Service Manager- Ageing & Health and Stroke

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust ,
Exeter, Devon
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An exciting position has become available in the Acute and General Medicine Directorate; the Service Manager for Ageing & Health and Stroke services. We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, ambitious and talented individual to this post. If you are keen to influence and drive patient experience, safety, performance and staff wellbeing then we would like to hear from you. Your role will be to operationally manage the department, providing clear leadership and ensuring delivery against our performance goals. You will work closely with service leads, clinicians, managers and other staff across the Trust. You will provide leadership and expert advice to your teams to help deliver high standards of care and a quality, patient-centred service with an ethos around continuous improvement. The post holder will need to have experience of operational service delivery and needs to be flexible and adaptable to the requirements of managing a largely non-elective service. Outstanding communication and organisational skills are essential. This is a challenging operational role, but represents an exciting opportunity for the right candidate. The role represents an ideal opportunity for the post holder to further their skills and progress their career in to a senior management role. You will need a clear and thorough understanding of NHS challenges and opportunities, and their particular relevance in these service areas. Additionally, you will have the capacity to manage a large combined service budget effectively, be confident in delivering operational initiatives to achieve patient access targets (RTT), and competent in complex data handling and IT skills. You will benefit from dedicated support from the directorate senior management team in delivering your objectives. Selection for this post will be through interview and presentation. In order to be short-listed, candidates are expected to provide succinct and clearly referenced evidence which demonstrates that they fulfil the essential requirements set out in the person specification. For further details / informal visits contact: Lottie Hutchinson, Deputy General Manager on lottie.hutchinson@gstt.nhs.uk Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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