Band 7 Operational Manager

Company: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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Location: West Midlands
Job Description:

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two highly motivated and enthusiastic Operational Managers to join University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust on a permanent basis.

  • One Operational Manager within Clinical Delivery Group CDG 9A (Surgical Speciality) – Major Trauma Services and Hands
  • One Operational Manager within Clinical Delivery Group CDG 10B — Haematology

These roles offer an excellent opportunity for ambitious NHS managers looking to develop their operational leadership skills within large, complex and dynamic clinical services.

Working closely with General Managers, Clinical Service Leads, Consultant teams and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of your designated services, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care whilst supporting the achievement of Trust objectives and national performance standards.

The post holders will play a key role in delivering operational performance across a range of targets, including Referral to Treatment (RTT), Cancer Standards, diagnostic pathways, waiting list management, Theatres and service productivity. You will lead on performance monitoring, capacity and demand planning, risk management and service improvement initiatives, ensuring that patients receive timely access to high-quality care.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

Working closely with General Managers, Clinical Service Leads, Consultant teams and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of your designated services, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care.

The post holders will play a key role in delivering operational performance across a range of targets, including Referral to Treatment (RTT), Cancer Standards, diagnostic pathways, waiting list management, Theatres and service productivity. You will lead on performance monitoring, capacity and demand planning, risk management and service improvement initiatives, ensuring that patients receive timely access to high-quality care.

You will contribute to strategic planning and operational delivery, working collaboratively with clinical and corporate colleagues to develop and improve services. You will be expected to analyse complex performance information, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and implement improvement plans that support both patient outcomes and organisational objectives.

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good general level of education including core subjects at GCSE grades A — C or equivalent

Desirable

  • Degree or equivalent professional Management qualification
  • Further management training and/or relevant managerial experience to post graduate diploma level

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working to NHS key performance and national standards
  • Experience in handling confidential information
  • Experience with dealing with patients, relatives and the general public
  • Previous line management experience of staff
  • Working Knowledge of waiting list systems
  • Knowledge of NHS and aims of its structure
  • Knowledge of medical staffing issues
  • Knowledge of all the PAS systems

Desirable

  • Experience of working to NHS key performance and national standards within Respiratory Medicine
  • Experience in managing in-patient and outpatient waiting lists and designing and implementing mitigating actions as required

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Reliable
  • Punctual

Desirable

  • Prepared with reasonable notice to work outside of core hours, including weekends, for which time in lieu will be given
  • Prepared to cross sites at short notice

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Pay scheme

  • Agenda for Change
  • Band
  • Band 7
  • Salary £49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly
  • Contract Permanent
  • Working pattern Full-Time, Flexible Working
  • Reference number 304-1102908

Job locations

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  • Mindelsohn Way
  • Birmingham
  • West Midlands
  • B15 2TH

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Posted: August 12th, 2026