Assistant Service Manager Band 6 General Surgery
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, hard-working candidate to work closely with the General Surgery Service Manager within the Surgery Division covering a secondment for 12 months.
You will be responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of patient care. The post-holder will be expected to identify and implement initiatives to improve services, with delegated responsibility from the Service Manager, and lead designated projects to ensure key performance targets (clinical, operational and financial) are met.
The post holder will manage the Patient Pathway Coordinators and Assistants. The post holder will work closely with the Clinical and Nursing Leads to ensure a high standard of patient care is delivered within the Directorate.
This post includes cross site working with the expectation that the hours will be worked flexibly over 5 days to support the POD teams from the hours of 08.00 - 17.00.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Oct 2025
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