Job summary
Are you passionate about leading and motivating a team to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service?
Would you like to be part of a professional team delivering high quality abortion care supported by a comprehensive training package?
BPAS are looking for a Service Manager (we call them Treatment Unit Managers here!) to lead our reproductive health services in our unit in Birmingham South.
It doesn't matter if you have a commercial, corporate, or clinical background, you will be able to use your leadership and management skills to ensure BPAS reproductive healthcare services are delivered effectively.
This is a permanent full time role working 36 hours per week - Monday to Friday at the Birmingham unit. Salary is £42,073 to £50,871 per annum depending on skills and experience.
About the role:
You will be responsible for ensuring the provision of a responsive termination of pregnancy service that is high quality and client-focused by motivating, engaging, and managing clinical and non-clinical staff effectively. The Birmingham unit includes a surgical termination service under conscious sedation as well as a vasectomy list. You will actively manage capacity by utilising your team to ensure appointment templates are aligned to facilitate this.
As the service manager you will also maintain positive relationships with our external stakeholders including local commissioners and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ensuring the unit is managed in line with regulatory requirements.
Main duties of the job
About You:
As an experienced people manager, you will relish leading a team where you will strive for excellence at all times. You will be able to encourage the development of your colleagues and you will offer support and coaching when needed. Being able to set clear objectives and targets for your team is key and you will enjoy working with them to deliver on these consistently.
With the ability to remain calm under pressure whilst juggling multiple priorities you will be resilient and tenacious to cope with a busy work environment where no two days are the same. You will have an eye for detail and bring the ability to forecast ahead and plan resources around future service demands. Your key strengths include problem solving, time management, negotiation, and leadership skills.
About us
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent women's reproductive healthcare charity. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS across the country providing abortion, contraception, STI testing & treatment. We specialise in evidence-based, not-for-profit care reproductive healthcare.
Working with us:
Alongside a supportive and friendly working environment, BPAS has generous benefits: life assurance cover at 3 times salary, 34 days annual leave per year & a defined contribution pension scheme. You will have access to our employee benefits programme through BHSF which includes special health & wellbeing services & lifestyle offers for you & your family. This includes various salary sacrifice schemes, counselling services & free private GP appointments.
For our clinical roles, a full clinical training package will be provided along with comprehensive support. Nursing & midwifery colleagues will have the opportunity to train in 1st & 2nd trimester sonography scanning, contraception fitting & STI testing. For surgical units you will gain experience in conscious sedation & general anaesthetic treatment in our operating departments.
BPAS is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children & young people through a safer recruitment framework. This includes a thorough selection process & a number of pre-employment checks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full job description along with terms & conditions can be downloaded from the right hand side of this page.
Further Information:
Location: BPAS Birmingham South - The Robert Clinic, 162 Station Rd, King's Norton, Birmingham B30 1DB
Salary: £42,073 to £50,871 per annum, depending upon skills and experience.
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week | Flexible during business hours Monday to Friday to meet the needs of the service.
Interviews: 11th and 12th July at our Head Office in Leamington Spa.
Interested so far? Don't delay, apply today!
This job advert may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
The Small Print: All applicants must be pro-choice.
References: All offers of employment are conditional based on satisfactory pre-employment checks. We require applicants to provide 3 years of employment references including information on reasons for leaving and any gaps in employment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A Level standard of education or NVQ3 or equivalent
Desirable
- HND or Degree, DMS or other post-graduate management qualification
General
Essential
- Do you support a woman's right to choose abortion?
- Are you the family or friend of a current BPAS employee? If yes, please state the name and the nature of the relationship.
- This role is working 36 hours per week over Monday to Friday at our unit in Birmingham South. Can you commit to this working pattern?
Desirable
- Do you wish to add any further information/summary to your application?
Experience
Essential
- Previous managerial experience, managing people, setting targets & objectives for your team.
- Managing financial resources including annual budgets and monitor and control expenditure in line with agreed budgets.
- Experience of working with regulatory bodies, e.g. CQC and knowledge of Health and Safety
- Able to demonstrate excellent problem solving, time management, negotiation, and leadership skills.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, the regulatory framework, along with reproductive health issues.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
Address
Robert Clinic
162 Station Road
Kings Norton
Birmingham
B301DB