Assistant Support Manager | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has become available to the join the Urology Department at Leighton Hospital as an Assistant Support Manager. This is offered as a part-time permanent post.
The post holder will be required to work Monday to Wednesday within the Urology team alongside the Support Manager and Service Manager. The role will involve deputising for the Support Manager as and when required, including line management duties for the administration team.
The post holder will support the Service Management Team in managing the Medical Records administrative team within Urology and support in ensuring effective service delivery of Urology outpatient clinics including the monitoring of performance targets.
The successful candidate will be expected to monitor, assess and delegate workload amongst the team. They will be responsible for managing sickness and annual leave and be able to identify and step-in to fill gaps to ensure continuity of services.
It is essential that the post holder can exercise initiative suitable to the role and is fully supportive to other colleagues in the administrative team.
A key requirement of the post is to proactively manage clinics and appointments, including making recommendations and implementing any authorised changes to clinic templates to ensure best use of capacity and compliance with national targets.
The post holder will be expected to organise their workload and co-ordinate their activities in conjunction with the Support Manager to ensure that an efficient service is provided. It is essential that the post holder is able to exercise initiative suitable to the role and is fully supportive to other colleagues in the administrative team.
It may be necessary to deputise for the Support Manager when necessary.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.
The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Ideally, previous management or team leadership experience is preferred however all tasks involved in the role can be learnt through job exposure. Full training and support will be given upon commencement in post for all areas of the job description.
The ideal candidate will also have a background of managing staff in areas such as annual leave, sickness management and other HR issues.
This advert closes on Thursday 23 Jan 2025