Community Services Manager
5 days ago
Croydon
Community Services Manager – Dermatology & ENT £48,000 + Performance Bonus Hybrid – Croydon Head Office Full-Time, Permanent Are you a strategic operations leader with a passion for improving NHS community services? Do you thrive in fast-paced, evolving healthcare environments where you can take full ownership of service performance and transformation? We’re working with a highly innovative, rapidly growing healthcare provider delivering NHS community services across London and surrounding counties. With an expanding footprint and a focus on ENT and Dermatology services, they are seeking a talented Services Manager to oversee the end-to-end operational delivery. This is a brand-new position giving you the chance to shape the role, establish best practice, and influence real change in a business that values performance, collaboration, and compassion in equal measure. You'll report directly to the COO and play a key part in leading multidisciplinary teams, delivering outstanding patient care, and driving financial and operational success. Key Responsibilities: • Oversee day-to-day service delivery for ENT and Dermatology clinics across multiple locations, • Take full ownership of the “referral to discharge” pathway, ensuring seamless, compliant patient journeys, • Lead service optimisation across clinical capacity, workforce planning, appointment management, and clinic resourcing, • Manage operational performance to meet KPIs, NHS service levels, and contractual obligations, • Lead a team of clinical and non-clinical professionals, • Track and analyse key performance data to identify trends, risks, and service improvement opportunities, • Maximise referrals and ensure clinical capacity meets demand, working with clinicians and commissioners, • Manage the full P&L of assigned services and monitor financial performance closely, • Build and maintain strong working relationships with commissioners, local authorities, and clinic partners, • Actively contribute to organisational change initiatives and quality improvement projects, • Ensure full compliance with CQC, NHS, and internal regulatory frameworks Ideal Candidate Profile: • Degree; ideally in Business Administration, Healthcare Management or a relevant field, • Proven experience managing healthcare services, • Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage both direct and matrix teams, • Background in owning P&L and operational budgets, • Stakeholder engagement experience, • Familiar with pathway design, waitlist management, and performance monitoring, • Adaptable, friendly, and capable of thriving in a high-growth, change-led environment, • Practice Managers or Operations Leads ready for a step up are also encouraged to apply What’s On Offer: • Hybrid working – typically 3 days in-office, • Up to £48,000 basic salary, • Quarterly bonus of £1,000 for hitting operational profit targets, • Annual bonus of £1,000 if yearly service targets are achieved, • Overachievement bonus – £250 for every £20,000 above annual budget, • 37.5-hour week, Monday–Friday; 9am–5pm, • Paid travel expenses to regional clinic sites, • A genuinely autonomous leadership role with strong internal support and cross-functional collaboration Interested? To apply or find out more, contact Tom Fitch on 02393 874295 or 07919 008757, or email your CV to
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