Outpatient Manager

THIS POST IS OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY  This role is offered on a fixed term/secondment basis for 6 months. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week. We are looking to appoint, a motivated and enthusiastic Band 7 Outpatient Manager with leadership and management experience. Previous outpatient experience desirable. The successful candidate will coordinate the day-to-day operational management of the Outpatient Departments, be expected to work in line with the Trust values and policies where professionalism and confidentiality are always maintained.

You will be responsible for managing your team across three sites, responding to the demands of the service and ensuring the smooth running of the department. Alongside overseeing clinical developments, you'll play a key role in inspiring and motivating staff to deliver exceptional standards of care, while mentoring new colleagues and supporting the professional growth of the wider team. The successful candidate will be confident, proactive and forward-thinking.

With the chance to lead and shape the future of the service in line with best practice and local policies, this is a rewarding opportunity to combine leadership, innovation and patient-centred care. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes.

We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust. Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.

It was great to hear that: 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Demonstrate professional leadership and act as a role model Deliver safe and effective care to our service users, their families and carers Supervision of staff Appraisals Ensuring staff are compliant with statutory and mandatory training Monitoring/management of sickness/absence Implement, maintain and monitor agreed standards of care and participate in clinical and nursing audits. Ensuring the correct skill mix in the department according Reviewing and planning off duty cover/clinic rosters Ensure staff staffing levels and staff have the clinical competencies to run the clinics The Trust is required to work in line with the Government's UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations.

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