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Job Overview
The postholder will be responsible for coordinating Gynaecology activity and waiting list management and have Key responsibility for monitoring inpatient waiting list ensuring all government targets including waiting times are met.
The Postholder Will
- Be responsible for ensuring that performance targets are monitored and reported to senior managers in line with the trusts performance monitoring framework.
- Hold specific administration responsibility for the clinical management within Gynaecology
- Provide operational assistance to the Performance and Operations Manager, the General Manager and the Divisional Manager.
- Own and update the clinical rota for theatres to ensure all the theatres are sufficiently covered liaising with the POM and GM.
- Responsible for reporting any shortfall in clinical activity to the POM.
- Support the senior management team to achieve the annual CIP target for Gynaecology ensuring that wherever possible savings are made and recorded on the tracker throughout the year.
- Take forward any new initiatives approved by senior management ensuring that staff training for both clinical and non clinical has been covered appropriately and in enough time to support the change.
- Support the management of a total pay and non- pay budget and be responsible for staff within your area ensuring timely recruitment to avoid additional costs
- Project management as directed by senior managers
Main duties of the job
The Division of Women and Childrens' Health are seeking a forward thinking, proactive individual to join the management team within the Gynaecology department to support the increase in demand for their services and ongoing initiatives. This is an exciting time to join the division with new initiatives underway and for the right person this would result in a good development opportunity for further progression to senior management level.
The postholder will be responsible for coordinating inpatient Gynaecology activity and waiting list management and has key responsibility for monitoring the inpatient waiting list ensuring all Government targets including waiting times are met.
As part of their duties; the postholder will be responsible for:
- Ensuring that performance targets are monitored and reported to Senior Managers in line with the Trusts performance monitoring framework.
- Hold specific administrative responsibility for the clinical management within Gynaecology
- Provide operational assistance to the Performance and Operations Manager.
- Update the clinical rota for theatre activity to ensure that theatres are sufficiently covered, liaising with the Performance Support Manager, and other Clinical Leads who have a responsibility for staff rota’s
Working for our organisation
NBT Cares. It’s a very simple statement; one which epitomises how everybody across our organisation goes the extra mile to ensure our patients get the best possible care.
NBT Cares is also an acronym, standing for caring, ambitious, r
espectful and supportive – our organisational values.
And our NBT Cares values are underpinned by our positive behaviours framework – a framework that provides clear guidance on how colleagues can work with one another in a constructive and supportive way.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Direct line management of Gynae Waiting List team, RTT team, Colposcopy team & Cancer Coordinator.
- Responsible for ensuring RTT inpatient waiting list targets are monitored and reported to senior managers in line with the trusts performance framework, ensuring all patients are treated within national targets.
- Ensure theatre lists are fully utilised.
- Liaise with IT and divisional business analyst to gather activity for updating divisional dashboard for inpatient waiting time targets and other key metrics.
- Ensure all inpatient clinical coding is accurate, up to date and completed in a timely manor on a daily/ weekly basis, using trust performance reports, tools and by monitoring staff.
- Organise the workload of the staff within your area, including arranging cover, ensuring flexibility to meet the demands of the service, working with consultants and healthcare professionals to ensure they are receiving adequate support. Identifying and resolving issues as they arise.
- Provide operational assistance to the Performance andOperations manager, the general manager and the divisional director.
- Support the senior management team to achieve the annual CIP target for Gynaecology ensuring that wherever possible savings are made and recorded on the tracker throughout the year.
- Report any non compliance and/or change in practise immediately to the Performance and Operations Manager to mitigate the risk of potential patient/ staff harm and/or loss of income for the division.
- To promote a safe working environment in respect of health and safety and the welfare of staff, patients and visitors within your area.
- Responsible for reporting any health and safety risks that arise and taking action to mitigate risk to staff, patients and visitors within your area.
- Take forward any new initiatives that have been approved by senior management, updating staff training and any documentation for non clinical staff.
- Liaise with the clinical lead to ensure that any new initiatives that may impact clinicians or clinical practice is communicated so that training can be arranged to support the change.
- Support management of a total pay and non-pay budget and be responsible for staff within your area.
- To support management of speciality budgets.
- To liaise with finance team to gather financial information when required.
- Project management as directed by senior management
- To provide high profile leadership to areas of responsibility and be available to give advice and guidance to staff
- Responsible for writing and updating SOPs in your area in line with Quality and governance policy.
- Responsible for the recruitment and retention of new staff into posts to include advertising and interview.
- Responsible for staff induction and updating training material for local policies and procedures.
- Responsible for staff performance using 1-1s, team meeting and appraisals process, ensuring that staff feel supported to have opportunities to develop the their skills.
- Ensure that trusts standards are maintained and policies adhered to by all staff with your area of responsibility. Reporting any sickness, absence and non-compliance.
- Ensure staff are up to date with mandatory training including data protection and patient confidentiality. Be aware of any new policy impacting on patient care and cascade to all staff in your area of responsibility.
- Prepare and undertake audits and reports as and when required to monitor the service and performance of the department.
- Investigate patient complaints and provide responses to the complaints department within the trusts complaints policy and timescales, ensuring that any actions are carried out in a timely manor and any changes are recorded correctly via SOPs.
- To provide management support and advice to staff in relation to dealing with patient queries and provide information to ensure that all patients are treated in a fair and professional way.
- To maintain effective communication by holding regular team/ departmental meeting, ensuring the trust and departments team briefing system is robust.
- To develop effective communication links with external agencies, other neighbouring trusts and PCT’s to support best practice sharing and development of new initiatives.
- Represent the directorate at trust meetings such as performance meeting, cancer PTL meeting, and outpatient bronze meetings.
Person specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ongoing personal development
- Experience in recruitment and retention
Desirable criteria
- Completion or undertaken formal management course e.g. NEB’s or NVQ or ILM management course
Work Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous direct line management experience
- Experience of assisting senior managers within an NHS setting
- Proven track record of development
Desirable criteria
- Experience of implementing new systems
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive knowledge of IT packages
- Clear understanding of the patient access policy and an indepth knowledge of waiting lists access targets
- Excellent time management, managerial and leadership skills
Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Excellent motivational skills
- Skilled in building positive relationships at all levels
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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
