Service Manager – 18 Weeks RTT – Candidate Ref No. 133666853

First Clinical Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking an interim Manager with extensive NHS experience, particularly in acute settings. The role involves managing patient pathways and ensuring compliance with critical targets. The ideal candidate should have over 20 years of experience, excellent communication skills, and relevant project management qualifications. This position presents a unique opportunity to lead initiatives that impact patient care directly.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of NHS experience, predominantly within Acute Trusts.
• Proven experience managing patient pathways and targets.
• Prince2 Practitioner qualified with project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor all pathways including cancer targets.
• Redesign and implement patient pathways for better compliance.
• Oversee cancer tracking team to ensure timely treatment.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Leadership

Clinical engagement

Data monitoring

Education

MBA

Prince2 Practitioner

Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner

Job description

Job Summary

A highly effective interim Manager with over 10 years NHS experience, predominantly within Acute Trusts. Experienced within Surgery, Urology, Women’s & Children’s, Orthopaedics and Cardiology.

Key responsibilities and achievements include:

• Successfully managed and monitored all pathways, including 18 Week and cancer 2 Week Wait targets at a large London based Foundation Trust.
• Expertly redesigned and implemented patient pathways to ensure compliance with 18 Weeks and to improve the patient experience through use of clinical engagement.
• Held responsibility for monitoring all 18 Week data across two large directorates to ensure they achieved targets.
• Attended and contributed to bed meetings ensuring there was capacity to accommodate all elective patients.
• Managed the cancer tracking team and ensured all cancer patients were treated within targets at an under performing Trust.

Additionally, the candidate is a Prince2 Practitioner qualified Project Manager with experience in large-scale Covid-19 Response Programmes and holds an MBA, Prince2 Practitioner, and Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner status.

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and reporting skills, coupled with the drive to improve services. They will be a highly professional and organised Senior Manager with a clinical background and over 20 years’ experience in the NHS.