Job description

Job responsibilities

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Vince Heslop

Business Manager

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The Abdominal Medical and Surgery CSU are seeking to recruit a full time (37.5 hours) permanent, highly motivated, and enthusiastic Assistant Business Manager to join our team in Leeds. Abdominal Medicine and Surgery is the largest CSU in the Trust, and we aim to deliver the highest quality service for our patients. We are committed to working in line with the values described in the Leeds way to make work rewarding as well as challenging.

This role will involve leading a team to meet performance targets with regards to 18 weeks RTT, Dialysis and Transplant. The successful candidate should have knowledge of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Access Policy and be able to apply this to patients on the waiting list. There will be aspects of HR and staff management within this role so previous experience within these areas would be beneficial. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive with regards to quality and service improvements. This role will be part of a large team and have the support of Business Manager.

The post-holder is expected to be an enthusiastic individual, able to champion services within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. The post holder will have a determination to ensure the Trust meets national targets, quality measures and other initiatives. The post holder will have a commitment to both strategic overview and operational detail to ensure all standards and objectives are met. The post holder will be open to gathering information on issues which relate to all teams and be willing to share this information with others.

The post-holder will be a supportive manager for the Business Unit Team and proactively offer professional line management support to administrative staff and other managers and healthcare professionals requiring or seeking support.

The post holder must be able to work on his/her own initiative, taking responsibility for making appropriate decisions and actively seeking out opportunities for involvement in the agenda within the Trust. The post holder will also work as part of a team, providing leadership and creating a team approach to the collaborative delivery of objectives. The post holder will work closely with the CSU Team to ensure the Trust’s agenda is developed appropriately. The post-holder will be expected to display a supportive/facilitative role to meet national imperatives or local improvements in service delivery.

The post holder will have the ability to balance local needs with national priorities and be able to assess, understand and manage competing priorities of the organisations and individuals

Alongside the Service Manager and Business Manager, undertake service development and support the senior team in planning support for corporate aims and objectives.

Make recommendations to raise standards of service delivery

Help to develop, monitor, evaluate and review service delivery working collaboratively with the CSU Manager, Service Manager, Business Manager, Matrons, and senior medical colleagues.

Work closely with Outpatients to ensure the delivery of a safe and efficient service.

Maintain the link between this team and other CSUs.

Develop and maintain communication between AMS and other CSUs.

Establish systems to ensure the dissemination of information.

Produce data for the performance and management of activity.

Be responsible for providing reports on a variety of issues pertaining to services and presenting these at relevant meetings as required.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St James’s University Hospital

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS9 7TF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)