Support Manager - Perinatal

We are pleased to advertise a vacancy for a full time, Band 5 Support Manager - Perinatal based at The Royal Oldham Hospital. You will work within the directorate of Perinatal which incorporates both Obstetrics and Neonatal. Working along side an operational team including a Directorate Manager and an Assistant Directorate Manager, you will work closely with other members of the multi disciplinary team to ensure safe timely and effective service delivery.

• This post will support the safe, timely and effective delivery of Obstetrics and Neonatal service on the Royal Oldham and Rochdale Infirmary sites.
• To assist the directorate in the development and implementation of policy, business planning, business objectives and service developments.
• Assist service leads in meeting performance management requirements of the services.
• To undertake specific project work as identified by the directorate team.
• Ensuring medical staff adhere to Attendance policy and Special Leave, monitoring sickness & absence of medical staff, conducting return to works, and sickness reviews in line with Trust Policy and all other HR policies., Ensure medical staff are compliant with mandatory training and take necessary action for those not compliant.
• Ensure the out of hours and emergency duties on-call planning rota is completed and disseminated appropriately, and any changes are escalated where necessary.
• Produce Business Plans as and when required, chasing these up to timescales and deadlines.
• Assist the Assistant Directorate Manager with the management of the capacity and demand within the units.
• Attend performance meetings with directorate and clinical teams when required.
• To support the tracking of patients and escalation of patient treatment in relation to delays in treatment to the MDT team.
• Liaise with the Directorate Manager and Assistant Directorate Manager where additional capacity is required for patients to be seen within appropriate timescales. Early escalation of potential capacity problems. Escalate issues which may impede compliance to the DM and ADM in a timely manner and collaboratively work up recovery plans.
• To support the Directorate in the monitoring of the theatre and outpatient capacity and utilisation of sessions.
• To plan and monitor the use of the theatre lists to ensure maximum utilisation.
• To work closely with the Consultant team to manage capacity and demand.
• Assist in the investigation of complaints/incidents/PALS.
  
  The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.