Band 6 Assistant Service Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role provides comprehensive managerial, operational, and administrative support to the Service Manager and General Manager within Maternity, Obstetric, and Neonatal Services. The postholder will ensure key performance, quality, and financial objectives are met, contributing to service development and high-quality patient care. Responsibilities include coordinating medical staffing rotas, processing locum requests, and managing timesheets. The role also involves supporting performance monitoring, workforce management, and service improvement initiatives.
Key responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive managerial, operational and administrative support to the Service Manager and General Manager.
- Ensure key performance, quality and financial objectives are achieved and services are developed in line with divisional business plans.
- Support the day-to-day management of Maternity, Obstetric and Neonatal Services, contributing to performance monitoring, workforce management, service improvement initiatives, governance processes and the delivery of high-quality patient care.
- Coordinate and maintain medical staffing rotas, including processing locum requests, authorising and submitting timesheets for payment.
- Update HealthRoster with sickness absence, annual leave and study leave.
- Supervise and manage administrative staff, ensuring completion of appraisals and compliance with mandatory training requirements.
Essential criteria
- First degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing personal development
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
- Experience of staff management and leading a team
- Introducing new ways of working
- Understanding of national NHS policy and targets
- Good communication and interpersonal, including oral and written skills, chairing team meetings, writing reports
- Competent in the use of Microsoft office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
- Skilled in using an EPR system
- Numerate with good analytical skills/ ability to understand and produce information to use in problem solving
- Well organised and practical with a logical, analytical approach to work.
- Pays careful attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment.
- Flexible, collaborative and a team player
- Ability to work on own in pursuit of team objectives
- Positive and motivated
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Assistant Service Manager
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
The postholder will provide comprehensive managerial, operational and administrative support to the Service Manager and General Manager, ensuring that key performance, quality and financial objectives are achieved and that services are developed in line with divisional business plans. The role will support the day-to-day management of Maternity, Obstetric and Neonatal Services, contributing to performance monitoring, workforce management, service improvement initiatives, governance processes and the delivery of high-quality patient care.
The postholder will be responsible for coordinating and maintaining medical staffing rotas, including processing locum requests, authorising and submitting timesheets for payment, updating HealthRoster with sickness absence, annual leave and study leave.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide operational management support across the service, including the supervision and management of administrative staff, ensuring completion of appraisals and compliance with mandatory training requirements. Working closely with the Service Manager and Assistant General Manager, they will support performance management arrangements, ensuring robust processes are in place to monitor and achieve agreed service ta
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