Management Careers
Last updated: 22 April 2021
Management Careers
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) is looking to the future, and we need some innovative and motivated leaders to help us to keep pushing forward, focused on quality and continuous improvement.
Here at Portsmouth, we have a vision for how we want our hospital to be for everyone that visits and works here, and our Management Team play an integral role in helping us to deliver this vision – drivers of change to ensure we succeed.
With a wide range of management careers within a variety of sectors, we are confident that we have the perfect role for those who want to continue on their management and leadership journey.
Some of the areas we recruit to are:
- Clinical Management - who head up departments and ensure that our patients get the best possible treatment and care
- Estate Management - make sure the hospitals are the safest and best possible places to be for patients, staff and visitors
- Finance Management - ensure that our frontlinestaff have the resources to be able to deliver the treatment and care our patients need
- HR Management - provide support to our frontlinestaff so they can maintain a high standard of patient care
- Operational Management - through successful planning and delivery of services and resources, our operational managers ensure we can provide effective patient care
For more information regarding joining our team, please submit a form through the ‘Contact us’ page or contact the Human Resources team, who are more than happy to help, on 02392 286577 or email hr.inbox@porthosp.nhs.uk.
My story
George Perry
Graduate Trainee Manager, QA Hospital Stoke and OPM Care Group
What made you become a Graduate Trainee Manager? - It’s a national programme that was encouraging those with a clinical background, I am a trained nurse who worked in ITU, and I was always very interested in management especially supporting staff and what happens at a higher level of a hospital and how decisions were made.
How did you become a Graduate Trainee Manager? As mentioned it is a national programme, it’s for the NHS to grow leaders of the future anyone from any background can apply and they now have 2 yearly intakes all the information is here: https://www.nhsgraduates.co.uk/the-scheme/ You have to apply online then there is a series of online tests, written job application, online interview and then a full assessment day
What do you do on a day to day basis? A range of roles across the care group. As part of the course there is Masters level academic work to be completed as well. Things I have worked on since being here: Bronze patient flow role, Stroke projects with the IOW, OPM projects with external support from the Acute Frailty Network, supporting the Matron team. It’s mainly about saying yes to things and being willing to learn and be involved.
Why did you choose PHU? I didn’t choose PHU as I was assigned my placement however I have worked here clinically as a Nurse. There is a lot of exciting things happening including the IOW partnership, modular build and ED rebuild. We look after a large varied population and who doesn’t want to live on the south coast.
What do you enjoy about being a Graduate Trainee Manager? The opportunities to learn on the job and also you can get involved in exciting new projects.
Career plans and advice - Say yes to things, be willing to be out of your comfort zone and no one to say help! Hopefully I will continue to progress I will continue to try new things and see where it takes me.