Assistant Osm

This is a rare opportunity to join an Outstanding team at the forefront of healthcare delivery in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

We are looking for an assistant operational manager to join our services, focusing on improvements to cancer pathways and in particular the 28 day Faster Diagnosis Pathway.

The successful applicants will have exceptional project management skills, professional skills in people management, data analysis and a drive for operational delivery and health improvement.

We will provide a nurturing, learning environment to support development and career progression through protected learning and mentoring time.
- To ensure effective leadership, coordination and control of a defined area within the directorate at an operational level.
- To provide leadership support in the development of facilities services.
- To actively support the OSM in and contribute to the development of Business Unit strategy and objective setting.
- To support the achievement of objectives within both the trust and Business Unit.
- To support the OSM in the delivery of services so as to meet the performance targets for the trust.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
- To provide project management support for key projects as well as the collation and analysis of data to support development of services.
- Review the 28 day Faster Diagnosis Pathways across specialities and work with clinical and non-clinical staff to facilitate improvements and reduce waiting times.

This role may require psychometric testing or assessment centre.