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Service Manager - Colorectal Surgery

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for more detailed information relating to the duties and responsibilities for this role.

Person specification

Training/qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Post graduate (or equivalent) business or management qualification or significant experience in a management role with well-developed management skills

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Experience within the healthcare sector at a management level.
  • Evidence of having achieved challenging healthcare/business targets
  • High level of computer literacy, including good knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of the line managing staff and human resource management, including management of sickness and performance
  • Experience of managing healthcare resources

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria

  • Good communication skills, written and oral
  • Ability to lead successful teams
  • Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
  • Ability to present complex data
  • Negotiating skills
  • Ability to manage conflict

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria

  • Excellent problem solving skills using team when appropriate
  • Business & Patient focused
  • Information focused
  • Sensitive to clinical and political demands
  • Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria

  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Record of effective pro-active performance management

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

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Service Manager - Colorectal Surgery

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS
Nottingham, UK
Full-Time

Published on 16/05/2026

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