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Job summary

Main area
Administrative
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Fixed term: 19 months (Until 30 June 2028)
Hours
Part time - 33.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-8210759
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
Hampstead
Salary
£66,274 - £73,496 per annum pro rata inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/10/2026 08:00

Employer heading

NHS

Band 8a Therapy Services Assistant General Manager

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey. Further guidance can be found in the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.

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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring that its recruitment processes are carried out with integrity, transparency, and fairness for all applicants. To help maintain these standards, we ask candidates to provide accurate and truthful information throughout the recruitment process.

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Job overview

This is an exciting time to join the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing care for more than 1.6 million people each year across our four main hospital sites: the Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and North Middlesex Hospital.

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic and forward-thinking therapist to join the Therapy Services Senior Leadership Team. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading service improvement initiatives, driving innovation, and supporting the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care. They will work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to ensure services are effective, efficient, and aligned with best practice, while maintaining strong professional and clinical governance standards.

Main duties of the job

 

Therapy Services at the Royal Free London has a strong culture of continuous improvement, using quality improvement methodology to enhance patient care and service delivery. We actively support research-informed practice and are at the forefront of workforce innovation. Working alongside an experienced team of clinical leaders and senior managers, the post holder will lead strategic and operational developments that improve patient outcomes, strengthen staff engagement, and promote wellbeing across Therapy Services. The role offers a unique opportunity to influence practice across a large and diverse organisation while gaining valuable experience in operational management, leadership, service transformation and workforce development.

We welcome applications from experienced clinicians with management experience registered in one of the Allied Health Professions represented within Therapy Services, including:

Dietetics
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Podiatry
Speech and Language Therapy

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership, strategic planning and project management skills while working closely with therapy teams across the Trust.

 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

People enjoy working with us because we are values-driven and a person centred trust that cares about the community. We also have a strong commitment to staff wellbeing and development.

For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Relevant AHP degree/ diploma (PT; OT; DT; SaLT; Pod)
  • • Evidence or portfolio of continued development; professional and/or leadership
Desirable criteria
  • • Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration for profession
  • • Demonstrates ability to study at Masters level

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Computer skills with an advanced knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, word and excel
  • • Awareness of current health issues with a breadth of understanding to predict how these will impact on patient services
  • • Project management skills
  • • Able to embrace and lead change
  • • Evidence of effective communication and working with clinicians, multidisciplinary teams and other agencies
  • • Able to document information accurately
  • • Committed to personal and team development
Desirable criteria
  • • Knowledge of QI methodology
  • Experience of project management and ability to work to deadlines

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of current health issues with a breadth of understanding to predict how these will impact on patient services
  • Understanding of national NHS policy and targets
  • Evidence of effective communication and working with clinicians, multidisciplinary teams and other agencies
  • Competent in the use of Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint , Excel, and Outlook
  • Ability to analyse highly complex and sensitive information, from a broad range of sources and producing options appraisal for consideration
  • Committed to personal and team development
  • Able to lead, manage and work as a team member
  • Able to embrace and lead change
  • Able to maintain judgement and make decisions under pressure

Personal qualities and attributes

Essential criteria
  • Well organised and practical with a logical, analytical approach to work.
  • Highly effective interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Punctual and reliable
  • Positive and motivated

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrea Francis
Job title
Head of Therapy Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02078302553
Additional information

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact:

Andrea Francis
Head of Therapy Services
Telephone: 020 7830 2553
Email: [email protected]

 

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