Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Operations Manager - Locality Therapy and Nursing Services
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Are you an experienced operational leader who is motivated by improving services and making a tangible difference for patients, staff, and communities?
We are looking for a Senior Operations Manager to join our Locality Therapy and Nursing Services leadership team. This is an opportunity to lead a portfolio of services, working alongside multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, safe, and effective care while shaping the future of community healthcare.
As a senior leader, you will be responsible for the overall management, quality, performance, workforce, governance, and financial stewardship of your services. You will play a key role in setting direction, supporting innovation, and ensuring that services continue to evolve in response to the needs of the population we serve.
This role offers the chance to influence beyond your immediate area, working across organizational and system boundaries to deliver sustainable improvements and contribute to wider strategic priorities. It is well suited to an ambitious and collaborative leader who enjoys both operational delivery and long-term service development.
- Provide visible and supportive operational leadership across a portfolio of community services, creating an environment where staff can thrive and patients receive the highest standard of care.
- Work in partnership with clinical leaders and professional leads to ensure services are safe, effective, responsive, and well-led.
- Be accountable for service performance, workforce planning, financial management, and governance, ensuring that quality, activity, and productivity objectives are achieved.
- Use data and insight to support decision-making, drive improvement, and address challenges proactively.
- Lead change by supporting service redesign, transformation programs, and pathway development, helping teams respond to growing demand while improving outcomes and experience for patients.
- Work closely with colleagues across the Trust and wider health and care system, building strong relationships with partners, commissioners, and stakeholders to shape future services and deliver shared priorities.
- Research, innovation, and continuous quality improvement will be central to your approach.
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This is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking leadership team at a time of continued transformation in community healthcare. We are looking for someone who is collaborative, curious, and values-driven, with the ambition to shape services for the future while supporting and developing the people who deliver them every day.
As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team.”
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Our values are: “Caring, safe, and excellent.”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants, and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Louise Toler
- Job title: Head of Service
- Email address: louise.toler@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07500 974443
Senior Matron LTNS
- Name: Gabbie Parham
- Email address: Gabrielle.Parham@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Senior AHP Clinical Lead
- Name: Sarah Hamblin
- Email address: Sarah.Hamblin@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
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