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Job summary

Main area
Endoscopy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Open to internal Secondment)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
337-NP-8020SM
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cross site
Town
Harrow
Salary
£40,701 - £48,054 pa incl
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/08/2024 23:59

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Endoscopy Assistant Service Manager

Band 6

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The key responsibilities of the post-holder will include: -
• Support for the day-to-day operational management of the service
• Management of a full and flexible administrative support to the service
• Management of efficient robust data capture systems
• Active contribution to the delivery of “patient centred” services
The post-holder will be expected to deputise for the Service Manager(s) when required
St Mark’s Specific Responsibilities
• Responsible for clinic management across St Mark’s, i.e. triage, booking, clinic templates 
and cashing up.
• Line management Endoscopy, POA Team (s).
• Support to the Business Managers for DMO1, RTT & Cancer validation.
• Line manager for the DMO1, RTT Patient Pathway Co-ordinator & Validation.
• Main liaison with Access Out-patient Department/Booking Hub.

Main duties of the job

Operational Main Duties
• Manage personal workload to meet both corporate and personal deadlines.
• Prioritise workload in a way that enables the delivery of both important and urgent tasks.
• Manage staff and delegate appropriate tasks, ensuring competence of the staff to which work is delegated.
• Organise staff briefings and meetings as appropriate.
• Support the senior management team in undertaking capacity and demand exercises in order to best plan and deliver services.
• Facilitate collaborative working between all stakeholders inside and outside of the Directorate-this will include both clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Participate in the development of a shared vision for the Division and promote a culture where all staff understand and are involved in working together towards the achievement of the service and Trust objectives.
• Identify changes that may be required in an area to deliver the service and actively implement these changes with the support of the Service Manager.
• Seek to work with a “problem solving approach” in order to identify solutions to challenges in the service.
• Produce Monitor and Deliver Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and attend meetings as required.
• Analyse outcome measures and activity data relating to service performance in relation to 18 weeks pathways

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience, Skills, Abilities and Attributes, HEART Values

Essential criteria
  • . Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and management experience
  • Previous operational management experience within the acute sector or similarly complex organisation
  • Knowledge and experience of service improvement tools and techniques
  • Proven track record of success in managing change
  • Experience of staff management, including setting objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary issues
  • full range of IT skills including Excel and PowerPoint
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of staff levels and professions
  • . Ability to analyse and interpret data and statistics e.g. activity trends, financial data
  • . Ability to prioritise effectively in the face of competing demands and work under pressure to strict deadlines
  • Strong leadership, negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to motivate and engage individuals and team
  • Problem solving skills: able to respond to unexpected issues; provide a first line response and identify appropriate sources of secondary support
  • Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values – Honesty, Equality, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork
Desirable criteria
  • • Budget management •
  • Knowledge of Endoscopy
  • Knowledge and effective management of RTT Knowledge and effective management of Cancer pathways

Education/ Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience, Skills, Abilities and Attributes, HEART Values

Essential criteria
  • Previous operational management experience within the acute sector or similarly complex organisation
  • proven track record of success in managing change
  • Commitment to self-development with ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of key policies and themes in healthcare provision in the UK
  • Highly self-motivated, conscientious and pays attention to details
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and effective management of Cancer pathways

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Capital Nurse, LondonApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Shelley Siyahla
Job title
Endoscopy Business Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07387230701
Additional information

Rachel Cox

General Manager [email protected] 

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