Deputy Divisional Operations Director- Surgery / Med & Emergency Care

Main area: Divisional Senior Management

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b

Contract: There is a permanent (Surgery) and 12 months fixed term (Medicine & Emergency Care) opportunity available.

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 166-SS-7199337

Employer: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Site: Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Town: Chesterfield

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 17/06/2025 23:59

Job overview:

Are you an experienced, people-focused leader with a passion for delivering high-quality patient care through operational excellence? As Deputy Divisional Operations Director for Surgery or Medicine & Emergency Care, you’ll play a vital role in leading transformation, driving performance, and most importantly – bringing out the very best in our teams. We’re looking for someone who leads with purpose and compassion, who can energise and empower others, and who thrives in a fast-paced environment where your leadership truly makes a difference.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and manage major improvement programmes that enhance patient care, safety, productivity and value for money.
• Develop high-performing, motivated teams by role-modelling compassionate and inclusive leadership.
• Support long-term strategic planning while delivering day-to-day excellence in performance, workforce and financial management.
• Work closely with clinical and nursing leaders to ensure cohesive, well-led services.
• Create a culture where staff are supported, heard, and involved in shaping service improvement.
• Act as a trusted partner with commissioners, system colleagues and internal stakeholders to drive integrated care.

Main duties of the job:

What we’re looking for…

• Master’s degree or equivalent senior management experience in a complex NHS or healthcare setting.
• Proven success in operational leadership, strategic planning and leading change at scale.
• Strong financial, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• A leadership style that reflects our Proud to CARE values – bringing compassion, ambition, respect and encouragement to everything you do.
• The integrity, resilience and drive to lead through complexity and deliver real impact.

If you’re passionate about people, performance and patient care – and ready to lead the way in surgical services – apply now and help us shape the future at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

Working for our organisation:

You’ll thrive in this role because…

• You want to work somewhere that values your leadership, supports your development, and recognises your contribution.
• You’ll be a key part of a collaborative, supportive Divisional leadership team with shared purpose and ambition.
• You’ll have the autonomy to shape services, develop talent, and drive results – all with patients at the heart.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital is located in Calow, Chesterfield, which is situated on a green field site on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It is home to the Crooked Spire and is also close to Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham, thus offering numerous choices for recreational activities and lifestyles. Chesterfield Royal Hospital was officially opened by the queen in 1985 and since then it has continued to expand and modernise, currently holding approximately 550 beds. We provide acute in-patient and out-patient care for Chesterfield and the surrounding rural area of North Derbyshire, serving a population of approximately 350,000 people. We are currently rated GOOD by the CQC.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.

Person specification:

• Specialty specific registration appropriate to role.

• Current or recent NHS experience at a management level, experience of leading service improvement projects and organisational change, whilst developing and maintaining high standards of quality.
• Evidence of appropriate relevant professional development.
• Financial management and business management skills including the ability to set and manage budgets across several services.
• Senior management experience in a healthcare setting with speciality knowledge in relevant discipline.
• Involvement at a leadership level on issues related to clinical governance, monitoring and standard setting, including risk management and health and safety.
• Demonstrable experience of successful business planning and development of robust business case.

• Excellent and highly developed interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate and influence at all levels.
• Experience of leading and coaching teams, including recruitment and disciplinary issues with the ability to motivate others to achieve organisational objectives.
• Effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders including the public.
• Ability to communicate, both written and verbally, in a manner which is clear, fluent, and persuasive.
• Able to deal with sensitive and complex issues.
• Highly developed problem solving and analytical skills.
• Experience of conflict resolution and negotiation.
• Ability to write and produce regular complex reports and formulate policy.
• Competent in the use of office IT systems.
• Ability to oversee and interpret the performance targets of specialties.
• Skills in data analysis.
• Experience of service planning process.

• Commitment to values and principles of the NHS.
• Inclusive and developmental personal style and approach.
• Inspiring and motivational.
• Dynamic with personal impact.
• Integrity and Tenacity.
• Portrays self-belief, self-awareness and drive for improvement.
• Resourceful.
• Highly professional role model.
• Ability to build positive working relationships.

Flexible Working:

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

UK Points-based immigration system:

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.

Communications:

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.