Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented operational manager to join the Women and Children’s Division as a Specialty Manager with a focus on the Paediatrics SBU.
Utilising your exceptional leadership skills, the successful applicant will work alongside the Matrons, Clinical Directors and Associate Director of Operations to ensure the Trust’s and the Division’s operational objectives are met and that services run safely, effectively and efficiently.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering effective operational management in a clinical environment. They will also require outstanding communication and leadership skills. In return the team will provide a supportive environment in which to work that has a strong team ethic, a focus on personal and professional development, and a collective desire to deliver excellent standards of care to patients.
Main duties of the job
The Specialty Manager is jointly responsible with the Clinical Director and Matron for the effective strategic and operational management of the specialty business unit/s, ensuring the delivery of high quality patient services within the resources available. The post-holder is responsible for ensuring that all non‑nursing staff in the portfolio are managed in line with the Trust’s employment policies.
The Specialty Manager with the Clinical Director and Matron will provide leadership and direction to the service, taking the lead for developing the strategy in line with the Trust’s overall strategy and transformation programme. This will include playing a key role in identifying opportunities for clinical innovation and modernisation, the delivery of all operational performance targets, waiting list and financial management, bed utilisation and management. Continually improving the quality of services to patients and redesigning services to meet best practice standards, improving efficiency and effectiveness within available resources.
The post-holder will be a leading change agent in the Trust’s transformation programme and will be responsible securing the commitment of all staff in the SBU to organisational change and continuous improvement.
Job responsibilities
Strategic Responsibility
Provide leadership to the SBU, working with clinical colleagues to manage the design and delivery of clinical / non‑clinical services.
Lead the development of the strategic direction in line with the Portfolios and Trusts overall strategy and transformation programme, ensuring that all strategic plans are incorporated into service plans and objectives for all staff.
Develop a culture within the SBU in which all staff are delivering high quality patient‑centred clinical and support services.
Develop short, medium and long‑term objectives, which are turned into effective, affordable and achievable annual service plans for the Portfolio and SBU/s, and deliver these plans within the financial resources available.
Job Details
Date posted: 19 November 2025
Pay Scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,888 to £64,880 a year Pro Rata Per Annum inc. HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full‑time
Reference number: 384‑TM‑EMF19114 B8a‑2
About us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5 000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joint‑up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn’t the Trust’s normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Degree or equivalent professional qualification.
Qualifications Desirable
* Management or Health care related post graduate qualification or equivalent.
Knowledge and Experience Essential
* Service quality and process improvement
* Knowledge of current changes and developments within the NHS
* Knowledge and experience of using change management theory.
* Extensive leadership and management experience in a complex system such as the NHS.
Knowledge and Experience Desirable
* Knowledge and experience of budget management.
* NHS experience of managing a diverse range of staff groups.
* Women & Children’s services knowledge gained within an NHS environment.
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 details
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Surrey Hospital
Egerton Road
Guildford
GU2 7XX
Employer’s website: https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/
Job locations
Royal Surrey Hospital
Egerton Road
Guildford
GU2 7XX
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