Assistant Support Manager Diagnostic Management / Bed Based Services

An exciting opportunity has become available to the join the Diagnostics and Clinical Support Services, Divisional Management Team at Leighton Hospital as an Assistant Support Manager.

The post holder will be required to work alongside the Support Manager, Divisional Head of Nursing/Healthcare Professions and Bed Based Leadership team. The role will involve deputising for the Support Manager as and when required.

The post holder will support the Divisional Management support team to ensuring effective service delivery of the Divisional Management function, including support to Bed Based services in the division, which includes, Elmhurst, Wards 21b and 27 and the Discharge Lounge.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage the medical rota for the ward based resident doctor and GP team, ensuring effective rota fill, and management of annual leave. Alongside being an active member of the Bed Based Leadership Team. supporting the monitoring of quality and performance standards in order to deliver high quality patient care.

It is essential that the post holder can exercise initiative suitable to the role and is fully supportive to other colleagues in the administrative team.

A key requirement of the post is to proactively provide administrative support to the Head of Nursing/Healthcare professions, including diary management and meeting preparation. It is essential that the post holder is able to exercise initiative suitable to the role and is fully supportive to other colleagues in the administrative team.

It may be necessary to deputise for the Support Manager when necessary.

Ideally, previous team leadership experience is preferred however all tasks involved in the role can be learnt through job exposure. Full training and support will be given upon commencement in post for all areas of the job description.

The ideal candidate will also have a background of managing staff in areas such as annual leave, sickness management and other HR issues.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.

The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.