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Deputy Operations Manager - STA

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Location
Salary
£57,258 to £64,750 a year
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
31 May 2026
Contract Type
Fixed-Term
Posted Date
14 May 2026

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The role will include contract management, line management, service planning and delivery of continuous improvement .

You will be required to participate in tactical on call for the Trust.

Communication, Customer Service and Team Working

Managing People and Resources

Service Development

Quality

Procurement and Commissioning

Financial Management

Capacity and Capability

Service and Project Management

Quality Improvement

Job responsibilities

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour