Senior System Coordination Centre Manager

Company: National Health Service
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Location: Ely
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will lead and coordinate the System Coordination Centre to convert a dynamic operational picture into coordinated action that safeguards patient care. You’ll unite Trusts and partners to understand pressures, remove barriers to patient flow and implement practical responses. You’ll balance day-to-day pressures with forecasting and learning to strengthen preparedness. The role is home-based with travel to sites, and offers variety through shift patterns across a seven-day service.

Pay / Benefits

  • Flexible working options
  • Home or remote working
  • Carer-friendly environment
  • Inclusive workplace
  • Wellbeing support (as part of organisational culture)
  • Disability Confident Employer

Responsibilities

  • Build the operational picture with real-time capacity, demand and flow data
  • Lead operational discussions, set clear actions with partners and ensure delivery
  • Coordinate responses to surge and incidents, escalating to decision-makers
  • Connect hospital, ambulance, community and wider partners to improve patient flow
  • Contribute to winter and surge planning using trends and forecasting
  • Provide accurate situation reports and briefings for senior leaders and NHS England
  • Drive SCC process improvements and expand use of digital tools and data analytics
  • Act as primary contact for operational coordination across the ICS and support operational planning

Key requirements

  • Degree or equivalent experience in health and care systems (essential)
  • Extensive senior management experience in a complex organisation
  • Strong relationship-building and跨-organisational collaboration skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and influencing abilities
  • Analytical ability to interpret data and translate insights into action
  • Ability to work at pace, remain calm under pressure and prioritise multiple demands
  • Teamwork demonstrated under pressure with cross-organisational collaboration
  • Relationship-building
  • Influencing without authority
  • Calm under pressure
  • Data analytics
  • Forecasting
  • Use of digital tools

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Posted: October 16th, 2026