Job summary
- Main area
- Community Services
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-SP-EMF18334
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Milford Hospital
- Town
- Godalming
- Salary
- £39,205 - £47,084 pro rata per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/05/2025
Employer heading
Assistant Specialty Manager
6
Job overview
Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership career within the NHS? Do you want to play a pivotal role in the management and development of services that are shaping the future of community-based care?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Specialty Manager (ASM) to join our Integrated Frailty Services team at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. This is a fantastic opportunity to progress your career in operational management, working at the forefront of NHS service transformation.
Why Join Us?
• Take on a key leadership role with real responsibility and career development potential.
• Build skills in service management, workforce planning, data analysis, and performance reporting.
• Contribute to the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care across hospital and community settings.
• Be part of an ambitious team leading change and innovation in frailty care.
Main duties of the job
About the Role
As an Assistant Specialty Manager, you will work closely with the Integrated Frailty Leadership Team to support the effective operational management of our frailty services, which include:
• Single Point of Access
• Hospital at Home
• Urgent Community Response
• Frailty Same Day Emergency Care
• Milford Integrated Care Hub
This is a varied and rewarding leadership role where you will:
✔ Oversee the day-to-day operations of services, ensuring safe and efficient delivery.
✔ Analyse and report on service data to monitor performance and identify areas for improvement.
✔ Support workforce management, including recruitment processes and staffing plans.
✔ Drive service improvement initiatives, contributing to the ongoing transformation of care for older people.
✔ Build effective relationships with clinical teams, stakeholders, and senior managers.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined 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) have 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 Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Who Should Apply?
We are looking for candidates who:
✅ Have experience in service or operational management, ideally within a healthcare setting.
✅ Are committed to continuous improvement and service transformation.
✅ Possess strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
✅ Have the ability to work collaboratively across clinical and operational teams.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about improving patient care and wants to progress their career in NHS operational leadership.
What We Offer
🌟 A permanent leadership role within an evolving, supportive team.
🌟 Opportunities for ongoing professional development and career progression.
🌟 The chance to be part of an innovative service improving outcomes for people living with frailty.
🌟 A dynamic working environment, bridging hospital and community care.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or demonstrable equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable operational management experience within the NHS
- Knowledge of hospital at home and urgent community response service requirements as outlined by the DOH
- Knowledge of running reports from clinical EPR
- Knowledge & understanding of waiting lists
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of project management to facilitate service change
- Knowledge of NHS Data Protection legislation, Information Governance, Caldicott guidance
- Experience of managing /developing teams
- Evidence of comprehension of managing budgets
- Detailed knowledge of the service requirements & currently issues within the department
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Bull
- Job title
- Senior Lead for Integrated Frailty Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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