Adult Therapies Specialty Manager - Medicine

Are you in a junior management role and interested in a new opportunity to enhance your leadership and operational skills and experience.....?

.....then this exciting new opportunity within the Adult Therapy services is right up your street!

After the extremely successful fixed term trial of this role we are now in the hugely exciting position to recruit into the role on a permanent basis having undertaken a skill mix review to create a permanent a non-clinical Specialty Manager role to support the Medicine Therapy services across Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospital.

Candidates should be able to work independently, self motivate and represent therapy services at a management level.

Main duties of the job

The Medicine Adult Therapy Specialty Manager will work closely with the Medicine Divisional Lead, Pathway Leads and Clinical Specialists to provide robust operational and clinical leadership for a large workforce of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Technicians across Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospital.

Reporting to the Adult Therapy Divisional Lead for Medicine, the postholder will work collaboratively with the Pathway Leads for Medicine at Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospital sites to be the first point of contact for operational management and leadership for the Adult Therapy Services in Medicine.

The postholder will be a key, highly visible, management link between the services and the Adult Therapies Senior Management Team, supporting them to deliver high-quality patient-centred care.

The post holder will be required to work across BRI and WGH.

About us

Details

Date posted

05 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

387-DT2624-LMH

Job locations

Bristol Royal Infirmary/Weston General hospital

Upper Maudlin Street / Grange Road

Bristol / Weston-super-Mare

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people and to build credibility quickly
• Proven ability to analyse and resolve complex issues
• Ability to manage a post that will change and develop to meet the needs of the service
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to produce analytical reports
• Ability to manage, motivate and develop people
• Significant and demonstrable knowledge of managing service(s) against national performance targets
• Knowledge of current NHS issues; including NHS Plan, performance targets and Foundation Trust status

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of managing a range of staff or a major service
• Experience and proven ability in managing organisational / service change
• NHS or public sector experience

Desirable

• Acute Hospital operational experience

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people and to build credibility quickly
• Proven ability to analyse and resolve complex issues
• Ability to manage a post that will change and develop to meet the needs of the service
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to produce analytical reports
• Ability to manage, motivate and develop people
• Significant and demonstrable knowledge of managing service(s) against national performance targets
• Knowledge of current NHS issues; including NHS Plan, performance targets and Foundation Trust status

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of managing a range of staff or a major service
• Experience and proven ability in managing organisational / service change
• NHS or public sector experience

Desirable

• Acute Hospital operational experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bristol Royal Infirmary/Weston General hospital

Upper Maudlin Street / Grange Road

Bristol / Weston-super-Mare

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bristol Royal Infirmary/Weston General hospital

Upper Maudlin Street / Grange Road

Bristol / Weston-super-Mare

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Education and qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people and to build credibility quickly
• Proven ability to analyse and resolve complex issues
• Ability to manage a post that will change and develop to meet the needs of the service
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to produce analytical reports
• Ability to manage, motivate and develop people
• Significant and demonstrable knowledge of managing service(s) against national performance targets
• Knowledge of current NHS issues; including NHS Plan, performance targets and Foundation Trust status

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of managing a range of staff or a major service
• Experience and proven ability in managing organisational / service change
• NHS or public sector experience

Desirable

• Acute Hospital operational experience