Service Manager

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Hull is seeking an experienced inpatient Service Manager to lead and deliver high-quality care. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, be committed to patient care, and have relevant experience in NHS management. The role involves managing financial resources, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and leading a supportive team. This position offers the opportunity to contribute positively to patient care and service development.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in managing and delivering patient care in an NHS environment.
• Sound post-registration professional practice is required.
• Ability to lead and motivate staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead inpatient service areas to meet quality standards.
• Ensure service delivery meets contractual and organizational requirements.
• Manage financial resources within the service budget.

Skills

Leadership and management

Time management

Change management

Education

Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience

Member of registered professional body

Management/leadership training or equivalent experience

Job description

The forensic division is seeking to fill an inpatient Service Manager role to develop, manage and deliver secure inpatient provision. The forensic division leads inpatient, community and prison based services.

The inpatient services are based in Hull and offer 69 male inpatient beds distributed across Medium and Low secure provision. The inpatient service manager role sits as part of the senior leadership team with line management from the General Manager. The senior leadership team structure is a well established and supportive team. This post is additional to the current structure so potentially allows for some period of development with another inpatient service manager still in post.

We invite applicants who are committed to patient care, with an enthusiasm for service development, and who have skills in managing and delivering challenging services. As an applicant, you will be required to demonstrate a track record in NHS contract management, systems, staff and people management. We are always striving to maintain and improve and are looking to maximise on the use of data analysis.

This role will be responsible for this in inpatient services, be able to identify areas of development and deliver maximum effectiveness and efficiency. If you have great leadership qualities, an enthusiasm and commitment for patient care, experience of inpatient management and leadership and, you want to join the team - we look forward to your application.

Main duties of the job

• Successfully lead the inpatient service areas, ensuring they meet quality standards and promote best possible patient experience and outcomes
• Ensure that service delivery is within contractual requirements and meets Trust, and provider collaborative (including commissioner) requirements
• Demonstrate leadership and management to staff, managers and other agencies to promote a positive organisational and workplace culture
• Ensure service area performance and productivity through use of data, digital options and efficiency measures.
• Work in partnership with Modern Matrons, Clinical/ Professional Leads and senior nurses to support clinical practice, service/ staff development.
• Be accountable for the financial resources within the service budget.
• Deputise for the Divisional General Manager as appropriate.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Member of registered professional body
• Educated to Masters level of equivalent experience
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit
• Management/leadership training or equivalent experience

Experience

• Evidence of sound post registration professional practice
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Proven leadership/management at an advanced level
• Proven experience of development of others

Skills and Competencies

• Ability manage own time and projects effectively
• Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.