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Job requirements
Essential
4 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Data analysis and reporting/presentation, managing competing priorities and pressure, effectively leading meetings, task groups, problem solving
- Knowledge
Ability to understand and solve complex problems, how to evaluate and improve service quality, leadership theory
- Experience
Recognised management qualification, CPD evidence, operational management experience, and leading change
- Qualifications
Recognised management qualification
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Clinical governance expertise, writing and presenting business cases/ case for change, advanced MS office skills
- Experience
Degree (completed or working towards), large team management
- Qualifications
Degree (completed or working towards)
Job overview
Barts Health NHS Trust & its Respiratory services invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join the management team. The role is based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital but manages the Respiratory Service at the Royal London, Mile End and St Bartholomew’s.
St Bartholomew’s Hospital houses the Specialist Respiratory Medicine service including the NHSE specially commissioned services for CF, Home Ventilation & Difficult Asthma. There are 22 inpatient beds across two wards including 10 negative pressure rooms. There is an integrated respiratory function unit, a Respiratory day case unit, bronchoscopy suite & an Asthma & Allergy day case unit. There is also a specialist Respiratory Intensive Care Unit which includes an ECMO service. There is close collaboration with Cardiothoracic surgery and the Barts Heart & Cancer Centres. The outpatient department runs more than a dozen separate Respiratory clinics including Severe Asthma, CF, Bronchiectasis, Sleep & Ventilation, Allergy, Lung Cancer, Cough & Breathlessness, Interstitial Lung disease and COPD.
Interview date is 30/11/2026
Main duties of the job
The applicant responding to this advert will be responsible for ensuring that Respiratory is run efficiently and effectively. The postholder will be responsible for a large administrative team across the 3 sites and will take the lead on specific modernisation projects and will also be operationally responsible for directly reporting staff and their performance.
The service manager is responsible for all aspects of Respiratory. Key aims
- 1 Provide timely, efficient, and effective operational service management support for relevant services within Respiratory assisting the Clinical Director, Lead Clinicians and General Manager to ensure that these services are responsive, innovative and provided to the highest possible clinical and performance standards. 2 Lead on ensuring that all performance/quality targets are met. 3 Problem solve as appropriate, and develop and implement lasting solutions in conjunction with clinical colleagues. 4 To be a key member of the Senior Management Team, taking full responsibility for actions and for keeping other team members fully informed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
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This advert is for Service Manager Respiratory Medicine with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Service manager role. The advertised salary is £66274.00 to £73496.00. The contract type is 12 months (Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months). The application deadline is 30 Oct 2026.
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