Assistant Service Manager

Countess of Chester Hospital; Chester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Working Full time - 37.5 hours per week.

An exciting opportunity for an Assistant Service Manager in Medicine has arisen within the Urgent Care Division.

Accountable to the Service Manager, the Assistant Service Manager will provide support to ensure effective operational delivery of a portfolio of specialties within Urgent Care.

The successful candidate will have day-to-day oversight of a portfolio of specialties within the Urgent Care Division.

You will work on your own initiative to identify and take action to resolve issues as necessary and be able to plan and prioritise competing demands. Suitable applicants will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with the ability to work as part of a team.

A flexible approach to work and excellent organisational skills are essential.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

1. The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
2. Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
3. Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services, and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire, which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire, which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital, and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient, and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Naomi Cottrell
Job title: Service Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0124 36 3418