Transformation Service Manager – Specialist Surgery
Company: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary: £49,387 – £56,515 per annum pro rata
Hours: Full-time
Location: Oxford, OX3 9DU
Job type: Contract
Posting date: 4 Nov 2026
Closing date: 4 Dec 2026
A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking a Transformation Service Manager to join our Directorate Management Team and play a key role in delivering high‑quality, patient‑focused care.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong organisational, communication and project management skills to lead service improvement, support operational delivery, and drive forward key transformation priorities within a fast‑paced clinical environment.
About the Role
Working closely with the Clinical Director, Directorate Manager, Deputy Directorate Manager and Matrons, you will provide visible leadership and take responsibility for ensuring high‑quality operational performance across designated clinical service areas. You will support day‑to‑day service delivery while also leading critical workstreams that improve access, efficiency and patient experience.
We are looking for an adaptable and proactive manager who thrives in a complex environment and can confidently navigate competing priorities. You will need to be able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information, influence change across professional boundaries, and foster collaborative working with clinical and non‑clinical teams.
You will be resilient under pressure, able to manage emerging operational challenges, and committed to promoting a positive culture aligned with the Trust’s values. Strong project management skills, excellent judgement, and the ability to lead, motivate and develop staff are essential.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
We want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
- Provide operational leadership and ensure safe, effective day‑to‑day running of designated services.
- Lead transformation and improvement projects across the Directorate.
- Support performance delivery, including RTT, Diagnostics and Cancer targets.
- Contribute to emergency care pathways within relevant specialties.
- Maintain oversight of budgets and support financial planning and cost‑improvement initiatives.
- Develop business cases and service development proposals.
- Provide line management, appraisals and staff development.
- Represent the Directorate at internal and external meetings, deputising for senior managers when required.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Nov 2026
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