Trust Leadership Team Business Manager

Company Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job Description

Salary Band: Band 8a (£57,528 - £64,750 per annum)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Are you a proactive operational leader with the ambition to influence change across an entire Trust? Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is recruiting a driven Business Manager to support our Trust Leadership Team — a vital position focused on delivering outstanding patient care and ensuring our services perform at the highest level.

About The Role

As a TLT Business Manager, you will provide proactive, visible leadership to ensure the effective operational, financial, and strategic performance of your speciality area. Working in close partnership with the Clinical Specialty Lead and Modern Matron, you will play a central role in delivering high‑quality, innovative and patient‑centred services.

You will drive service improvement, support the delivery of national and local access targets, and help shape the ongoing development of the Trust. This is a role for someone who thrives in a complex environment, enjoys working collaboratively with clinical and operational leaders, and is committed to continuous improvement.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing strong, inclusive leadership across operational, workforce, financial and strategic domains
• Supporting the speciality in delivering its business plan and meeting key access, performance and financial targets
• Ensuring compliance with governance, assurance and risk management frameworks
• Leading service improvement, innovation and quality initiatives to enhance patient experience
• Overseeing workforce development, talent management and effective team performance

Managing and forecasting budgets, delivering efficiency improvements and supporting long‑term financial planning

Building productive relationships with clinical teams, Trust leaders and external partners

Playing an active role in Trust‑wide corporate responsibilities, including 7‑day service developments and on‑call duties

This is an exceptional opportunity to shape services, influence strategy and support the delivery of excellent care throughout the Trust.

About You

You will be a confident, credible leader with:

• Significant operational management experience, ideally in a complex or NHS environment
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem‑solving abilities
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior clinicians and colleagues
• Proven success in leading teams, improving services and delivering against performance and financial metrics
• A passion for developing people, improving patient outcomes and driving forward change
  
  

You bring tenacity, resilience, sound judgement, political awareness and a collaborative mindset. Above all, you share our commitment to delivering high‑quality care and embodying Trust values in every decision and interaction.

Why Join Us?

At Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, you will be part of a supportive, forward‑thinking and ambitious organisation. We are committed to:

• Valuing our people and supporting their professional development
• Encouraging innovation and positive change
• Delivering compassionate, high‑quality care
• Creating a culture where everyone can thrive
  
  

You will have the opportunity to make a real difference — for our staff, our patients and our community.

For Further Details, Please See Enclosed Job Description

Closing Date: Sunday 29th March 2026

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level, equivalent experience in a related subject area
• Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience
  
  

Desirable

• Evidence of continued professional development
  
  

Essential

Experience

• Previous experience of working in a fast-paced environment within the NHS
• Management level experience including working in collective decision-making groups such as organisational wide programmes of work or healthcare partnerships that may impact service delivery

Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail

Expertise in monitoring and improving performance against national targets and regulatory standards including knowledge of NHS performance standards

A curiosity to understand problems with strong analytical skills and numeracy to enable doing so

Can translate data, information and ideas into clear and concise information

Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise under pressure

Ability to use delegated authority appropriately and sensitively

Ability to maintain confidentiality and a high level of discretion and sensitivity

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.