Corporate Medical Business Support Manager

Corporate Medical Business Support Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Corporate Medical Business Support Manager (Band 7) within Velindre University NHS Trust.

This is a newly established role within the Corporate Medical Business Team, working closely with the Executive Medical Director and Executive Medical Business Manager to support the successful delivery of the Trust's corporate medical business portfolio.

The postholder will provide high-level strategic and operational support, contributing to the coordination of medical workforce activity, governance processes, portfolio management, and improvement programmes aligned to Trust and national priorities.

This post is Fixed Term/Secondment until 31/03/2027 due to the needs of the service.

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

Main duties of the job

The Corporate Medical Business Support Manager will:

• Provide senior-level business and operational support to the Executive Medical Director and Executive Medical Business Manager
• Coordinate and manage the Trust's corporate medical business portfolio, including delivery plans and portfolio refreshes
• Lead and manage key medical workforce committees and strategic forums, including preparation of papers, briefings, presentations, minutes, and action tracking
• Support the development of business cases, strategic plans, and improvement programmes
• Undertake benchmarking, horizon scanning, analysis, and interpretation of complex information to support executive decision-making
• Work closely with Divisions, corporate teams, and external stakeholders to support delivery of strategic objectives
• Contribute to governance, reporting, and assurance processes, including preparation of high-quality reports for senior committees and Trust Board
• Support project management activity and delivery of agreed programmes of work
• Provide line management and leadership for direct reports where applicable

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in ourcutting-edgeVelindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

At Velindre University NHS Trust we aim to foster a culture of discovery, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We will achieve this by embedding research and innovation into everything we do, to deliver meaningful, measurable impact for our patients and communities.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Job responsibilities

Velindre University NHS Trust is committed to delivering highquality, specialist cancer services and to supporting the development of our workforce.

You will join a small, dynamic corporate team working at the heart of the Trusts medical workforce and strategic planning activity. This role offers a valuable development opportunity for individuals looking to gain experience working with senior leaders and contributing to strategic transformation, governance, and service improvement.

Please refer to the attached job description for the full person specification for this role.

If you are ready to make a difference and thrive in a collaborative, dynamic environment, we would love to hear from you.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents

Person Specification Qualifications and Knowledge

• Recognised management qualification or educated to Masters level in a relevant subject e.g. Business Management, or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• PRINCE 2, or other recognised project management qualification

Experience

• Experience in a supervisory / managerial role
• Good track record of developing service strategies and plans and in successfully managing and delivering Programmes and Projects
• Broad experience and evidence of working in partnership with stakeholders at all levels to deliver change and modernisation
• Experience of working in complex and pressured environment with conflicting demands on time
• Experience of dealing with confidential and sensitive data and appropriate maintenance and storage of records
• Experience of preparing business plans/business cases considering finance, quality, activity, workforce, and organisational factors
• Experience of writing reports for high-level committees and Trust Board
• Experience of project implementation and monitoring ongoing projects
• Experience of managing finance systems e.g. budget monitoring
• Experience of managing, maintaining and developing systems and procedures
• Experience of formal minutes taking
• Working with multi-professional clinical staff groups
• Experience of line management or supervision of staff
• Experience of supporting or contributing to medical workforce committees/groups
• Working in an NHS environment.
• Experience of monitoring performance indicators
• Understanding of project management methodologies

Skills and Attributes

• Able to develop long-term complex workplan strategies and to plan and deliver Programmes
• Strategic thinker with ability to have corporate overview. Ability to balance strategic and operational management
• Advanced conceptual thinking, reasoning and numeracy and the ability to develop and compare a range of options based upon complex facts or situations
• Able to organise multidisciplinary meetings and events, including minute-taking and action plan update and progression
• Advanced communication, negotiation, persuasion and interpersonal skills
• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy
• Analyse information from numerous sources
• Advanced IT/keyboard skills

Other

• Ability to be able to work independently and in a remote environment
• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
• Flexible approach to needs of the service
• Welsh Language (Level 1)

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.