University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
This vacancy is open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS Integrated Care System, which is limited to:
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton FT, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS FT, South Central Ambulance Service, or Hampshire Hospitals FT.
The Southampton Eye Unit at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a factastic opportunity for an associate operations manager to join our team, manage, and support the growing demand within our expanding service.
The postholder will be part of a team comprising two other associate operations managers, an operations manager, and a caregroup manager. The postholder will be overseeing the effective running of the service he/she will be responsible for. We offer fantastic training and development opportunities, giving you the best possible opportunity to achieve the career you want.
We are a purpose built block within the University Hospital Southampton. The department consists of outpatients department, Eye Emergency, an inpatient ward and four fully equipped ophthalmic theatres across our SOuthampton and Lymington site. We recently expanded our outpatient department and doubled our capacity.
The post holder will be overseeing services within ophthalmology and will be responsible for day to day management of the area of responsibility.
University Hospital Southampton is one of England’s largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
The successful applicant will require proven strengths in operational management to support the ophthalmology department. They will be an essential part of the care group operational team and would predominantly work with clinicians, nurses, AHPs, and other administrative staff in leading and managing a service within ophthalmology.
The postholder will be overseeing the performance improvement of the ophthalmology key national and local service performance commitments. He/she will help improve the performance by working closely with operational and management colleagues, helping them increase the use of analytics and reporting so that the caregroup understands its performance.
They are also required to communicate complex information to all levels of staff within and external to the organisation in a clear and digestable format.
Working with the business intelligence team to develop new and improved reporting and analytics that enable more effective performance management is also expected of the postholder.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached

Please refer the Job description for details