About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced operational leader looking for your next challenge?
We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and forward-thinking Centre Manager to join our Trauma & Specialist Surgery Centre on a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover.
Working as part of an experienced triumvirate, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of services, driving operational performance, service transformation and continuous improvement. You'll work closely with Clinical Directors, Matrons and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, high-quality, patient-centred care while achieving key national and local performance standards.
We're looking for an inspiring leader with significant NHS operational management experience, a proven track record of delivering change, and the ability to build strong relationships, influence at senior levels and lead high-performing teams.
This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your senior leadership experience, influence strategic decision-making and make a lasting impact within one of the Trust's largest and most dynamic clinical centres.
If you're passionate about improving services, empowering people and delivering outstanding care, we'd love to hear from you. Please use your supporting statement to demonstrate how your experience, achievements and leadership style meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
The Centre Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for the Trauma & Specialist Surgery Centre, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality and financially sustainable services. Working as part of the Centre triumvirate, the postholder is accountable for operational performance, workforce, finance, governance and service transformation, ensuring delivery of Trust and national performance standards while continuously improving patient outcomes and experience. The role provides visible leadership across the Centre, influences strategic decision-making and works collaboratively across the Trust and wider NHS system to deliver modern, patient-centred services.
About us
Our Poppy's Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team -- clinical or non-clinical -- plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values -- ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Job description Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person Specification
Requirements of the Role Essential
Master's degree or equivalent management experience Significant senior operational management experience within an acute NHS organisation Experience of leading large-scale service transformation and change Experience of financial management and budgetary control Experience of leading multidisciplinary teams Knowledge of NHS performance standards (RTT, Cancer, Diagnostics, etc.) Strong strategic leadership, communication and influencing skills Experience of governance, risk and quality improvement
Desirable Requirements Essential
Experience within Trauma & Specialist Surgery or similar services Project management or leadership qualification Experience of business case development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This 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.
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Employer details Employer name The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Address The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Shrewsbury
SY2 8XQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)