The Trauma and Orthopaedic directorate, within the Division of Surgery, is a busy and fast paced department. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Business Support Manager who will be responsible for the line management of a large secretarial team and therefore strong leadership and staff management skills are required.

In addition you will support the Directorate to deliver a high quality and effective clinical service, his will require liaising with various staff disciplines to organise additional capacity to meet the demands placed on the Division.

Main duties of the job

The Division of Surgery is recruiting to a Business Support Manager to work within the Trauma and Orthopaedic Team. You will be part of the division's operational management team and will work alongside the Directorate Manager and Assistant Directorate Manager to support trauma and Orthopaedic and the wider Surgical team whilst working closely with clinical colleagues. A large part of your role will be to manage the Admissions Team and to support in the management of out Fracture Clinic. This role will require cross site working, with 2 days per week being based at Arrowe Park hospital and 3 days per week based at Clatterbridge Hospital.

About us

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as competent and caring staff by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is also really important to us, and our latest NHS Staff Survey reflects this. Its great to know our engaged staff are feeling even more positive and enthusiastic by recommending the Trust as a place to work.

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Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Business Support Manager position available at WUTH.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Excellent computer literacy demonstrated by an ECDL qualification and experience in using a wide range of software packages
• Ability to present data in an informative and user friendly format
• Ability to plan and organise a range of complex activities
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure, on own initiative, and meet deadlines
• Ability to contribute to team work, supervise others and lead change through people
• Ability to communicate at all levels within the organisation, exercising tact and diplomacy
• Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including full participation in individual review, supervision and by maintaining a personal portfolio of learning

Qualifications, Specific Experience and Training

Essential

• Hold a degree in a relevant area or have equivalent experience
• Significant relevant administration experience
• Significant relevant experience of line management of administration teams
• Significant relevant experience of working within the NHS

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of key NHS related government initiatives

Employer details

Employer name

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Wirral University Teaching Hospital

Arrowe Park Road

Wirral

CH49 5PE

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408-24-1128