Band 8b Operations Manager - Ophthalmology

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is seeking a skilled manager to lead clinical services in Ophthalmology. The role involves managing service delivery, budgeting, and strategic planning to enhance patient care. Candidates should possess significant operational management experience in healthcare and a relevant degree. Join us to make a difference in patient care within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Generous benefits

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing personal development.
• Significant senior operational management experience, in the NHS or equivalent.
• Acute operational management experience in a complex healthcare organisation.

Responsibilities

• Manage service areas ensuring delivery of key targets.
• Contribute to strategic and annual business planning.
• Coordinate service improvement and project implementation.

Skills

Leadership of a multidisciplinary team

Effective communication skills

Management of staff

Budgetary management skills

Service planning and project management

Education

1st degree or equivalent

Management qualification

Job description

Overview

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Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers\' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We\'re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

This role offers a new and exciting opportunity to shape and improve the delivery of clinical services in Ophthalmology with the Royal Free London. The post holder will manage the service areas they are responsible for, ensuring the delivery of key targets within the budgeted resources available. They will contribute to strategic and annual business planning for their services, including the engagement of senior medical, nursing, APH colleagues and other staff, as required. They will also coordinate the planning, development and implementation of service improvement, capital and other projects for the areas they are responsible for. They will support clinical governance processes within their areas and assist Clinical colleagues in the management of risk. The post will deputise for the Senior Operations Manager.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK\'s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Evidence of continuing personal development
• Management qualification
• 1st degree or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant senior operational management experience, in the NHS or equivalent
• Leading and managing change within a complex environment
• Strategic planning and project management
• Managing large and complex budgets

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Leadership of a multidisciplinary team and delivering to deadlines and within resources.
• Acute operational management experience in a complex healthcare organisation
• Management of staff
• Effective communication skills
• Service planning and project management
• Broad understanding of the NHS and key policy issues which effect performance
• Aptitude to engage in constructive collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to achieve success through partnership
• Budgetary management skills
• Knowledge of strategic financial planning
• Demonstrates excellent negotiation skills
• Ability to achieve effective team working within the division and across divisions
• Numerate, IT literate, analytical and able to use business intelligence effectively. Demonstrate advanced influencing and negotiation skills

• Covid-19 Vaccination: Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19. We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
• AT* - Apprenticeship Training: Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
• By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
• If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK. Please Note: We are unable to sponsor Band 2 to 4 as the salary does not meet the UKVI Points Based system threshold.
• If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system
• If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a selfied using your smartphone/tablet for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
• The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
• By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
• Please be aware of scams - unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Please note: Due to the high number of applications we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply as soon as you can, if you meet the requirements. Shortlisting will be based on the Person Specification.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.

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Documents to download

• Job Description and Person specification ( PDF , 418.8 KB )
• PS ( PDF , 175.6 KB )
• Functional Requirements ( PDF , 100.3 KB )
• Primary additional document ( PDF , 238.0 KB )
• Other publicly accessible documents ( PDF , 147.0 KB )
• Royal Free Map ( PDF , 1.2 MB )
• Benefits Poster ( PDF , 148.6 KB )
• Staff Networks at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust ( PDF , 563.8 KB )
• Our sites and services ( PDF , 486.9 KB )