Service Lead - Fixed Term April 2027

Overview

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a forward thinking and enthusiastic Service Lead - Fixed Term April 2027 in Specialist Medicine CSU at BTHFT. This newly created post requires an operational management background to provide the operational and leadership experience required for the role.

Closing date: 30 September 2025

Shortlisting commencing: 06 October 2025

Interview period: week commencing 13 October 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a forward thinking and enthusiastic Programme Manager who would like to progress their career and join our team in Specialist Medicine CSU at BTHFT in this newly created post. Applicants are invited from an operational management background in order to provide the operational and leadership experience required for the post.

Main duties of the job

The role will focus on leading and managing Targeted Lung Health Check, Smoking Cessation and the overall Respiratory service to ensure achievement of all operational performance targets, including access, finance, and quality.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We are keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job description Job responsibilities

The post holder will support the Senior General Manager in their work with the CSU triumvirate to ensure safe and effective service delivery. This involves achievement of all operational performance targets, including access, finance, and quality.

The post holder will assist the Senior General Manager with the provision of timely, efficient and effective support ensuring that a responsive, innovative service is provided to the highest possible standards, in line with Trust Strategy.

The post holder will work in a Trust-wide capacity under the direction of the Senior General Manager and will represent them at meetings as necessary and appropriate.

The post holder will support the clinical teams to ensure that clinical safety and quality is maintained alongside the business integrity of the Clinical Service Unit.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Significant senior experience in the NHS
• Proven track record of achieving set targets
• Experience and understanding of the modernisation agenda and the opportunities for redesigning services
• Experience, knowledge and understanding of current issues/themes affecting the NHS locally and nationally
• Experience of managing organisational change
• Experience in report writing and delivering presentations, to formal presentations
• Experience of staff management, including the setting of objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary issues
• Budget management experience, including reducing costs/ efficiency gains, monitoring and determining corrective action

Desirable

• Experience of working across networks, with wide ranging stakeholders
• Experience of best practice process improvement techniques across a range of sectors

Skills Essential

• Full range of IT skills including spreadsheet analysis
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff/managers/clinicians and external stakeholders
• The ability to deal with complex issues in a methodical and logical approach
• Ability to work pro-actively and cooperatively with senior management and clinical staff

Knowledge Desirable

• Understanding of recommendations from Francis, Keogh and other patient experience and quality of care directives and measures

Qualifications Essential

• Degree and/or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Master's level degree or equivalent qualification or knowledge/experience
• Project management experience, Prince 2 or other project management qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford Royal Infirmary

Duckworth Lane

Bradford

BD9 6RJ

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