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Assistant Service Manager

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Smethwick, B66 2QTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

26 November 2026

11 days left

Job description

Are you an organised, proactive problem-solver with a passion for supporting clinical teams? We're looking for an Assistant Service Manager to join ou...

To manage and work with the Rota Co-ordinators to ensure rotas are created and distributed to specific deadlines. To liaise with other stakeholders and attend regular planning meetings.

To manage the day-to-day running of the medical staffing rotas for the Emergency Department, Acute Medicine and Medicine on call areas.

To line manage the Rota Team, ensuring that key performance targets are met.

To deputise for the Service Manager where required and attend regular update meetings with clinical colleagues to ensure weekly monitoring and forward planning to ensure rotas are covered to meet core staffing requirements.

To deputise for the Service Manager to ensure safe staffing levels for ward areas.

To be the point of contact for escalations and to assist with problem solving where required.

To work with the Service Manager to ensure that financial expenditure and cost improvements are monitored in relation to reducing medical locum expenditure and suggesting the most cost effective ways to ensure safe staffing.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Management Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable management experience in the NHS with, responsibility for operational matters, including, staff management, budgetary responsibility, and performance targets
  • Degree or management qualification or willingness to work towards
  • Able to demonstrate a high level of communication skills.

Desirable: - Understanding of budgetary management.

Rota Management

Essential: - Experience of Rota Management for Medical Staff or similar

Problem Solving

Essential: - Demonstrate evidence of problem solving

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

12 November 2026

Last checked

15 November 2026

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About the employer

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Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

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