Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Skills
Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively.
- Skills
Appreciation of the specific communication and leadership challenges for statutory providers in working with the voluntary sector and other community leaders
- Skills
Analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner.
- Skills
Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
- Skills
Developed critical thinking skills
- Skills
Developed ability to influence others.
- Skills
Ability to demonstrate a high level of leadership
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Commitment to self-directed learning and development.
- Skills
Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Skills
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues
- Knowledge
Must understand the background and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this for RDaSH.
- Knowledge
An appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care, the ICB and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Experience
Experience as a manager in a care setting
- Experience
Experience of leading a team
- Experience
Experience of financial and substantial change management.
- Experience
Recent demonstrable success in influencing and contributing to successful service redesign
- Experience
Experience of developing effective team working with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience
Experience of exercising effective, results orientated leadership
- Experience
Demonstrable evidence of sound financial planning and HR management.
- Qualifications
Educated to degree level or equivalent
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
- Skills
Demonstrates sound judgement decision making, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- Skills
Well developed ability to draft and write persuasively for a range of audiences, both internal and external.
- Skills
Understanding of community based asset development and working in collaboration with non statutory partners.
- Qualifications
Post-qualification specialist training in relevant subject.
Job overview
In Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) we are a little bit different and working hard to change to be a community powered NHS organisation. As an organisation, we strive to deliver high-quality, person-centred services, ensuring that everyone accessing support receives the right care at the right time.
We are looking for a Service Manager to shape the future and lead the delivery of our Learning Disabilities and Forensics Directorate. This is a diverse portfolio of services which span across the organisational footprint of Doncaster, Rotherham and North Lincolnshire.
As Service Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our portfolio of services are delivered in line with strategic direction whilst ensuring alignment with our organisational vision and priorities.
This role offers the opportunity to shape service delivery, to ensure that individuals receive the highest standard of care and support.
For further information or an informal conversation regarding this job please contact Sally Brice, Deputy Care Group Director.
Main duties of the job
The Service Manager is responsible for ensuring the day-to-day delivery of designated clinical services and ensuring that those teams are performing in terms of patient outcomes, metrics, measures and targets.
They are also accountable for making sure that the Trust’s strategy is executed locally and that standards of safety are maintained at all times.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care that is consistent with the values of the organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Service Manager with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Doncaster, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Service manager role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Nov 2026.
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