Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Acute Medicine and Rehabilitation Directorate as the service manager for Stroke and Geratology services.
The Service Manager, the Clinical Leads and Matrons (Service Management Teams), will work in conjunction with the Directorate Management Team across organisational boundaries to ensure appropriate services are in place and to deliver national and local strategic and operational service objectives and standards.
The Service Manager is responsible for working with the Service Management Team to ensure the efficient and effective day-to-day running of the Service, line managing staff and delivering quality, performance and financial plans, and achieving service improvements.
The post-holder is a critical member of the Service Management Teams and will develop and implement service plans for the Services and Directorate and make a positive contribution to delivery of health care across the local health community.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the operational management and the effective and efficient delivery of services provided within Stroke and Geratology services, ensuring effective co-ordination and management of budgets and agreed national or local performance objectives and contracts. The post holder will work across organisational boundaries to ensure appropriate services are in place and to deliver national and local strategic and operational service objectives and standards.
The Service Manager will manage the administrative staff and will work in partnership with the Clinical Leads, Matrons, Ward Managers, and all staff within the Clinical Units on business planning, and the development and continuous improvement of patient care processes.
Appropriate working relationships will be established with colleagues in other directorates with whom their service interacts and with external bodies, such as General Managers, Directorate Managers within other specialties, for the fulfilment of particular service issues. The Service Manager will work with colleagues within the corporate directorates ( Nursing, Human Resources, Finance, Clinical and Corporate Governance, Facilities) as necessary.
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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