Deputy Service Manager

The Critical Care, Anaesthetics and Theatres Collaborative have an exciting opportunity for a secondment role as a Band 7 Deputy Service Manager to support WCH theatres. The individual will provide a key operational role to support the senior team to drive service improvements and maintain safe and efficient care.

Main duties of the job

• Assist the General Manager and Service Manager with operational management.
• Hold delegated responsibility for key areas of service delivery, for example, operational and performance management in relation to constitutional standard waiting times and achieving financial balance.
• Actively support the achievement of objectives within both corporate and Collaborative agenda.
• Participate in any shift system which is associated with this role outside of normal working hours, in order to fulfil the requirements of the base service and also the wider Trust. These arrangements may vary from time to time depending upon Trust requirements in the best interests in service delivery.
• At times Portfolios will change depending upon Trust requirements in the best interests in service delivery
• The post holder may be expected to work across multiple sites

across the trust

• Provide operational management for the whole Trust if required
• Deputise for the Service Manager as designated
• Responsibility is held for the effective management of staff in HR issues, including recruitment, appraisal, grievance, disciplinary and sickness absence.
• Support delivery of the maintenance and successful achievement of local and national performance management targets.
• Ensure that ward/departments maintain the highest standards and performance requirements under corporate and clinical governance procedures.
• Support improvement / developments of service.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details

Date posted

14 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

262-A-26-8323324

Job locations

West Cumberland Hospital

Whitehaven

CA28 8JG

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

• Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

• Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• oExcellent analytical skills with ability to grasp detail.
• oExcellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• oAbility to effectively resolve conflict.
• oInnovative and creative in producing future service developments.
• oAbility to deal with HR issues.
• oLeadership skills.
• oEffective decision-making skills
• oAbility to priorities work to meet deadlines.
• oAble to use initiative appropriately.

Desirable

• oProject management skills.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Implementation of national policy.
• Staff management
• Managing a budget.
• Management of change
• Current NHS performance agenda
• Evidence based practice.
• Modernisation and change techniques
• Continuing Professional Development with portfolio.

Desirable

• Acute / Community hospital experience
• Risk Management
• Service development
• Policy development
• Business case development.
• Project Management
• Clinical Governance
• Risk Management

Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree or equivalent.
• oManagement diploma or equivalent.
• oEssential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Motivation.
• Proactive
• Assertive
• Confident
• Committed to quality improvement
• Team orientated.
• Able to travel between sites.
• Post holder may be expected to work across multiple sites

Desirable

• Driving licence.

Person Specification

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• oExcellent analytical skills with ability to grasp detail.
• oExcellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• oAbility to effectively resolve conflict.
• oInnovative and creative in producing future service developments.
• oAbility to deal with HR issues.
• oLeadership skills.
• oEffective decision-making skills
• oAbility to priorities work to meet deadlines.
• oAble to use initiative appropriately.

Desirable

• oProject management skills.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Implementation of national policy.
• Staff management
• Managing a budget.
• Management of change
• Current NHS performance agenda
• Evidence based practice.
• Modernisation and change techniques
• Continuing Professional Development with portfolio.

Desirable

• Acute / Community hospital experience
• Risk Management
• Service development
• Policy development
• Business case development.
• Project Management
• Clinical Governance
• Risk Management

Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree or equivalent.
• oManagement diploma or equivalent.
• oEssential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Motivation.
• Proactive
• Assertive
• Confident
• Committed to quality improvement
• Team orientated.
• Able to travel between sites.
• Post holder may be expected to work across multiple sites

Desirable

• Driving licence.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Cumberland Hospital

Whitehaven

CA28 8JG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Cumberland Hospital

Whitehaven

CA28 8JG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

• Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• oExcellent analytical skills with ability to grasp detail.
• oExcellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• oAbility to effectively resolve conflict.
• oInnovative and creative in producing future service developments.
• oAbility to deal with HR issues.
• oLeadership skills.
• oEffective decision-making skills
• oAbility to priorities work to meet deadlines.
• oAble to use initiative appropriately.

Desirable

• oProject management skills.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Implementation of national policy.
• Staff management
• Managing a budget.
• Management of change
• Current NHS performance agenda
• Evidence based practice.
• Modernisation and change techniques
• Continuing Professional Development with portfolio.

Desirable

• Acute / Community hospital experience
• Risk Management
• Service development
• Policy development
• Business case development.
• Project Management
• Clinical Governance
• Risk Management

Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree or equivalent.
• oManagement diploma or equivalent.
• oEssential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Motivation.
• Proactive
• Assertive
• Confident
• Committed to quality improvement
• Team orientated.
• Able to travel between sites.
• Post holder may be expected to work across multiple sites

Desirable

• Driving licence.