Assistant Directorate Support Manager

3 months ago


Stockport, United Kingdom Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Assistant Directorate Support Manager - Band 5 - hours per week

An exciting opportunity has become available for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join Health Records to provide high quality administrative support and line manage a team. This post is ideal for someone with a positive and pro-active approach and a keen eye for detail. The post holder will work closely with the Health Records Section Managers, Evolve Systems Administrator/Data Quality Manager and Assistant Directorate Support Manager for Patient Access. The role requires you to have good organisational skills that will contribute to the efficiency of the department and make an overall difference. You will be required to communicate with all levels of personnel and develop effective working relationships with all. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn new skills and be able to adapt to change in a busy, challenging but rewarding environment. You should have extensive experience of Microsoft Word and Excel spreadsheets, be able to work both autonomously and within a team as well as prioritising and organising workloads to meet deadlines.

Main duties of the job

To provide direct line management to designated administrative and clerical staff.

To work on own initiative to prioritise work in the specific areas of the Health Records Department in the face of competing demands.

To provide management support to other areas of Health Records in the event of colleagues leave.

To ensure there is efficient and effective delivery of service

To support service improvement work to ensure efficient, effective and productive patient access services.

To ensure a person-centred service that is responsive, flexible and adaptable

To work closely with colleagues including specialty teams, clinicians and support services and assist in its development

To embed quality improvement methodology within the patient access services

To provide cross cover forOperational Manager colleagues

Deputise for the Assistant Directorate Manager

Ensure there is a high quality of training and development of the teams, of their knowledge of national Health Records and Scanning policies and governance and RTT compliance.

To be on call for one Bank Holiday per year and to be available for Bank Holiday duties in the event of staff absence.

Any other duties commensurate with the role

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

o Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

o NHS pension scheme membership

o Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further

o NHS Staff discounts

o Cycle to work scheme

oSalary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt

o Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job description

Job responsibilities

The focus of this role is to support the operational management of the Administration team within Health Records.

Key areas being to provide day to day line management and supervision to the Section Managers and oversee workforce rotas, attendance, HR process, recruitment and other relevant tasks.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of £ This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Good general education - 4 GCSE's/Level 4NVQ and/or equivalent experience Evidence of continued personal development

Desirable

ECDL /Computer Skills certification Leadership qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of administrative procedures Managerial knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience Knowledge of data protection, IG and standards for maintaining health records Computer literate - good knowledge of Microsoft Office / Excel and hospital IT systems , EMIS

Desirable

Knowledge of NHS policies and procedures

Experience

Essential

Experience using Information Systems Experience of line management in a busy complex administrative environment Experience of working directly with medical staff and other NHS Allied Health Professionals Experience of working to deadlines, setting priorities and dealing with a varied workload NHS experience

Desirable

Customer Service experience

Skill & Abilities

Essential

Communicate sensitive information; agreement or co-operation from NHS staff at all levels of the organisation is required. Ability to contribute to decisions on meeting targets. Logical approach to problem solving. Keyboard skills/Advanced use of IT packages, manipulating data. Able to act independently using own initiative. Customer care skills Able to persuade, negotiate and influence others. Ability to manage allocation of work to staff Using computers to process large volumes of work. Excellent organisational skills and ability to deal with a range of responsibilities with varying deadlines. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines using own initiative and sound judgement. Accuracy and attention to detail

Work related circumstances

Essential

Able to respond to the needs of service eg, ad hoc early/late meetings.

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