# Operational Support Manager, Band 7

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Victoria Warehouse
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 (pa, pro rata if part time)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T11:51:20.816Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/Gloucestershire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Operational_Support_Manager/Operational_Support_Manager-v8234345
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8234345?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Reporting to the Head of Temporary Staffing and E-Rostering, you will play a key operational leadership role in the day-to-day management of the Trust's Temporary Staffing and E-Rostering Services.

You will work closely with clinical and non-clinical leaders across the organisation to ensure safe, efficient and cost-effective staffing solutions are delivered in line with NHS policies, workforce regulations and best practice standards.

This role offers the opportunity to drive transformational change, support workforce optimisation and lead the development of innovative staffing solutions across our hospitals.

The proposed interview date is; 7th September

### Main duties of the job

As Operational Support Manager, you will:

- Lead the day-to-day operational management of the Temporary Staffing and E-Rostering teams.

- Drive continuous service improvement and support the delivery of workforce and cost improvement objectives.

- Oversee the effective deployment of bank and agency workers across the Trust.

- Lead the development of a non-clinical staff bank to support administrative and corporate services.

- Ensure compliance with NHS Improvement, NHS Employers and relevant workforce legislation.

- Monitor service performance through KPIs, dashboards and workforce reporting.

- Support achievement of E-Rostering Levels of Attainment and workforce transformation goals.

- Manage supplier relationships and attend agency performance meetings.

- Provide leadership, coaching and line management to Team Leaders and E-Rostering staff.

- Deputise for the Head of Temporary Staffing and E-Rostering as required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are seeking a confident and collaborative leader with substantial experience in NHS workforce operations. Please see attached Job Description for full details.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- IT skills to an advanced level – including Microsoft Office products
- Able to prioritise own work and support others with the prioritisation of theirs
- Ability to produce service development reports and associated documentation
- Knowledge of e-rostering systems and temporary staffing processes within the NHS

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working in the NHS and a proven experience of the management of staff
- Appropriate experience of working with a wide range of clinical and non-clinical staff and being able to secure their engagement in change and service improvement

**Desirable**

- Experience of training staff on new systems or processes

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Education to degree level or equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- Completion of, or working towards, a Certificate in Management

### Personal Attributes

**Essential**

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Customer service focused and professional

## Documents

- [why work for us - rewards and benefits (pdf, 3.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2952)
- [job description & person specification (docx, 581.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10547786)

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