Service Manager (Non Clinical Transport) | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6281232/361-6281232 |
Summary
We are recruiting for Service Manager (Non Clinical Transport) who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
To fulfil the management demands of the Non-Clinical Transport Department, maintaining a fleet of vehicles, following legal and regulatory requirements.
To undertake the day-to-day supervision of staff and to be responsible for the allocation of duties to them. Monitor and control the work of externally contracted courier and taxi services.
On a daily basis, to undertake driving duties, to convey, by use of hospital vehicles, East & North Hertfordshire Trust’s goods and personnel between various locations throughout Hertfordshire, surrounding areas and other destinations.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Be responsible for negotiating and proposing Service Level Agreements for East & North Herts NHS Trust Non-Clinical Transport services, with a variety of users including internal departments, maximising income for the Trust.
Manage the resources effectively to ensure the responsibilities are delivered within existing resources.
Take opportunities to improve financial performance, reporting systems and processes.
Advise the Trust on transport related legislation, including DVLA, D of T, driver working times, dangerous goods, permits and other legislative requirements.
Appraise all staff reporting to you on an annual basis, monitoring staff performance in line with Trust policies and procedures.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specificationapplicantpack for further detailed informationregardingthis role.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024