Office Manager

The post holder will provide support to the Deputy Head of Operations and Operational Managers with the Head & Neck Care Group. The post holder will manage secretarial/administrative staff., The Office Manager will manage secretarial/administrative staff to provide and efficient and effective service. The post holder will participate in the development of corporate objectives, policies and strategic plans. The post holder will be expected to organise their own workload and that of the divisional secretarial/administrative teams.,

The post holder will be responsible for all aspects of office management and assisting in the management and supervision of medical secretary and clerking staff within the department., To ensure all Admin Staff undergo Mandatory Training and participate in Performance Appraisals. Manage an identified Budget. Monitor Departmental Budget (Trust) Check clinical lists. Attending Team Managers Meetings. Undertake Sickness / Holiday Returns of Admin Staff.

Maintaining Spread sheets and other identified databases. Typing of reports and correspondence. Training Admin Staff in use of hospital Computer Systems.

Requisition goods and supplies Collating information and statistics for Senior Manager and Team Managers. Take responsibility for day to day maintenance within the Department
- Support Cancer/RTT targets for the department, The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the  website
- This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers) are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. Our statement on modern slavery We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain.

The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards…