Pathway Team Leader

Transformation Unit; East Midlands; Híbrido; GBP 28.000 - 31.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pathway Team Leader within the Imaging Department. The role covers cross-site work and involves leading an Admin team in partnership with Clinical managers to optimise service delivery.

The post emphasises developing admin processes, recruiting and training staff, and maintaining strong collaboration with clinical colleagues. 37.5 hours weekly; cross-site working.

Formación

• Experience in supervising admin staff and leading teams.
• Knowledge of RTT waiting list procedures.
• Experience in training and developing staff.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Advanced IT literacy and experience with Patient Administration Systems.

Responsabilidades

• Work with Clinical managers to ensure effective service delivery and capacity planning.
• Implement and develop admin protocols and processes.
• Manage administration staff and involvement in HR processes.
• Support in training and development of admin teams.
• Participate in recruitment and retention of admin staff.
• Collaborate with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to develop service needs.
• Work with Pathway Team Leader colleagues to maintain and develop service.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Supervisory experience

Communication skills

Training staff

RTT knowledge

Patient administration systems

Educación

NVQ III in Business Administration

GCSE English

Advanced IT literacy

Herramientas

Patient Administration Systems

Descripción del empleo

Main area Imaging Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Cross site roles for UHDB Imaging) Job ref 320-CDCS-4395

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Derby Hospital Town Derby Salary £28,392 - £31,157 pa pro/rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 11/11/2026

Band 4

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

if you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format- such as Braille, large print, audio or accessible electronic formats oryou require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

The Trust is proud to be a signatory of the Care Leavers Covenant and is committed to supporting care-experienced people into employment.

Applicants who identify as a care leaver and who meet the essential criteria for the role, as detailed in the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this within your application.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen within the Imaging Department to be a Pathway Team Leader, supporting across UHDB Imaging sites. Primary base will be discussed at interview, but it will include cross site working. This is a great opportunity to expand on your leadership knowledge and experience. You will be working alongside Pathway Team Leader colleagues and managing an Admin team together with collaborative working with our Clinical teams and Clinical Managers.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have demonstrable communication & relationship skills, be an enthusiastic & motivated leader & team player, with problem solving skills. You will require high levels of tact, diplomacy & confidentiality, with the ability to prioritise your own workload effectively to enabling you to day to day manage.

• Working alongside Clinical managers to ensure effective service delivery including utilisation of capacity and assessing demand.
• Implementing and developing admin protocols and processes.
• Managing our administration staff. Including involvement in HR processes.
• Supporting in the delivery of training and developing our admin teams.
• Actively involved in recruitment and retention of admin staff.
• Collaborative working with both clinical and non clinical colleagues to develop our service needs
• Working alongside Pathway Team Leader colleagues to maintain and develop our service.

Closing date of applications: 28 October 2026

Interview date: 11 November 2026

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPONSORSHIP. Applicants must be able to demonstrate an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract without sponsorship from the Trust.

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Person specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

• A good standard of English to GCSE/O Level (A-C grade) or equivalent with evidence of excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Advanced level IT literacy with experience of using a range of IT applications, particularly Exce
• NVQ III in Business Administration or equivalent knowledge and skills

Experience & Knowledge

• Previous experience working in a busy/demanding administrative role
• Experience of working in a supervisory capacity
• Knowledge and experience of working with RTT (Referral to Treatment) waiting list procedures
• Experience of providing waiting list reports for management teams
• Experience of taking, transcribing and distributing departmental meeting minutes
• Knowledge of Patient Administration Systems
• Experience in training and developing staff

Skills and Ability

• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to organise workload effectively and prioritise to meet deadlines
• Ability to work individually or as part of a team and demonstrate effective time management skills

Communications, Planning, Organisational & Interpersonal Skills

• Evidence of prioritising, working under pressure and managing workload
• Ability to communicate routine information with members of the team, patients and carers
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing using persuasion, negotiation and tact
• Demonstrates adaptability to changing situations and an eagerness to learn

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

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• the points-based immigration system
• the EU settlement scheme
• eVisa

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UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let ...

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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.