Job Description Band 8A: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum (effective from 01/04/2026) Hours Per Week: Full Time 37.5 Contract Type: Permanent Work Base: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY The Business Manager for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, is expected to support the Clinical Specialty Lead and Matron to deliver the effective integrated clinical, operation and financial performance of the Specialty through tripartite management. This role is responsible for ensuring national and local access targets are achieved, along with ensuring all aspects of people, performance and financial objectives are delivered as per the Specialty business plan. The Business Manager will provide strong leadership at a Specialty level, ensuring that there are appropriate systems and processes in place to deliver objectives and drive forward the service to improve the operational effectiveness of the Specialties. To enable them to execute this responsibility the post holder is expected to provide proactive and visible leadership. Leadership will span four key areas: service leadership, people and personal leadership, quality leadership and collaborative leadership. Business Managers are expected to work as part of a cohesive team and, when necessary, to take lead responsibility for corporate issues outside their immediate sphere of responsibility in order to achieve the corporate objectives of the Trust. Shared Core Functions: Proactively and positively contribute to the achievement of deliverables through individual and team effort. Manage the production of the required deliverables and control risks, Support team members to deliver on their functionally relevant objectives through offering advice, guidance and support as appropriate. Ensure that approved budgets are spent effectively and in accordance with agreed procedures Liaison with Senior Professionals and related functions to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated Build and sustain effective communications with other roles involved in the shared services as required Maintain and continuously improve specialist knowledge in an aspect of Health Service which significantly contributes to the Trust’s stated objectives & aims Establish and maintain strategic links with a range of external partners/stakeholders or manage the links made through the team. Engage with external partners/stakeholders to gain their necessary level of contribution & commitment to the successful delivery of your work. Undertake proactive horizon scanning for either developments relating to Trust work or opportunities for Trust involvement around health issues Increase the level of knowledge & skills within the Trust through documenting key learning and supporting others to develop their professional abilities. Dissemination of knowledge through engagement in report writing, and reviewing, taking full responsibility for technical accuracy and reliability and being sensitive to the wider implications of that dissemination. Ensure that expertise is seen as a resource within and outside the Trust and form working partnerships with government departments, national agencies and key stakeholders. Develop structures, systems, ways of working and personal values that will support the Trusts sustainable development objectives with regard to issues such as Carbon reduction and waste minimisation; and to encourage all stakeholders of the Trust to act as enthusiastic agents of change. For further information please see enclosed job description.