Acute Directorate Service Manager

Job overview

Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) are values driven and working hard to be a community powered NHS Organisation. The Rotherham Care Group strives to deliver high-quality, person-centred services, ensuring that everyone receives the right care at the right time.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Service Manager to shape the future and lead delivery of our Acute services. As a key member of the directorate leadership team, you will have an integral role in managing the day-to-day operations of the Acute services.

If you are a strong leader with experience of managing diverse teams and resource to improve patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you. You will need to have a proven track record of accomplishment in service improvement and innovative practice to continue to drive the Acute services  agenda forwards as well as the ability to support colleagues to deliver the best services possible. We are working hard to empower our communities within RDaSH, therefore a passion for community/inpatient working and experience of community/inpatient networking would also be desirable.

You’ll play an active role in shaping our research agenda. We support staff to publish, present at conferences, and collaborate with internal and external research partners.

For further information please contact Sally Blackett - Care Group Deputy Director via Laura Charlesworth PA on 03000 215444

Main duties of the job

The Service Manager is responsible for ensuring the day-to-day delivery of designated clinical services and ensuring that those teams are performing in terms of patient outcomes, metrics, measures and targets.

They are also accountable for making sure that the Trust’s strategy is executed locally and that standards of safety are maintained at all times.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care   that is consistent with the values of the organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications