# Care Group Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/care-group-manager/7e3fcb4d-ccd3-48f8-98fd-f375aa70139d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/care-group-manager/7e3fcb4d-ccd3-48f8-98fd-f375aa70139d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southampton General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 Per Annum, Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-07T09:55:51.879Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8348563 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8348563?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for detailed job description of the role. Job Title: Care Group Manager Contract: Permanent ### Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity to join our team Clinical Support Services is a large and diverse care group incorporating Therapies, Pharmacy, Dietetics & SLT, Audiology, Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering. The teams within the care group are integral to the running of multiple and varied services across every part of the organisation and in the wider community. This brings with it opportunities and challenges, and as Care Group Manager you will be working alongside highly skilled, engaged and forward-thinking professionals to support the delivery of quality, responsive care to our patients. The organisation-wide reach of this care group means that strong relationships and stakeholder engagement are particularly important in this role, as is supporting an organisation-wide culture that ensures the voices and perspectives of all healthcare professionals are represented and valued. We welcome applications from people interested in working part-time or full-time (this role has previously been undertaken successfully by a part-time CGM). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities A detailed job description and person specification is attached - Please see attached documents What you’ll do - Oversee the operational delivery of all services in your care group to ensure safe care and effective use of all resources. - Operational management responsibility for a wide group of internal and external stakeholders including specialty lead clinicians, matrons, operational managers within the care group - and across the Trust. - You will demonstrate your ability to manage a range of challenges from project delivery to policy and finance to working across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, keeping the patient at the heart of all that we do. - Lead on service and Trust wide transformation projects and support the strategic development of services to ensure alignment to our Trust values. What we’re looking for - Compassionate leaders who can bring a track record of success in a complex, multi-site, patient-facing senior operational delivery and management position, with an ability to maximise the opportunities available within a rapidly changing healthcare community. - Proven experience in delivering operational excellence in a hospital setting and a track record of transforming the way services are delivered, whilst delivering financial efficiencies. - A supportive manager who can engage, empower, and support career growth in your teams. - What’s key is that you listen, are patient and resilient and are passionate about our values: Patients First Working Together, Always Improving We are a dynamic and fast paced environment which is always evolving, improving and encouraging innovation. At UHS we are committed to your career development and offer a supportive, flexible, and collaborative working environment. We are looking for collaborative and compassionate leader who is keen to challenge and develop their senior operations skills and experience with us. The role of CGM is an excellent platform in which to lead the success of our key clinical services in Southampton and across the region and to develop your senior operational leadership career. This care group role requires someone with an eye for detail, a good level of financial acumen and the ability to lead complex discussions to an end goal. Should you wish to have an informative conversation or visit please do contact via the details below. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant experience of working in an acute healthcare or equivalent setting in a senior operational delivery/ management position - Evidence of presenting complex information to internal and external groups in an understandable way - Evidence of successful management and engagement to successfully deliver complex change - Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines, and projects from initiation to completion - Ability to analyse and interpret complex data, to facilitate operational delivery decisions to support KPIs ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent experience - Evidence of post qualification study/ professional development to master’s level or equivalent management experience ### Specialist Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrable knowledge of National and Local NHS; including national standards **Desirable** - Understanding of a specialist area - Knowledge of Patient and Public Involvement Programme ## Documents - [job description & person specification (pdf, 200.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10673710) ## 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.