Outside IR35 contract jobs

Description

Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for a detailed job description of the role. This role will transfer to UHS Estates Ltd (UEL) from 1st April 2025. UEL is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University Hospital Southampton NHS foundation Trust. The job description, terms and benefits associated with the role will not change as a result of this transfer.

Main Duties of the Job
The Contract Operations Manager is responsible for leading the delivery of critical contracted services, including cleaning, catering, transport, car parking and waste management. This dynamic role involves ensuring operational excellence, meeting performance targets, driving innovation, and collaborating with senior stakeholders to develop strategic plans that enhance patient care. With a focus on leadership, budget management, and service improvement, we seek a professional with proven experience in large-scale contract management, strong analytical skills, and a commitment to our values: Patients First, Always Improving, Working Together.

Working for Our Organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations. Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- To Lead manage effective day-to-day operational management contracted services within EFCD Clinical Services Group.
- Ensure resources are utilised effectively efficiently provide service facilitate robust business continuity.
- Ensure that contracted services are delivered agreed Key Performance indicators set budgetary parameters escalating Associate Director EFCD Clinical Services when this at risk.
- Actively support modernisation within Division enhance service delivery.
- Undertake equal duties estates senior manager on-call rota.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training Required
Essential Criteria:
- Educated Masters level able demonstrate equivalent level knowledge skills experience relevant discipline.
- Leadership Management training
- Evidence continuing professional development

Desirable Criteria:
- MSc related discipline

Previous or Relevant Experience Necessary
Essential Criteria:
- Experience management role large complex organisation.
- Experience working Heads Department clinicians other senior staff both within outside NHS building internal external relationships
- Significant level experience initiation management change services process policy systems.
- Staff resource management experience.
- Able facilitate implement policy guidelines projects initiation completion
Budget Management

Desirable Criteria:
Experience knowledge business case writing
Experience negotiating supplier maintenance support contracts obtain improved value

Aptitudes And Skills Required

Essential Criteria:
Demonstrable experience communicating highly complex contentious information staff others levels internally externally
Advanced user Microsoft office products
Ability produce written reports policies procedures clear concise manner
Ability act autonomously demonstrate working town initiative excellent prioritisation skills effective time management skill ensure aspects role managed balancing conflicting priorities appropriate
Ability analyse problems develop practical workable solutions address them
Ability prioritise deliver agreed objectives tight deadlines
Advanced analysis IT skills ability work complex datasets
Articulate highly developed communication skills ability network build relationships levels interpersonal liaison negotiation skills

Desirable Criteria:
Working knowledge catering cleaning legislation

Values And Behaviours

Essential Criteria:
Patients First
Always Improving
Working Together