Service Manager - Medicine Care Group

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Gastroenterology Directorate in the role of Service Manager. This role will support the Medical Operational Management to deliver high quality care to patients in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology services. If you are an organised individual with strong admin and leadership skills, we would love to hear from you., The successful candidate will be required to:

• Provide management support on a daily basis. The main focus of this is to manage day to day operational issues, to ensure smooth running of all the directorate's services.
• Assist the Operational Service Manager in the maintenance and development of clinic/theatre timetables, clinic templates, appointment systems and scheduling.
• Support the Operational Service Manager in investigating and responding to patient complaints and concerns, received in an appropriate and timely manner, in accordance with Trust policy.
• To be responsible for the monitoring of patient pathways, including undertaking activity and waiting list monitoring, for both outpatient and inpatient patients to enable the specialty to meet access targets.
You will be responsible for line managing a team of secretarial and administrative staff. This will include a combination of acting as an appointment panel member, recruitment, conducting personal development reviews, dealing with the initial or subsequent stages of disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and performance issues. You will be responsible for ensuring that appropriate training is delivered to staff, and that individual staff members work allocation is managed effectively and reallocated as required to best meet the needs of the service.

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.