NHS Opportunity: Health Service Manager

Health service manager Current Vacancies

2006-11-27:

Health service managers are responsible for making sure the hospital, or health organisation that employs them, runs efficiently and effectively.

being responsible for long-term planning - using statistical information to check and monitor performance and to inform long term planning - working out and implementing business plans - assessing and evaluating the strategic direction of the trust - implementing the policies of the board and ensuring government guidelines are followed - working with clinical staff and other professionals - managing contracts.

Although the official working week for health service managers is 37 hours a week, the job is quite pressurised and they often work more than this.

In a hospital with a 24-hour service, managers may be required to work a shift system.
Part-time work is not common at management level.

Managers are mainly office-based.
Opportunities are available for health service managers within the NHS and private hospitals.

Managers may be employed by a hospital trust which provides services directly to patients or in a health authority that plans strategic directions in health care.

There are also some opportunities in larger GP practices and in Primary Care Trusts, which commission local services.

On completion of the Finance Management Scheme or the General Management Scheme, progression to senior management positions is likely.

Directors can earn up to 70,000. Chief executives can earn around 100,000 a year. (Permalink)