Job overview

Speciality Manager – Medical Division 

A rare and exciting opportunity to make a real impact
We are delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our Medical Division as a Speciality Manager, playing a key role in driving high‑quality patient care and operational excellence.

About the Role
As a Speciality Manager, you will work at the heart of a dynamic speciality triumvirate, collaborating closely with clinical leads, matrons, and colleagues across the medicine management team. You’ll use data and insight to shape services, support performance, and continually improve patient outcomes.

This is a fast‑paced and rewarding role where no two days are the same. You’ll balance operational delivery, performance standards, financial oversight, and quality improvement—contributing directly to the smooth running and future development of medical specialties.

About You
This role will suit someone who:

Thrives under pressure and enjoys working at pace to maintain high operational and clinical standards
Is motivated by performance targets, ensuring quality, financial and operational objectives are met
Is adaptable and solutions‑focused, with strong communication and relationship‑building skills
Has experience in medical specialties (advantageous but not essential); understanding their challenges is beneficial

If you’re driven, resilient, and passionate about making services better for patients and staff, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you  will work together within a specialty triumvirate and support the day to day running of their specialty.

This will involve staffing, operational performance, managing a budget, staff appraisals and supporting quality patient care.

There will be a focus on continuous improvement supporting good patient outcomes and staff well being. 

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be  in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.