Service Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Service Manager to join the Medicine and Emergency Care team at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. The role involves supporting the operational priorities of Stroke and Neurology Specialties, focusing on service recovery and improvement. You will be responsible for ensuring high-quality, efficient services, managing budgets, and achieving performance targets. The position requires strong leadership, operational management experience, and a proven track record in delivering results within a complex acute healthcare environment.
Essential criteria
- Management experience in the NHS with responsibility for operational matters including staff management, budgetary responsibility, performance targets, waiting list management, discharge arrangements.
- Proven experience of service development.
- Proven experience of change management ability
- Experience of leading projects.
Desirable criteria
- Development / implementation of Governance systems and procedures
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Management qualification, MBA or equivalent. or working towards
- Microsoft Office profficient to a high standard
- Training expertise
- ECDL or equivalent
- Management experience in the NHS with responsibility for operational matters including staff management, budgetary responsibility, performance targets, waiting list management, discharge arrangements.
- Proven experience of service development.
- Proven experience of change management ability
- Experience of leading projects.
- Development / implementation of Governance systems and procedures
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Management qualification, MBA or equivalent. or working towards
- Microsoft Office profficient to a high standard
- Training expertise
- ECDL or equivalent
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Service Manager
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
Come and join us at the new Midland Metropoliton Univerity Hospital!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Service Manager for Medicine and Emergency Care to join our existing team of motivated and innovative staff within the Group at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
You will need to demonstrate experience of successful operational management, knowledge of clinical services, possess strong leadership skills, and have a proven track record of delivering results.
You must have current/recent experience working with clinical and operational teams in a large complex acute health care environment with evidence of delivering quality and safety improvement and ensuring there is a strong governance framework supporting safe clinical practice.
Main duties of the job
This will be a dynamic role to support the operational priorities of the Stroke and Neurology Specialties, while we work through the recovery of our services following the successful transition to the new state of the art Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.
- To ensure the provision and delivery of high quality efficient and effective services within the areas of responsibility.
- In conjunction with clinical and managerial colleagues work to identify and develop op
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