Junior Service Manager
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bedford, MK42 9DJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
12 October 2026
14 days leftJob description
We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Band 5 Junior Service Manger to support the Group 9 Service Managers. The post holder will manage and ...
The post holder will be responsible to the Group 9 Service Managers for the delivery and support the following Group functions:
- Support the Service Managers and clinical service lines on a day to day basis.
- Managing and co-ordinating the medical workforce within the Group 9 specialties
- Work alongside the medical staffing team to ensure all level of medical rotas meet service need
- To develop, implement and maintain robust systems and processes for managing the medical workforce within Group 9
- Managing the review and approval of timesheets and extra duty claims
- To work with finance and human resources to regularly reconcile actual to planned expenditure and to ensure accurate payment of medical staff.
- Development and maintenance of action logs for executive service line reviews and service line business meetings
- To be responsible for the day to day co-ordination of the Theatre schedule within the group specialties
- To maintain service delivery timetables to ensure all clinical requirements can be met
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job
Qualifications
Essential: - Educated to degree level or equivalent experience; - Track record of significant continuous professional and management development
Desirable: - Further qualifications demonstrating numeric knowledge
Experience
Essential: - Experience of staff supervision and staff management; - Knowledge of budget management issues; - Experience of managing the delivery of an effective service
Desirable
- Experience of working in an acute NHS Trust
- Evidence of establishing, maintaining and consolidating effective working relationships with clinicians and multidisciplinary teams
Skills
Essential
- High level or work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Demonstrable inter-personal and communications skills, with a track record in writing complex business cases and policies
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
- Passion for supporting the delivery of high quality healthcare
Knowledge
Essential
- Leadership and influencing skills
- High level of verbal and written skills
- Highly motivated and ability to work independently
- Ability to respond to changing demands
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and written communication skills
Desirable: - Proficiency in use of Health Roster, iPM, ICE, Viper, Extramed and MediViewer
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
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First seen
28 September 2026
Last checked
28 September 2026
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