Service Manager

The closing date is 28 January 2026

Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) are values driven and working hard to be a community powered NHS Organisation. The Physical Health and Neurodiversity care group strives to deliver high-quality, person‑centred services, ensuring that everyone receives the right care at the right time.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Service Manager to shape the future and lead delivery of our Home First services. Our Home First ethos seeks to provide holistic support and care to patients to enable them to be cared for in their own home. The portfolio of services includes rehabilitation, therapy and intermediate care. A wide range of multi‑disciplinary staff support the Home First approach and work in collaboration with our partners and communities.

As a key member of the directorate leadership team, you will have an integral role in managing the day‑to‑day operations of the Home First service. If you are a strong leader with experience of managing diverse teams and resources to improve patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you. You will need to have a proven track record of accomplishment in service improvement and innovative practice to continue to drive the Home First agenda forwards as well as the ability to support colleagues to deliver the best services possible.

We are working hard to empower our communities within RDaSH, therefore a passion for community working and experience of community networking would also be desirable.

The Service Manager is responsible for ensuring the day‑to‑day delivery of designated clinical services and ensuring that those teams are performing in terms of patient outcomes, metrics, measures and targets.

They are also accountable for making sure that the Trust's strategy is executed locally and that standards of safety are maintained at all times. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high‑quality patient care that is consistent with the values, Promises and strategic vision of the organisation.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first‑class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on You Tube to find out more:

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Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Post‑qualification specialist training in relevant subject

• Experience as a manager in a care setting
• Experience of leading a team.
• Experience of financial and substantial change management.
• Recent demonstrable success in influencing and contributing to successful service redesign
• Experience of developing effective team working with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of exercising effective, results‑orientated leadership.
• Demonstrable evidence of sound financial planning and HR management

• An appreciation of the relationships between the department of Health and Social Care. The ICB and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Must understand the background and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this for RDASH

• Developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations.
• Ability to communicate…