Service Manager Respiratory Medicine

The applicant responding to this advert will be responsible for ensuring that Respiratory is run efficiently and effectively. The postholder will be responsible for a large administrative team across the 3 sites and will take the lead on specific modernisation projects and will also be operationally responsible for directly reporting staff and their performance.

The service manager is responsible for all aspects of Respiratory. Key aims

1 Provide timely, efficient, and effective operational service management support for relevant services within Respiratory assisting the Clinical Director, Lead Clinicians and General Manager to ensure that these services are responsive, innovative and provided to the highest possible clinical and performance standards.

2 Lead on ensuring that all performance/quality targets are met.

3 Problem solve as appropriate, and develop and implement lasting solutions in conjunction with clinical colleagues.

4 To be a key member of the Senior Management Team, taking full responsibility for actions and for keeping other team members fully informed.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Experience

Essential: - Recognised management qualification, CPD evidence, operational management experience, and leading change

Desirable: - Degree (completed or working towards), large team management

Skills

Essential: - Data analysis and reporting/presentation, managing competing priorities and pressure, effectively leading meetings, task groups, problem solving

Desirable: - Clinical governance expertise, writing and presenting business cases/ case for change, advanced MS office skills

Knowledge

Essential: - Ability to understand and solve complex problems, how to evaluate and improve service quality, leadership theory

Qualifications

Essential: - Recognised management qualification

Desirable: - Degree (completed or working towards)