Pathway Team Leader

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 64,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Job summary

The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pathway Team Leader for the Imaging Department. The role will support across UHDB Imaging sites with cross-site working and close collaboration with Clinical managers and admin teams to deliver efficient services.

You will lead an admin team, develop protocols, manage waiting lists, participate in recruitment, and contribute to staff training, HR processes and service development while maintaining a patient-centred

Qualifications

• Demonstrable communication & relationship skills
• Enthusiastic & motivated leadership & team player
• Ability to prioritise workload with tact and confidentiality

Responsibilities

• Work with Clinical managers to ensure effective service delivery including utilisation of capacity and demand
• Implement and develop admin protocols and processes
• Manage administration staff including HR processes
• Waiting List management
• Support in delivery of training and developing 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 services

Job description

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. 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. The main duties include; - 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. - Waiting List management. - 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 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.

• 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.
  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.
  We are the 4thbusiest 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.