Admin Manager

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Bath seeks an Administrative Manager for an 18-month contract. This pivotal role involves managing day-to-day operations and ensuring high-quality patient care. The ideal candidate will have leadership experience and excel at optimizing administrative processes. Join a supportive team committed to improving patient pathways and delivering exceptional care.

Benefits

Staff wellbeing programs

Competitive salary

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in a managerial role within healthcare settings.
• Strong ability to manage staff and support processes.
• Familiarity with performance and quality targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day administrative operations.
• Support quality and financial targets.
• Optimize admin processes for patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Communication

Job description

Overview

The Gastroenterology team is pleased to offer an 18-month fixed-term contract or internal secondment to the role of Administrative Manager. This pivotal role combines people management with the chance to work in a dynamic and fast-paced specialty. You’ll be part of a multi-disciplinary team, helping to ensure that administrative processes 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 Gastroenterology services, 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.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full details of the role and associated person specification. For further information, please contact Tom Shaw.

Person specification

Meets Essential criteria

• Essential criteria

Meets Desirable Criteria

• Desirable criteria

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

• Job Description & Person Spec - Administration Manager (PDF, 477.0KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Tom Shaw
Job title Specialty Support Manager
Email address [e-mail]