# Band 6 Assistant Service Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-assistant-service-manager/4aabec9d-c9f9-4065-a9ae-5a29de785448 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-assistant-service-manager/4aabec9d-c9f9-4065-a9ae-5a29de785448.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Barnet General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Service manager - **Salary:** £45953.00 to £54254.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-05T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-21T13:49:16.847Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8235287 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8235287?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The postholder will provide comprehensive managerial, operational and administrative support to the Service Manager and General Manager, ensuring that key performance, quality and financial objectives are achieved and that services are developed in line with divisional business plans. The role will support the day-to-day management of Maternity, Obstetric and Neonatal Services, contributing to performance monitoring, workforce management, service improvement initiatives, governance processes and the delivery of high-quality patient care. The postholder will be responsible for coordinating and maintaining medical staffing rotas, including processing locum requests, authorising and submitting timesheets for payment, updating HealthRoster with sickness absence, annual leave and study leave. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide operational management support across the service, including the supervision and management of administrative staff, ensuring completion of appraisals and compliance with mandatory training requirements. Working closely with the Service Manager and Assistant General Manager, they will support performance management arrangements, ensuring robust processes are in place to monitor and achieve agreed service targets. The role will involve resolving day-to-day operational issues, reallocating workloads to meet changing service demands, supporting governance activities including audits, complaints, incidents, risk management and health and safety, and contributing to the monitoring of budgets and service performance. In addition, the post holder will represent the service at meetings as required, oversee medical staffing administration processes including locum requests and timesheet approvals, maintain Health Roster records, manage leave and sickness reporting, and ensure rota information is accurate and up to date to support safe and effective service delivery. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of staff management and leading a team - Introducing new ways of working ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of national NHS policy and targets - Good communication and interpersonal, including oral and written skills, chairing team meetings, writing reports - Competent in the use of Microsoft office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook - Skilled in using an EPR system - Numerate with good analytical skills/ ability to understand and produce information to use in problem solving ### Royal Free World Class Values **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values ### Aptitude, personal characteristics **Essential** - Well organised and practical with a logical, analytical approach to work. - Pays careful attention to detail. - Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment. - Flexible, collaborative and a team player - Ability to work on own in pursuit of team objectives - Positive and motivated ### Education & professional Qualifications **Essential** - First degree in a related field or equivalent experience - Evidence of continuing personal development **Desirable** - Management qualification or equivalent experience ## Documents - [fr (pdf, 98.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10630829) - [band 6 assistant service manager jd (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10625870) - [band 6 assistant service manager person spec (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10625871) - [corporate, admin & clerical, other - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 646.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2753) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.