Assistant Operational Manager - Trauma and Orthopaedics

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and proactive Assistant Operational Manager to join the MSK Directorate.

You will be a motivated manager with a proven track record of planning outpatients and theatre cover. You will have experience in managing RTT pathways, validation, people management and be a flexible team player. You will be able to prioritise your own and your team's workload at short notice to support services facing constantly changing priorities.

This is a unique development role with opportunity to gain the experience needed to progress to more senior operational management by enabling the successful applicant to develop their skill set through exposure and experience of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Pain and Rheumatology, within a newly formed MSK Directorate.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will provide essential operational assistance to the Directorate for the day to day management of the MSK Services at UHSussex Hospitals NHS Trust.

Providing management support to the service in the delivery of elective and outpatient targets and ensuring efficiency in all aspects of output.

The post holder will contribute and support the Operational and General Managers with any administrative or business planning requirements within the Surgical Division, and represent the Directorate at RTT & Performance meetings as requested.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves. As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training

so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do. We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.