Job vacancy: Divisional Director of Operations - Medicine and Emergency Care, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury

Job summary

Main area: Administration
Grade: Band 8d
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus participation in the Trust's Director on-call rota)
Job ref: 223-DME-572

Employer: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Town: Shrewsbury
Salary: £91,342 - £105,337 per annum/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/08/2025 23:59
Interview date: 03/09/2025

Divisional Director of Operations - Medicine and Emergency Care

Band 8d

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled information for candidates.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level in relevant field or equivalent level of management experience
Masters in a relevant subject (e.g. healthcare, management) or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

Evidence of further professional development activities in the past two years

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive senior management experience with demonstrable track record of success in a complex organisation across the full range of management functions:
Evidence of participation in corporate decision making and managing in a complex change environment creating sustained improvements
Leading multi professional and cross organisational service development and evidence of successful delivery of agreed service objectives

Knowledge

Essential criteria

General Management theory and practice, including quality, financial management, HR management and service/business development
Good understanding of the NHS and key policy issues that affect business performance
Good understanding of commissioning framework within the NHS

Desirable criteria

Awareness of Strategic management processes and their application

Skills / Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

First class interpersonal skills with ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians/ managers.
Able to present and received highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information.
Able to prioritise and manage the ongoing work of services and/or projects.
Results orientated and able to deliver against deadlines.

By submitting your application to Trac, you are giving your consent for parts of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems. This is to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation.

If successful, by completing your application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.

If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

If you require the application form in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team on 01743 492402.

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.

Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.

We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.

We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust are committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

We are committed to making the Trust a great place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential and bring their whole self to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an Ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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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

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.

Documents to download

DDO - MEC (PDF, 872.7KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Ned Hobbs
Job title: Chief Operating Officer
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01743 261000

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
Telephone: 01743 492402

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Job summary

Employer heading

Divisional Director of Operations - Medicine and Emergency Care

Band 8d

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills / Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Application numbers

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

If you have problems applying, contact

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