We have an exciting secondment opportunity until the end of March 2026 for a Business Manager to provide professional, proactive and flexible support to the Chief Operating Officer’s areas of responsibility, aligned to the key Strategic Objectives and annual goals of QVH.
We are seeking someone who has a passion for the development of new processes, can support service transformation and implement significant service redesign as part of our Strategic objectives. The post holder will have clearly defined areas of responsibility with specific programmes of work and will support the operational teams with change management programmes, as well as providing operational support to the delivery of our new IT systems within the Trust, engaging in the development, testing and implementation of our IQPR and EPR systems.
Location: East Grinstead, United Kingdom
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum.
Job type: Full-time
Deadline: 03 August 2025
Roles & Responsibilities
- Responsible for supporting the Key Strategic Objectives, annual goals and watch metrics within the Chief Operating Officers (COO) responsibility, identifying areas of variance and highlighting areas for intervention and action to address performance gaps.
- Responsible for co-ordinating the management of the Integrated Quality and Performance Meetings with the Deputy Director of Performance and Insights, and the CEO Business Manager to ensure these run efficiently and effectively.
- Responsible for the production of operational performance reporting through the Integrated Quality and Performance Report, liaising with internal general managers, business intelligence unit and relevant trust leads to analyse and provide insights to support Board and Sub-committee reports.
- Provide written and verbal narrative briefings to the COO where required in advance of Board, sub committees, Hospital Leadership Team and Team Brief.
- Acting as Quality Improvement Lead for the operations team, attending training, and sharing learning across the operations team and wider across the trust.
- Provide project support to the changing agenda of operational priorities, taking an intelligent and agile approach to this highly dynamic area
- Provide project support for the effective delivery of trust wide quality improvement programmes such as outpatient transformation work streams, Patient Knows Best and other key development priorities, working to tight timescales
- Development and oversight of COO team action plan to address themes within the staff survey.
- Develop effective weekly operations meetings structured with agendas to support the development of the operations teams, inviting colleagues from across the trust where required.
- External horizon scanning re new operational guidance, relevant training courses for the team to ensure continuous development, and external opportunities for us to share best practice.
- Support the development of business cases, policies and plans, co-ordinating input from a number of sources and bringing complex information together in draft form for senior review.
- Support the oversight of the COO team mandatory training compliance and annual appraisal compliance.
- Oversight and review of operational policies to ensure these are reviewed regularly and up to date with relevant best practice.
- Lead on external return requirements to ensure delivery against timescales
- Lead individual projects including analysing complex document and statistics, writing reports and protocols, undertaking surveys as necessary
- Develop policies and protocols for own work area and propose changes which may impact across the organisation
- Support the COO and senior team in developing the service in line with local and national targets, policy, agreed standards of care and Trust vision.
Eligibility Requirements
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma or able to demonstrate specialist knowledge within this field through practical experience
Desirable
- Working towards a postgraduate qualification in management
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of managing the preparation and presentation of high level reports
- Experience of gathering and analysing data, identifying themes, writing briefings and making recommendations
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS or public sector
- Experience of project management.
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