At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and improve patient care services in a dynamic healthcare environment.
- Company: Join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a leading healthcare provider.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a supportive work culture.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and to work across multiple hospital sites.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in healthcare while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Degree level education and management experience required.
The predicted salary is between 49387 - 56515 £ per year.
The Clinical Service Manager provides operational leadership within a clinical specialty, ensuring high standards of quality, performance and patient care. Working closely with the General Manager, Clinical Leads, Matron and multidisciplinary teams, you will support the delivery of safe, effective and timely services while driving continuous improvement.
You will be responsible for delivering operational targets, including waiting time standards and other key performance indicators, while ensuring services operate within available resources and financial controls. The role requires a strong focus on patient safety, service quality, workforce performance and financial sustainability.
As a member of the wider leadership team, you will work collaboratively across the Trust to achieve organisational objectives and deliver responsive, efficient and patient-centred services. We are seeking an experienced, motivated and compassionate leader who can build strong relationships, inspire teams and lead positive change. You will embody the Trust's values, promote professionalism and integrity, and champion excellent outcomes for patients and colleagues.
If you are passionate about improving healthcare services and delivering outstanding patient experiences, we welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
- The Clinical Service Manager has responsibility for managing all aspects of operational delivery within the relevant sub-division of a clinical specialty to agreed quality standards and within the resource and income base available in the Clinical Specialty.
- To ensure that service delivery standards are achieved (for instance, wait time milestones).
- Work collaboratively with the General Manager, Clinical Leads, Matron, other Clinical Services, and other colleagues to ensure that service delivery and improvement plans are developed, implemented and reviewed.
- Ensure that financial controls are established and maintained within the scope of the clinical specialty.
- Act as a champion for patient safety, operational effectiveness and quality.
- Work in partnership with colleagues across the Trust to drive the achievement of the Trust's corporate goals and business plan, including the achievement of all the relevant clinical specialties performance standards incorporating quality, safety, contractual, financial and people.
- Lead by example and act at all times as an ambassador for the Trust, championing the Trust's values and upholding the highest standards of behaviour and compassion for all colleagues.
About us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.
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