Clinical Operations Manager

Job overview

Are you an experienced operational leader looking for an opportunity to shape services and make a real impact across health and social care?

We are looking for an exceptional Band 8b Clinical Operations Manager to provide operational and system leadership for the Barnet Integrated Transfer of Care (Discharge) Hub and Barnet Hospital at Home service.

This is a permanent, full-time role (37.5 hours per week) offering the opportunity to lead multidisciplinary and multi-organisational teams across CLCH, Barnet Hospital and Barnet Adult Social Care.

You will play a pivotal role in improving patient flow, safe and timely discharge, admission avoidance and patient outcomes, while ensuring services remain high-quality, responsive and sustainable.

Working with senior leaders and system partners, you will lead service transformation, performance improvement, workforce and capacity planning, while using data and insight to identify opportunities for improvement.

We are looking for a visible, compassionate and influential leader who can bring people together across organisational boundaries, inspire teams and turn strategic priorities into meaningful improvements for patients.

If you are passionate about transforming services and leading change across an integrated health and care system, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As Clinical Operations Manager, you will:

• Provide operational and system leadership for the Barnet Integrated Transfer of Care Hub and Hospital at Home service, ensuring safe, responsive and high-quality care.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across CLCH, Barnet Hospital and Barnet Adult Social Care, strengthening partnership working across organisations.
• Drive improvements in patient flow, timely discharge, admission avoidance and length of stay, responding proactively to operational pressures.
• Lead service transformation and pathway development with the ICB, acute services, local authority and system partners.
• Monitor performance, quality and outcome data, identifying areas for improvement and implementing action plans.
• Provide visible and compassionate leadership, supporting workforce planning, recruitment, retention and staff development.
• Lead demand and capacity planning to ensure services remain sustainable and responsive.
• Manage budgets and resources effectively, promoting efficiency and value for money.
• Maintain robust governance, including oversight of risk, incidents, complaints and learning.
• Champion patient and carer experience, using feedback to improve services and equitable access to care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.