Service Manager Ophthalmology

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Band 8A Service Manager to join our Ophthalmology service at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Ophthalmology is a busy, complex and fast-paced service delivering care across multiple sites and a wide range of subspecialties and patient pathways. We are looking for an exceptional operational leader who can provide strong day-to-day management while driving service improvement, performance, workforce development and transformation. Working closely with the clinical and divisional leadership teams, the successful candidate will take a key role in ensuring that Ophthalmology services are safe, effective, efficient and responsive to the needs of our patients., As Service Manager, you will provide senior operational leadership across Ophthalmology and will be responsible for the effective management and delivery of services within your portfolio. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing visible and effective operational leadership across Ophthalmology services.
• Managing service performance, capacity and demand, ensuring patient pathways are actively monitored and managed.
• Supporting delivery against national and local access and performance standards.
• Working collaboratively with clinical teams to maximise outpatient, diagnostic, theatre and treatment capacity.
• Leading and supporting service transformation, pathway redesign and continuous improvement.
• Providing leadership for administrative and operational teams.
• Supporting workforce planning, recruitment, retention, development and succession planning.
• Managing delegated budgets and contributing to financial planning, productivity and efficiency programmes.
• Identifying, managing and escalating operational, workforce, quality and patient-safety risks appropriately.
• Using activity, performance and workforce information to identify pressures and develop sustainable solutions.
• Ensuring robust governance arrangements are embedded throughout the service.
• Building strong working relationships with consultants, nursing and AHP teams, administrative colleagues, corporate services and external partners.
  
  Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.