Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Service Manager- Rehabilitation and Therapies

The closing date is 08 June 2025

Job summary

The Rehabilitation and Therapies team at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital is seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and dynamic Service Manager to work across the directorate on different sites - Royal Brompton, Harefield & St Thomas sites. This is an exciting time to join the directorate as we transform our pathways within the Heart, Lung and Critical Care Clinical Group which is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Our directorate is committed to clinical transformation and innovation and the successful applicant will have multiple opportunities to drive changes.

The role will be 37.5 hours a week and will involve managing the A&C team, as well supporting the Therapy Leads and the DMT.

You will be an individual with an excellent track-record in operational management, combined with the commitment and leadership skills to support delivery of an ambitious and exciting vision for our service.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills, a commitment to patient care and performance delivery along with extensive administration assurance and workforce management experience.

This is an excellent opportunity for those looking at furthering their operational experience. You will be highly collaborative, systematic and rigorous in your approach, with a high level of emotional intelligence.

A strong track-record of successful delivery is essential as is a passionate desire to make a difference and improve the service.

If you believe you have the skills, enthusiasm and ambition to join our team we would love to hear from you!

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 25,000 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Date posted

30 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum inc HCA (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

196-COF10763-Y

Job locations

Royal Brompton & Harefield sites

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Operational performance management
Management and leadership
Quality, risk and governance
Budget management
Strategy, change and service improvement

Job description

Job responsibilities

Operational performance management
Management and leadership
Quality, risk and governance
Budget management
Strategy, change and service improvement

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
Evidence of recent continuing professional development

Desirable

Understanding of lean methodology.

Experience

Essential

Operational experience in managing specific services including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multi-professional environment
Experience of managing complex budgets from a range of income sources and demonstrable evidence of individual, team, financial, process and change management

Desirable

Knowledge and understanding of the changing NHS environment.

Skills

Essential

Knowledge of operations and / or project management methodologies and techniques
Effective people and project management skills
Use analytical and judgement skills including understanding and application of complex statistical and numerical data
Work flexibly and prioritise in response to changing demands and requirements
Excellent interpersonal, communication (written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
Evidence of recent continuing professional development

Desirable

Understanding of lean methodology.

Experience

Essential

Operational experience in managing specific services including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multi-professional environment
Experience of managing complex budgets from a range of income sources and demonstrable evidence of individual, team, financial, process and change management

Desirable

Knowledge and understanding of the changing NHS environment.

Skills

Essential

Knowledge of operations and / or project management methodologies and techniques
Effective people and project management skills
Use analytical and judgement skills including understanding and application of complex statistical and numerical data
Work flexibly and prioritise in response to changing demands and requirements
Excellent interpersonal, communication (written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Brompton & Harefield sites

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Brompton & Harefield sites

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)