# Assistant Operational Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Operations manager
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-23T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10T08:21:21.405Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Cramlington/Northumbria_Healthcare_NHCT_Northumbria_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medicine_Emergency_Care/Medicine_Emergency_Care-v8250679
- **Employer website:** https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring person to join our management team supporting the day to day operational function of the Medicine & Emergency Care Team. This post will include full line management responsibility for operational areas across a range of staff groups/disciplines and specialities. In addition to this the post holder will contribute to duty management of designated site(s) both in and out of hours.

### Main duties of the job

- To effectively support the management of the pay and non pay budgets of delegated areas.
- Full line management responsibility for operational areas across a range of staff groups/disciplines and specialties.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- To ensure effective leadership, management, co-ordination and control of a defined area within the directorate at an operational level.
- To provide leadership support in the development of clinical and support services.
- To actively support the OSM/senior manager in and contribute to the development of Directorate strategy and objective setting.
- To support the achievement of objectives within both the Trust and Directorate.
- To support the OSM/senior manager in the delivery of services so as to meet the performance targets for the Trust.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
- To provide project management support for key projects as well as the collation and analysis of data to support development of service.
- To contribute to the on-call rota at weekends and on bank holidays.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Demonstrated experience of meeting performance targets
- Experience of managing a service or department and staff
- Knowledge and experience of effective change management strategies

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

### Other requirements

**Essential**

- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

### Qualifications / Professional Registration

**Essential**

- Professional qualification to degree level or equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- Management qualification
- Masters degrees or equivalent level of post grad qualification

## Documents

- [trust compact (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3037)
- [guidance for applicants (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2867)
- [northumbria privacy policy (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1899)
- [man0032-assistant operational manager (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10592261)

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