Team Leader, Healthcare

Team Leader

Go back Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

The closing date is 19 February 2026

The post holder will lead, manage and develop a responsive administration service, ensuring effective and efficient management of resource to achieve national and local quality and performance targets.

The post holder will be responsible for day to day management of administrative teams. Duties will include staff rostering, annual appraisals, annual leave and sickness management and monitoring, ensuring application and adherence to Trust HR policies and procedures.

The post holder will work closely with the Service Manager/Business Manager and will provide expertise in the proactive management of the patient pathway from referral to discharge. The post holder will ensure that the entire pathway is managed smoothly and in line with the Hospital Referral to Treatment Patient Access Policy and underpinning Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The post holder will support the development of a standardised and consistent service delivery model across the Division.

This will require formation of relationships with peers across the Division and a corporate approach of sharing and implementing best practice.

• Promoting data quality processes and a right first time approach
• Responsible for day to day line management of administration staff including receptionists/booking staff, recruitment and selection, to ensure working environments comply with health & safety legislation, staff inductions, annual leave, rota management and general day to day staff management as needed.
• Monitoring performance, training and problem solving.
• Implement effective monitoring and managing systems for annual leave and sickness in line with Trust Policy, liaising with the Service Manager where service implications are identified.
• Managing patient waiting lists and prioritise caseloads

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully. Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

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Please note that from 9th April 2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

• Experience and knowledge of a range of administrative and organisational policies and management information systems
• Experience of data quality management and awareness…