System Co-ordination Centre (SCC) Operational Manager

Lancashire and South Cumbria System Coordination Centre (SCC) are looking to recruit an additional Operational Manager to join their developing SCC. If you are currently working within healthcare or have previously worked within healthcare and looking for a new challenge and are passionate about working at a system level to improve and coordinate urgent care, this is the role for you.

The SCC Operational Manager will work with the Senior Managers to lead the team working in the Integrated Care Board (ICB) / MLCSU SCC. The role is responsible for delivering operational leadership via the SCC to ensure system level coordination of responses across Lancashire and South Cumbria to maintain flow across UEC pathways.

Please note: this service is planned to transfer from Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) to Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (LSC ICB) on 1st December 2024. Therefore due the recruitment timescales it is expected that the successful applicant will be employed by LSC ICB on appointment, The SCC is responsible for coordinating the flow of urgent care across the Lancashire and South Cumbria and operates 7 days a week, covering the core hours of 0800 to 1800. The Operational Manager role is an exciting opportunity to become involved in working to improve urgent care flow at a system level , working closely with colleagues across the area to operationalise the 5 year strategy for urgent and emergency care.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly to cover these hours on a seven day rota, and with the expectation for significant on site presence with the majority of weekday shifts worked on site at County Hall in Preston.

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is part of the NHS family, both 'of' and 'for' the NHS and are pivotal in supporting major improvements in health and wellbeing for organisations across our partner Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and their populations. We are integral to the healthcare systems we work in partnership with, and our philosophy is to face every new challenge and opportunity together with our partners.

The System Co-ordination Centre (SCC) is the Lancashire and South Cumbria (LSC) system wide single point of contact for NHSE, Region, ICB and all system providers for all system improvement activities and queries and is operational 7 days a week 0800 to 1800, or when the system deems it necessary.

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