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Business Manager

On-site in Colchester·Full-time·Added today (last checked 12 Nov)

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 a year

About £3,660 - £4,010 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, Colchester
Contract
Full-time
Closing date
Apply by Monday 23 November
Holiday
27 days holiday

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Management/leadership qualification or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Proven experience of working in a management/leadership role
  • Experience of managing, leading and motivating a team
  • Leading service changes to improve performance
  • Leading projects
  • Responsible for a budget and budget setting
  • Identifying and interpreting national policy and implementing required changes
  • Business case development and annual planning, longer term planning

Nice to have

  • Project Management Qualification
  • Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
  • Further relevant training
  • NHS experience

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

The role

Do you have a strong desire to improve performance, finance and service development? Are you financed focused and able meet performance standards whilst working under pressure, independently and make autonomous decisions? If you have an interest in developing your leadership skills, welcoming service development and innovation then we are very interested in hearing from you. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Womens and Childrens division as a Business Manager Band 8a. In this varied and interesting role, you will work closely with our Clinical and Operational Managers to provide operational leadership across business planning, performance improvement, transformation and programme delivery. You will be instrumental in supporting our patients with high quality and cost effective care and support the division in achieving our financial standards. NHS experience is essential, a can do attitude and commercially focused approach is key for this role. The successful candidate will be working across Colchester and Ipswich hospital sites. Proposed interview date 3rd December 2026

What you'll do

To lead on all aspects of operational business planning, service planning, CIP identification, project management and the development and writing of business cases within the division, ensuring they are consistency checked, contain relevant information and have relevant financial information. Support the identification of cost improvement opportunities and administer the quality assurance process and work with the CDGs to put actions in place to realise the opportunity. Work with the CDGs to project manage the implementation of cost improvement and efficiency measures across all areas of the Trust, highlighting delays, issues and risks. Challenge staff at all levels to deliver benefits through committed action and change management.

How you'll work

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description

For further information about this role please contact:

Lois Maskell lois.maskell@esneft.nhs.uk

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on sponsorship we are unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold. Full guidance on sponsorship can be found Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

Notes

Please note that where response levels are exceptional we may close the post before the specified date, therefore early application is recommended.

In line with AfC Terms and Conditions new entrants to NHS will commence on the entry level of the salary

If you require any information in an alternative format or have any access needs for the application process, please contact us.

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.

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Colchester

Essex

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Date posted

12 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Colchester

Essex

United Kingdom

About East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Industry
Health and social care

In their own words

About the company & team

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in the region, employing over 12,000 staff. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester & Ipswich, six community hospitals, clinics and patient's homes. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training. Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of ESNEFTs core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, procedures and in its practices and to foster positive work relationships. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values of Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan and Staff Standards, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

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