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Centre Manager
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (Mainly Monday to Friday, some weekend working; participation in Trust on-call, cross site working)
Job ref
223-CMT-622
Employer
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Town
Shrewsbury
Salary
£62,215 - £72,293 Dependant on experience
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/09/2024 23:59

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The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust logo

Centre Manager - Therapies

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Clinical Support Services Division, as we seek applications for a Centre Manager for our Therapy Centre.

The Clinical Support Services Division comprises of four centres: Pathology, Pharmacy, Radiology and Therapies.

We are seeking applicants who have proven experience working at a senior level and who have implemented and led changes in a supportive and collaborative style working in partnership with senior colleagues. 

You will be the main point of contact for all matters relating to the Therapy Centre.

Main duties of the job

The role is accountable to the CSS Divisional Director of Operations and is responsible for developing and delivering the strategy for Therapy services which integrates into the overarching Clinical Support Services Divisional Strategy.

The post holder will provide strategic leadership to the Therapy Teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality services that meet the needs of patients and referring agencies.

The post holder is responsible for providing professional and clinical leadership and for providing professional advice and recommendations to the Trust and key external agencies.

Working for our organisation

The successful candidate will work with other centres and divisional leads as required to deliver the Trust’s overall strategic objectives, ensuring that the patient experience is a key priority.


This is a pivotal role within the Division. You will join a dedicated senior team working in a rapidly moving but supportive environment. You will need to be resilient, flexible, influential and informative as well as having a ‘can do’ attitude.

There will be a requirement to work at both the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital sites and the Princess Royal Hospital site Telford.

There will be a requirement to participate in the Trust's Senior Manager on-call rota.

Interviews to be held w/c 30th September 2024

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the job description found within the Candidate Pack.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Masters level education or equivalent professional qualification or experience
  • • Evidence of professional management development
Desirable criteria
  • • HCPC/GPhC registered or equivalent knowledge

Management Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Significant experience of working at a senior management or professional level (equivalent to Postgraduate Diploma) in the acute sector
  • • Significant experience of managing teams
  • • Experience of business strategy and planning
  • • Experience of implementing service improvement including complex change management programmes
  • • Evidence of effective management of a complex and diverse workforce
  • • Evidence of successful management of significant budget

Skills

Essential criteria
  • • Strong leadership skills
  • • Understanding of NHS business and financial regimes
  • • Ability to design and develop complex information systems to enable effective decision-making within the Centre.
  • • Ability to manage teams to deliver objectives and targets

Personal

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to fulfil the requirements of the Trust’s on-call rota
  • • Ability to travel across the health community as required

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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
Anna Martin
Job title
Divisional Director of Operations
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01743 261000
Additional information

Personal Assistant - Sharron Hughes - 01743 261000 ext 2284

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Anchorage Avenue
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
Telephone
01743 492402
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