# Service Manager Respiratory Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/service-manager-respiratory-medicine/f5816b71-dcee-410b-9096-b0e946472243 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/service-manager-respiratory-medicine/f5816b71-dcee-410b-9096-b0e946472243.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Service manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66274.00 to £73496.00 - **Contract type:** 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) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T12:24:24.188Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8373817 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8373817?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Data analysis and reporting/presentation, managing competing priorities and pressure, effectively leading meetings, task groups, problem solving **Desirable** - Clinical governance expertise, writing and presenting business cases/ case for change, advanced MS office skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to understand and solve complex problems, how to evaluate and improve service quality, leadership theory ### Experience **Essential** - Recognised management qualification, CPD evidence, operational management experience, and leading change **Desirable** - Degree (completed or working towards), large team management ### Qualifications **Essential** - Recognised management qualification **Desirable** - Degree (completed or working towards) ## Documents - [service manager - res (pdf, 597.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10701851) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## 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.