Deputy Department Manager (T&O) - INTERNAL

Deputy Department Manager (T&O) - INTERNALBand 6 Deputy Department Manager (T&O Outpatients)The Deputy Department Manager for T&O Outpatients is an exciting opportunity to hold responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the Outpatient team. This involves overseeing all administrative and clerical processes, providing the foundations for the clinical staff to be able to perform their roles in an efficient way. The Deputy Department Manager will support the Service Leads to set and achieve key strategic targets, helping to improve patient care. This role represents a brilliant development opportunity for someone looking to build their management skills in an operational environment.Main duties of the jobThe main duties of the Deputy Department Manager will include:Leading the delivery of the daily operational business of T&O Outpatients.Contributing to the development and implementation of strategic plans.Providing senior administrative support and expert knowledge to the T&O OPD clinical team.Holding delegated responsibilities for a range of operational activities, working autonomously using initiative and specialist knowledge and experience of the service to make decisions and help the service to excel.Overseeing all administrative and clerical processes to enable a high quality, effective, patient focused service to be delivered.Line managing the T&O Outpatients administrative team.The role would suit someone who is passionate about driving strategic change to deliver improvements to patient care and staff experience.About usThe Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer and may form the central hospital for one of the country's new medical schools. The hospital provides all those services normally associated with a very large District General Hospital.Job responsibilitiesPlease refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.Person SpecificationQualificationsEducated to degree or equivalent experience/qualificationExperienceSupervisory experience of administrative staffTrouble shooting IT issuesDelivering against performance targetsKnowledge of CAT patient pathwaysDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. #J-18808-Ljbffr