Assistant Deputy Directorate Manager - SAS

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the fast paced H&N directorates based within the Surgery and Anaesthetic Division supporting the Operational Management Teams.

The primary duties of the post holder are to support withperformance management of Cancer and Referral to treatment (RTT) targets, clinic & theatre scheduling and utilisation along with rota management. The Assistant Deputy Directorate Manager will work closely with the Deputy Directorate Manager and Directorate Manager and wider directorate team to ensure that essential staffing provision is provided for the service, raising any concerns to the senior management team.

This will involve close working with both clinicians and administrative staff. This role will also support with tracking , data analysis and validation of key performance indicators for the service including DM01, Cancer and RTT

The post holder will play an integral part in the development of continued improvement programmes supporting the delivery of safe, personal and effective care of services within surgery and anaesthetics and will provide regular review of the effectiveness of these. This will include supporting with development of policies, procedures and monitoring tools for key projects.,

• Take a lead with support from the Directorate manager in ensuring adequate medical cover is in place for the service.


• Take the lead on behalf of the directorate in administrative service improvement


• Support clinicians within the directorate to develop and drive forward strategic and operational


• Responsibility for the management and provision of rota


• Develop and implement a range of policies and procedures to embed agreed service change and provide regular review of the effectiveness of these.


• Ensure budgets for the administration service are managed in line with standing financial instructions, raising any concerns or issues to the management team.


• Responsible for implementing any changes to policies or procedures for the administration


• Producing detailed reports/analysis for the management team and trust senior team ensuring quality and accuracy is maintained.


• To provide cover within the Directorate Management team including representing the trust in key external meetings with stakeholders.


Working for our organisation

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will do all we can to make sure that job applicants and employees do not receive less favourable treatment because of their age, sex, marital status, faith, race, disability or sexual orientation, or for any other reason that is not justified.

In accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and other supplementary legislation, all employees are required to follow Trust Health and Safety policies and safe working procedures, take reasonable care to avoid injury during the course of their work, and co-operate with the Trust and others in meeting statutory requirements.

All employees must comply with Prevention and Control of Infection polices and attend any related mandatory training.

The Trust attaches great importance to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. It is the responsibility of all members of staff to ensure that the Trust's resources are used efficiently with minimum wastage throughout their daily activities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Cover colleagues as required & deputise for Manager in their absence

To ensure that correct rota information is delivered to reflect standards of compliance required for data protection, quality, system security policies, procedures and guidelines.

Participate in HR processes - sickness absence monitoring/PDR's/authorisation of annual leave/departmental rotas


• Educated to required GCSC level 4 in english and Maths or above or equivalent


• Working and communicating with members of the public and a variety of professional personnel


• Experience OR demonstratable understanding of rota management


• Experience of Leading an administration team working in a customer facing role


• Experience of working on own initiative.


Desirable criteria


• Management Qualification
  
  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.


We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.


• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.


• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.


• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.


Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £42.90 and for a Standard Disclosure £22.90 which includes a small handling fee.