Specialty Business Manager - Surgery

at  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you ready for a busy a high octane role at the heart of one of the North West’s leading cancer centres? At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, we serve a population of over 1.6 million people across Lancashire and South Cumbria, delivering state of the treatments with a highly committed team of professionals.
As Specialty Business Manager, you will lead a large administrative team and work with a group of clinical professionals to deliver strong operational and financial performance oncology services.
Your skills will have been developed in an NHS environment and you will bring energy and a resilient leadership style to the management team. You will be able to demonstrate an ability to guide, direct and support your team and colleagues as circumstances dictate.
The Specialty Business Manager is responsible for the patient pathways within the speciality ensuring that all operational performance targets are monitored, tracked and delivered. Working knowledge and understanding of cancer pathways, along with an in-depth understanding of the role of service as the tertiary provider for cancer services across Lancashire and South Cumbria. Leadership and management will be a key objective in the efficient and effective running of the Oncology services.
You will work in line with the Trust’s corporate objectives and will be expected to make a positive contribution to the provision of health services.
You will be experienced in communicating with clinical staff of all levels and will be expected to work in line with the Trust values and behave in a manner that facilitates the development of autonomous teams and individuals that are empowered, engaged and committed to continually delivering excellent care with compassion.
To provide effective line management and to effectively manage the budgets within the business unit.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
To lead and manage the patient pathways within the Speciality business units (SBU) ensuring the best use of available resources to provide efficient and effective delivery of all services in line with best practice, quality standards and performance targets.
Work closely with clinical and operational colleagues to ensure efficient and effective management of theatres.
To develop a culture that encourages the use of initiative, individual and team responsibility and open communications.
To provide effective line management.
To effectively manage the Business Unit’s budget and finance

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