Specialty Manager - Band 7 - #1700226

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Job Overview

Are you an experienced Manager looking for a new opportunity?

The Medicine Division Is Seeking To Appoint a Band 7 Specialty Manager To Work Within Cluster 1 Of The Division. This Cluster Supports The Following Specialties

Emergency Medicine, Acute Medicine, Mental Health Liaison, Clinical Psychology, Acute Response Team

This position offers a varied and interesting workload with opportunities to improve and transform all areas of each service as well as participation in the Emergency Zone flow management rota and involvement in both Division and Trust wide projects.

The successful candidates will already be working in operational management and have a proven track record of success.

The key to success in these roles will be working closely with clinical staff and other managers to ensure strong leadership and operational management, to meet each services’ objectives and performance targets.

Informal discussions are encouraged – please contact

Danielle Hannah, Deputy Divisional Operations Director, Medicine Division

Previous applicants need not apply

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a key member of, and work closely with, the Divisional Management Team, and will contribute fully to the overall management and development of the Medicine Division at North Bristol NHS Trust.

The role will be accountable for leading and managing identified specialties/services within the Division, ensuring achievement of relevant performance targets and strategic objectives, ensuring the delivery of high-quality clinical services.

The post holder will need to build and maintain effective relationships with staff across NBT and external partners / stakeholders to ensure continued provision of safe, effective and timely services.

The post holder will be expected to provide leadership for workforce, finance, performance and will undertake various projects as required within the Division. There will also be a requirement to contribute to annual business cycles such as capacity and demand modelling, business planning and job planning.

Working for our organisation

NBT Cares. It’s a very simple statement; one which epitomises how everybody across our organisation goes the extra mile to ensure our patients get the best possible care.

NBT Cares is also an acronym, standing for caring, ambitious, respectful and supportive – our organisational values.

And our NBT Cares values are underpinned by our positive behaviours framework – a framework that provides clear guidance on how colleagues can work with one another in a constructive and supportive way.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for more detailed information about this role.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Post grad diploma or equivalent
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to use an evidence base to support decision making
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to draft performance improvement trajectories and recovery action plans
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum 2 years NHS experience
• Experience of working within an operational role
• Experience of managing budgets
• Experience of leading a team
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience within urgent and emergency care or Mental health
• Experience of working within secondary care
  
  

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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.