Business Manager - Community Services
Posted 1 week ago by Totaljobs
£65,723 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Brecon, Powys
Summary: The Business Manager for Community Services will provide strategic leadership and operational management within the Directorate, collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care. This role involves managing budgets, service strategies, and performance targets while fostering a collaborative culture. The position requires autonomy in supporting the Director of Operations and ensuring effective communication across the department. The Business Manager will also be responsible for developing strategic plans and managing staff changes to enhance service delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Operational management including the delivery of performance against targets.
- Planning and delivery of service strategy.
- Organisational development and the management of risk.
- Manage Directorate budget; ensuring plans are in place to meet service targets and deliver service improvement.
- Lead collaboration with all other Directorate and Corporate Services to make the best use of resource, ensure Value, and coordinate business and financial planning.
- Support the Director of Operations in the day-to-day delivery of performance, high level administration and assurance functions.
- Manage correspondence, calls and queries ensuring appropriate communications channels across the department.
- Provide leadership and direction for the Directorate, ensuring clear communication and robust implementation of policy, objectives and agreed targets.
- Maintain an open, proactive, and collaborative culture across the Directorate.
- Exercise judgment involving complex facts and figures and situations.
- Develop short-term strategic plans and business plans to support service development.
- Assume lead responsibility for coordination of all healthcare services provided in the Directorate.
- Ensure that the Directorate manages its expenditure within the income attributable to the Directorate.
- Lead on staff change and consultation on complex issues.
- Produce complex reports and presentations based on a range of information.
- Responsible for qualitative and quantitative audits to evaluate the impact of services.
- Balance proactive service development and strategic leadership against operational responsibilities.
Key Skills:
- Leadership and strategic management skills.
- Strong operational management experience.
- Financial management and budget oversight.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to analyze complex information and make informed decisions.
- Experience in service development and improvement.
- Knowledge of healthcare services and patient care standards.
- Ability to manage change and consult on complex issues.
- Experience in producing reports and presentations.
- Understanding of qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods.
Salary (Rate): £65,723 yearly
City: Brecon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Provide leadership, strategic and professional management combined with operational responsibility for the Directorate working with the Executive Director, Assistant Directors and Heads of Service in the development and delivery of the Directorate’s services. The Business Manager will provide a managerial focus for the Directorate in the development and provision of comprehensive, high quality, patient centred care services within the resources available.
Key functions of the post holder include:
- Operational management including the delivery of performance against targets.
- Planning and delivery of service strategy.
- Organisational development and the management of risk.
- Manage Directorate budget; ensuring plans are in place to meet service targets and deliver service improvement.
- Lead collaboration with all other Directorate and Corporate Services to make the best use of resource, ensure Value, and coordinate business and financial planning.
The role will work autonomously, supporting the Director of Operations in the day-to-day delivery of performance, high level administration and assurance functions across the Director of Operations portfolio. This will include managing correspondence, calls and queries and ensuring appropriate communications channels across the department.
- Management & Leadership
- Communications & Relationships
- Evaluation
- Planning/Organisation/Performance
- Policy & Service Development
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Information
- Research
- Autonomy
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won’t get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We’re also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy ’life work’ balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/ . There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
Provide leadership and direction for the Directorate, ensuring clear communication and robust implementation of policy, objectives and agreed targets within the Community Services Group and external to other directorates (e.g., Facilities, Clinical Support Services and Corporate teams).
Maintain an open, proactive, and collaborative culture across the Directorate, supported by effective two-way communication systems and processes that promote awareness and contribute to high levels of staff satisfaction. Ensure the Health Board Values are lived within daily business.
Exercise judgment involving complex facts and figures and situations, which require the analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
Responsibility for developing short-term strategic plans, in conjunction with the Director of Operations, for the Directorate and the creation of business plans to support service development. This will require close collaboration with other Directorates.
In conjunction with the Executive Director of Operations and Assistant Directors, assume lead responsibility across the Directorate and for coordination of all healthcare services provided in the Directorate for the development and improvement of patient care through service and workforce planning, identifying areas for investment and disinvestments, responding to and pre-empting both internal and external initiatives.
Ensure that the Directorate manages its expenditure (including recharges from other Directorates) within the income attributable to the Directorate.
Lead on staff change and consultation on complex issues i.e., ward, service change programmes
Produce complex reports and presentations based on a range of information from a variety of sources
Responsible for the directorate qualitative and quantitative audits to evaluate the impact of directorate and hospital services and relevant research to inform future service improvements.
Responsible for the day-to-day operational management and strategic development of all services within the post holder’s portfolio, balancing the need for proactive service development and strategic leadership against the reactive demand of operational responsibilities and stakeholders.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
We would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers; but even if you don’t speak any Welsh, or want to develop your skills, don’t worry: the health board will support you with training.