Specialty Manager - Surgical Division

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Brookwood; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Specialty Manager for the Surgical Division. This role involves overseeing day-to-day operations, ensuring high-quality patient services, and leading service transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have experience in a healthcare setting and strong leadership abilities. Join a team that values compassion and collaboration in providing exceptional care.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Commitment to professional development

Investment in physical environment and new equipment

Qualifications

• Experience in operational management within a surgical or healthcare setting.
• Strong leadership skills to oversee clinical services.
• Ability to coordinate activities across departments.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational management of the Surgical Division.
• Lead service transformation and networked working.
• Ensure high-quality patient services are delivered.

Job description

Overview

Specialty Manager – Surgical Division

Contract Type: 1.0 wte permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Royal Surrey is looking a new Specialty Manager to join the Trust and work within the Surgery Division supporting our surgical specialties.

This Specialty Manager post is a key position within the Division's management structure, responsible for providing day-to-day operational management and support, in addition to jointly leading with clinical leads a large amount of service transformation and networked working with other local district general and teaching hospitals.

The Specialty Manager is jointly responsible with the Clinical Director and Matron for the effective strategic and operational management of the Strategic Business Unit's (SBU), ensuring the delivery of high quality patient services.

The Specialty Manager with the Clinical Director and Matron will provide overall leadership and direction to the specialties and services they oversee.

The post-holder will co-ordinate the activities of the SBU (alongside the managers and matrons of the other departments), as well as working with allied health professional teams that support patients, thereby ensuring seamless clinical services are provided.

Additional Information

Interview to be held 11th November 2025.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jonathan Durham Job title: Head of Service for Surgery Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01483 571122