Assistant General Manager | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,631 - £68,623 Per annum including HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, N18 1QX |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7713755/ |
Summary
We are seeking enthusiastic, resilient, and operationally experienced Assistant General Managers to join the Royal Free London Group. These are exciting opportunities for motivated individuals who are passionate about operational excellence, service transformation, and improving patient outcomes.
We have 6 posts across our four divisions, as outlined below:
· Surgery and associated services division
o General Surgery (including breast, colorectal and general surgery)- 1 WTE
Contact: Hamza Najib (hamza.najib2@nhs.net)
· Integrated medical services and therapies division
o Diabetes & endocrinology, renal, rheumatology & haematology- 1 WTE
Contact: Clark Richardson (clark.richardson@nhs.net)
o HIV, sexual health and microbiology- 0.4 WTE
Contact: Abdellah Elalami (abdellah.elalami@nhs.net)
· UEC and integrated adult services division
o Acute Medicine- 1 WTE
Contact: Nick Vincent (nick.vincent1@nhs.net)
· Babies, children and young people division
o BCYP Hospital (Barnet/ Chase Farm)- 1 WTE
Contact: Abdellah Elalami (abdellah.elalami@nhs.net)
o BCYP Hospital (Royal Free)- 1 WTE
Contact: Abdellah Elalami (abdellah.elalami@nhs.net)
Please clearly indicate in your application which role you are applying for. Interviews are scheduled to take place during the week commencing 2 February.
Reporting to the General Manager, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering safe, effective, and efficient services. You will contribute to strategic planning, operational delivery, and performance management, while leading and supporting multidisciplinary teams to drive continuous improvement.
This is a hands-on leadership role suited to individuals who thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure environments, enjoy collaborative working, and are committed to delivering service excellence.
You will bring:
o Strong operational management experience within a complex healthcare environment.
o A track record of improving performance, productivity, and patient flow.
o Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
o A proactive, solution-focused approach to leadership and change.
If you are energised by leading change, improving performance, and supporting teams to deliver the very best care, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Interviews will take place in the week of 2ndof February.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk
Key responsibilities
• To line manage operational, administrative and support teams within the
service
• Deliver appraisal and mandatory training requirements for all staff within these
teams
• Lead the directorate performance management systems ensuring that Trust
and monitor standards are understood and adhered to and that performance
reports are produced to enable divisional compliance
• Support the governance arrangements within the directorate including audit,
complaints, incidents, risk and health and safety.
• To be responsible to the general manager for financial performance relating to
delegated budgets and operational performance of the service
• To depose for the general manager and provide cross cover for other
operations managers within the directorate/ division as required.
Key working relationships
• Divisional, directorate and service triumvirate leadership teams,
• Multi-disciplinary teams in all areas of responsibility
• Administrative teams in functions across the organisation – appointments,
admissions, wards, coding,
• Corporate departments and service leads such as governance, complaints,
finance, information and analytics, workforce and OD, planning and strategy,
communications, and information governance.
• Managers in other services, directorates and divisions
• External relationships: primary care, local authority, commissioners and ICB
leads.
This advert closes on Thursday 22 Jan 2026