Operational Manager

Shropshire Community Health Nhs Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization is seeking a dedicated Operational Manager to lead the Adult Community Services Division in Shrewsbury, Telford, and Wrekin. The role encompasses managing teams and redesigning health pathways to achieve optimal outcomes for local populations. Candidates should have relevant operational leadership experience in community health, demonstrating the capacity to influence stakeholders and implement change effectively. The organization promotes diversity and encourages applicants from all backgrounds.

Benefits

Visa sponsorship for eligible applicants

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven experience in operational leadership within community health services.
• Ability to design and lead change programs effectively.
• Strong communication skills to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership and management to teams.
• Design and lead change programs to meet service specifications.
• Lead the development and redesign of health pathways.

Job description

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust are looking for a dedicated and dynamic Operational Manager to lead the Adult Community Services Division across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW). The post holder will be responsible for the effective leadership and management across the range of services within the portfolio to lead an ambitious integration and service development programme in partnership with commissioners, partner organisations and the local populations within neighbourhoods in STW. Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership and management to teams within the Adult Community Services Division.
• Design and lead the change programme required to meet the service specification and national reporting requirements.
• To proactively lead the development and redesign of pathways, working with partners to achieve the best health outcomes for local people, their families and carers, and support their health and wellbeing needs.
• Reflect the needs of service users/communities, influencing stakeholders both internal and external to the Trust.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Salary and Visa Information

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.