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Specialty Manager - Medical Division
The closing date is 14 April 2026
A rare and exciting opportunity to make a real impact We are delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our Medical Division as a Speciality Manager, playing a key role in driving high-quality patient care and operational excellence.
About the Role As a Speciality Manager, you will work at the heart of a dynamic speciality triumvirate, collaborating closely with clinical leads, matrons, and colleagues across the medicine management team. You'll use data and insight to shape services, support performance, and continually improve patient outcomes.
This is a fast-paced and rewarding role where no two days are the same. You'll balance operational delivery, performance standards, financial oversight, and quality improvement--contributing directly to the smooth running and future development of medical specialties.
About You This role will suit someone who:
* Thrives under pressure and enjoys working at pace to maintain high operational and clinical standards
* Is motivated by performance targets, ensuring quality, financial and operational objectives are met
* Is adaptable and solutions-focused, with strong communication and relationship-building skills
* Has experience in medical specialties (advantageous but not essential); understanding their challenges is beneficial
If you're driven, resilient, and passionate about making services better for patients and staff, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will work together within a specialty triumvirate and support the day to day running of their specialty.
This will involve staffing, operational performance, managing a budget, staff appraisals and supporting quality patient care.
There will be a focus on continuous improvement supporting good patient outcomes and staff well being.
About us
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for detailed description of the main responsibilities of the role.
What We Offer
A friendly, supportive, and vibrant team that genuinely values wellbeing
Bespoke training and professional development tailored to your career goals
Opportunities to contribute to innovative service improvements within a forwardthinking division.
Interested?
We warmly welcome informal conversations and visits. Come and meet the team, see how we work, and find out whether this could be your next career move. Contact details are provided below.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Record of continuous professional development
* Achievements in implementing service change and modernising service delivery
* Experience of staff management and acting on HR policies
Skills
* Numerate and computer literate, including the ability to use information systems for analysis and planning, particularly for demand and capacity issues
* Strong influencing skills to enable the delivery of changes, including challenging clinical practice & performance
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.
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
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