The Operational Lead will oversee clinic functions, staffing, and financial management, ensuring adherence to both clinical and non-clinical performance targets. Collaboration with the divisional management team will be key to achieving high-quality care and effectively managing governance, risk, and safeguarding issues. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in driving quality improvements and managing resources within budget to enhance service delivery.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Sexual Health triumvurate team, part of the Community and Children's Services Division (CCS) at Homerton Healthcare. The Operational Lead role is vital to the smooth running of Homerton Healthcare's Sexual Health Services and the postholder will be responsible for providing a high level of leadership and management support to the department, as well as supervision and management to their direct reports. The postholder will be part of a triumvurate and will be expected to work closely with the Clinical Lead and Lead Nurse for Sexual Health Services. The service is currently undergoing a quality improvement led programme of work to increase patient access to our services, making it an exciting time for a new leader to join the team to support leading on these developments. The team delivers sexual health services across 4 sites--Clifden Centre based at Homerton Hospital, The Ivy Centre, 80 Leadenhall Street Clinic, and John Scott Health Centre and the postholder will be required to work flexibly across these.
- Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of Department of Sexual Health Services, including Children and Young People's Services (CHYPS) and Open Doors, within the resources available, ensuring a high quality service is provided.
- Work in partnership with the divisional management team, including the Divisional Operations Manager, Associate Medical Director, Divisional Operations Director, Deputy Chief Nurse, and Clinical Leads/consultants and Lead Nurses to ensure the achievement of performance and other local and national clinical and non-clinical targets and delivery of high quality care
- Provide first line operational management to Sexual Health and administrative departments and supervise systems and processes (including oversight of clinic function, clinic timings, staffing and skill mix)
- In liaison with the Quality leads in the department and in the division, ensure appropriate systems and processes are established in departments and areas to support the robust reporting and progress of governance, risk and safeguarding issues
- Manage designated financial resources within budget and support the divisional management team in financial management within the directorate
- Support the development of service line reporting and service line management within the department
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