Role Summary
- To provide managerial leadership with the support of the Divisional Business Manager, Associate Medical Director, Head of Midwifery & Assistant Director of Nursing and Cluster Managers for Specialist Services in order to: -
- Manage the business activities of Specialist Services in accordance with Trust policies and within allocated resources.
- Support the Divisional Business Manager and Cluster Managers to continuously develop the most efficient and cost effective structure for the future delivery of those services with the involvement of clinicians, professionals and commissioners.
- Support the Divisional Business Manager and Cluster Managers to meet performance targets for quality, volume and cost.
- To take a proactive role in continuous improvement of services within the Cluster.
- To be a budget signatory for specialties pay and non-pay budgets, including Procurement of capital equipment.
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Applications are invited for a Cluster Support Manager in the Specialist Services Division, supporting Child and Women’s Health, specifically Maternity Services and Neonates. This post presents a fantastic opportunity to work across busy and dynamic departments in Child and Women’s Health, and offers enormous variety across projects, performance, finance and operational management, which can be flexed to suit the skills and development needs of the right candidate.
This is a relatively new post, and as such, the exact portfolio is still developing, which offers some flexibility around how the role fits into the wider management structure: this could be a development opportunity for someone wanting to test out operational management as a career change, or offer autonomy in service management to a more experienced candidate. The role can be moulded around the skillset of the individual, supported by Cluster Managers across the Division from a variety of professional backgrounds.
Still not sure? We would love to chat informally to you about whether this could be the right opportunity. Please get in touch with any questions, or to arrange some time to have a supportive discussion. We have many members of the team who enjoy flexible working benefits and again we’d be happy to discuss requests on an individual basis.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
Interview Date: TBC
For further information please contact Alexis Webb, Cluster Manager for Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Maternity on alexis.webb@nhs.net, and Jasmine Hughes, incoming Cluster Manager for Paediatrics and Neonatology on jasmine.hughes3@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
