other T3 programmes. Taking a lead on external and internal communication and ensuring that responsive and effective channels of communication are established, both internally and with external stakeholders.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.
As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
SYB Pathology is a partnership between the five Acute Trusts within the ICS footprint, hosted by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals:
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
- Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent service experience at management level.
- Postgraduate diploma in management or equivalent level of knowledge and skills gained through a combination of post graduate study and/or experience plus relevant short courses.
- Maths and English language GCSE minimum Grade C/4.
- Demonstrative commitment to personal development.
Desirable
- Formal project management qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Previous managerial experience including knowledge of managing services, financial management, service and capacity planning and management of staff.
- Experience of implementing policy, service planning and development and writing business cases.
- Excellent spreadsheet and analytical skills, experience of manipulating complex data and presenting to a range of audiences.
- Ability to understand and explain financial and activity information.
Desirable
- Experience of mentoring, staff supervision and appraisals.
- Previous experience of pathology services.
- Experience of Risk Assessment, Audit and Clinical Governance.
- Experience of using Patient Centre, Electronic Staff record and other NHS information systems.
- Understanding of NHS policy and experience of delivering against current NHS targets.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Analytical, resilient and creative person, who is able to work under their own initiative in order to meet challenging deadlines, comfortable with taking decisions, often under pressure.
- An open and honest approach, high levels of integrity.
- Highly developed leadership skills. Self-motivated and able to motivate others. Understands the importance of staff training/ development and possess excellent coaching and facilitating skills.
- Excellent written, spoke and presentational skills. Sound negotiator. Influential and has creditability in the clinical setting.
- Evidence of ability to work as a member of a team. Able to build effective working relationships. Able to handle and resolve conflict.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexible attitude to working hours. Ability to deal with competing priorities and to organise self and team members to deliver outputs to multiple deadlines.
- Personal values in line with those of the Trust and demonstrates all STH PROUD Behaviours.
- Commitment to undertake ALL training requirements of the post.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
24 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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