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Specialty Business Manager - Surgery

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Preston, PR2 9HTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

4 November 2026

12 days left

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a range of exciting and progressive clinical services in a large, acute provider. The H&N Specialty Busin...

Your role is to lead and manage the patient pathways within the Specialty Business Units (SBUs), ensuring that available resources are utilised effectively and efficiently to deliver services that meet the highest standards of quality, best practice, and performance targets.

You will oversee a dedicated and diverse team comprising a Specialty Business Manager, a Senior Performance Manager, three Clinical Support Managers, a rota coordinator, two patient pathway coordinators, MDT coordinators, medical secretaries, and administrative assistants. Collaboration is key -- from a clinical standpoint, you will work closely and seamlessly with the Clinical Directors and Matrons of each speciality to drive continuous improvement and deliver exceptional patient care.

You will foster a dynamic culture that encourages initiative, promotes both individual and team responsibility, and supports open and honest communication across all levels.

You will provide effective and supportive line management, empowering your team to perform at their best and develop their skills.

You will take ownership of managing the Directorates budget and finances, ensuring that resources are used efficiently and aligned with organisational priorities.

You will manage your own workload thoughtfully and proactively to ensure that you are consistently able to support and enable others within the team.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Qualifications and Education

Essential

  • Diploma in NHS Management, Degree (or equivalent clinical qualification) or equivalent experience.
  • Appropriate professional management qualification
  • Participation in continuing professional development to improve and update specialist knowledge

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience of operational management in NHS
  • Detailed understanding and experience of the operation of acute hospital services and performance targets
  • Experience of managing a budget.
  • Experience of successful project management.

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

NHS Jobs

First seen

21 October 2026

Last checked

23 October 2026

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About the employer

LTH
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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