Breast Assistant Service Manager

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics & Clinical Support Services

Band: 6

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a Breast Assistant Service Manager who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder should be highly motivated with excellent organisational skills, due to the varied and demanding aspects of the role. They should have excellent computer skills and be proficient in excel.

The post holder would be required to have a staff management background, as well as good communication skills.

To oversee the daily running and operational management of the breast unit. To work alongside and manage the breast screening office manager, based at Medway as well as working in conjunction with the programme management team and colleagues at East Kent Hospitals and Maidstone Hospital.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Careby the Best of People providing excellent care, every time ?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared visionis achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First.Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient Firstdeployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Operational Management

Business planning and Management

Staff Management

Support in the investigation and response to complaints and incident reports in line with Trust Policy

Assist the Breast Lead to draw up policies and procedures for the service as required in response to and in line with Trust directives

Ensure effective communication with all multidisciplinary professions

Support the Directorate in the development of services

Represent the Breast Lead at the Directorate at meetings as and when required

Ensure Health and Safety issues are identified and addressed

Provide regular and ad hoc reports as required by the Service Manager/ Head of Imaging

To undertake project work as requested by the Service Manager/Head of Imaging

Provide effective leadership, motivation, performance management and development processes to achieve required results

Priovide administrative support to the Breast Lead as and when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or evidence of equivalent level of ability/NHS experience to Post/Graduate level

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of the key aspects of current NHS Policy including Agenda for Change and Key Performance Targets (RTT & Cancer)
• Knowledge of hospital IT systems.

Experience

Essential

• Operational experience, prefereably with some exposure to the NHS
• Budget management experience

Skills

Essential

• Good communication skills
• Ability to analyse complex problems and develop practical and workable solutions
• Ability to adapt to challenging and changing situations/demands providing leadership to team members.
• To demonstrate an understanding of managing performance and national targets

Values Based Question

Essential

• How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?

Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway Maritime Hospital

Windmill Road,

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

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