Job summary
- Main area
- Management
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (N/A)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Based at Stockport but working across Stockport and Tameside Hospitals)
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7629361
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Divisional Director for Pathology Services (Interim)
Band 8c
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Job overview
The Associate Divisional Director for Pathology Services is a one year fixed term role established to deliver the key trust objective of collaborative working between the Pathology Services at Tameside and Stockport sites.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to unlock the potential benefits for closer collaboration within Pathology services
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Associate Divisional Director for Pathology Services is a one year fixed term role established to deliver the key trust objective of collaborative working between the Pathology Services at Tameside and Stepping Hill sites.
The Associate Divisional Director is a key member of the Senior Team, will deputise for the Divisional Director and will make operational decisions for the areas under their management. There will be a requirement to take lead responsibility for complex cross Division projects, often inter-dependent, a strong aspect of the role is to promote clinical integration, enhance productivity and clinical efficiencies. The outcomes of which will serve to improve the patient experiences in access to care whilst providing greater integration across the two trusts.
The post-holder will lead on corporate agendas relating to the operational portfolio and operating a devolved system within the Divisional management structure in which responsibility for budgets, objectives and clinical governance are clearly held at Divisional level. They will provide leadership and support working with clinical and non-clinical teams as well as corporate teams. Ensuring wide participation in the development and implementation of service plans to secure the greatest possible ‘buy in’ from colleagues for key decisions and objectives particularly the opportunities for collaboration.
The Associate Divisional Director will be responsible for line management of the Pathology team at Stockport and will have key relationships with all relevant internal and external networks at Stockport and Tameside. The postholder must be able to influence stakeholders across GM to ensure the interests of Stockport and Tameside Pathology services are well represented.
The post holder will be expected to work in line with the Trust values and behave in a manner that facilitates the development of autonomous teams and individuals that are empowered, engaged and committed to continually delivering excellent care.
The post holder is expected to participate in the senior manager on call rota and to cross cover for colleagues during periods of annual leave
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of £26.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person specification
Education & qualification
Essential criteria
- meets essential criteria in person spec
Desirable criteria
- exceeds person spec
knowledge
Essential criteria
- meets essential criteria in person spec
Desirable criteria
- exceeds person spec
experience
Essential criteria
- meets essential criteria in person spec
Desirable criteria
- exceeds person spec
skills
Essential criteria
- meets essential criteria in person spec
Desirable criteria
- exceeds person spec
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mike Allison
- Job title
- Divisional Director, Clinical Support Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Aspen House
Stepping Hill Hospital
Poplar Grove
Stockport
SK2 7JE
- Telephone
- 01614194720 ext.117081
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