Assistant Service Manager Paediatric Orthopaedics & Spinal
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,089 - £41,498 p.a inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6191852/196-COF10164-S |
Summary
A Vacancy at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
We are excited to be advertising the role of an Assistant Service Manager to work within the Paediatric Orthopaedics & Spinal services within Evelina London. The post will be 37.5 hours a week based at Evelina London Children’s Hospital and is advertised for six months, fixed term.
We are the largest dedicated children’s orthopaedic unit in the region, providing 4,500 outpatient appointments and around 500 operations a year. We are a multidisciplinary team (a team made up a range of different healthcare professionals) specialising in the treatment of bone and joint problems in children and the management of the orthopaedic aspects of neuromuscular disease, especially cerebral palsy.
Our Paediatric Spinal Surgery service is working really hard to improve patient experience and reduce waiting times for our most complex patients and the post holder would involved in contributing to these plans.
The successful applicant will play a pivotal role in the operational leadership of our Paediatric Orthopaedics & Spinal services. With line management responsibility for a team of A&C staff they will work closely with the clinical teams to ensure the delivery of key national targets in relation to the efficient delivery of high quality services. They will also be given the opportunity to take the lead on specific initiatives to modernise and transform services. We are looking for an individual with excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to work autonomously.
Evelina London is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trustand we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share. We have an ambitious strategic development programme, with backing from Guy’s and St Thomas’.
Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in hospital and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. Evelina London is here for children, young people and women from London to South East England, and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.
As the only NHS Trust in London with women’s and specialist children’s services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. We operate through four clinical directorates: Neonatology and Medical Specialties, Surgical Services, Theatres and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children’s Community Services and Women’s Services.
This role is to support the Service Manager in the delivery of a range of services. This will involve delivering against targets in a range of service areas. This will involve ensuring the provision of a high quality medical secretarial service to patients and a group of consultants and clinical teams within the department. This post could also assume the management of an outpatients department as well as managing theatre lists and associated scheduling processes. These day-to-day services will be managed in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints. The post holder will be responsible for the management of a team or teams(s) of staff including service delivery personnel, medical secretaries and other groups of staff. The post holder may also offer a high level of support administration and organisation to a group of consultants or registrars where needed and within resource limitations.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024
We are excited to be advertising the role of an Assistant Service Manager to work within the Paediatric Orthopaedics & Spinal services within Evelina London. The post will be 37.5 hours a week based at Evelina London Children’s Hospital and is advertised for six months, fixed term.
We are the largest dedicated children’s orthopaedic unit in the region, providing 4,500 outpatient appointments and around 500 operations a year. We are a multidisciplinary team (a team made up a range of different healthcare professionals) specialising in the treatment of bone and joint problems in children and the management of the orthopaedic aspects of neuromuscular disease, especially cerebral palsy.
Our Paediatric Spinal Surgery service is working really hard to improve patient experience and reduce waiting times for our most complex patients and the post holder would involved in contributing to these plans.
The successful applicant will play a pivotal role in the operational leadership of our Paediatric Orthopaedics & Spinal services. With line management responsibility for a team of A&C staff they will work closely with the clinical teams to ensure the delivery of key national targets in relation to the efficient delivery of high quality services. They will also be given the opportunity to take the lead on specific initiatives to modernise and transform services. We are looking for an individual with excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to work autonomously.
Evelina London is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trustand we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share. We have an ambitious strategic development programme, with backing from Guy’s and St Thomas’.
Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in hospital and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. Evelina London is here for children, young people and women from London to South East England, and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.
As the only NHS Trust in London with women’s and specialist children’s services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. We operate through four clinical directorates: Neonatology and Medical Specialties, Surgical Services, Theatres and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children’s Community Services and Women’s Services.
This role is to support the Service Manager in the delivery of a range of services. This will involve delivering against targets in a range of service areas. This will involve ensuring the provision of a high quality medical secretarial service to patients and a group of consultants and clinical teams within the department. This post could also assume the management of an outpatients department as well as managing theatre lists and associated scheduling processes. These day-to-day services will be managed in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints. The post holder will be responsible for the management of a team or teams(s) of staff including service delivery personnel, medical secretaries and other groups of staff. The post holder may also offer a high level of support administration and organisation to a group of consultants or registrars where needed and within resource limitations.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024