Deputy Directorate Manager | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Tameside & Glossop NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

27-33 days annual leave + bank.

NHS Pension Scheme

Free eye tests and health checks

Gym discount

Free bicycle loan scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Support with stress and bereavement

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Deputy Directorate Manager to support the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Directorate within the Surgery, Women’s and Children’s Division. You will provide operational leadership, monitor performance, and work on service development projects to improve patient care.

The role offers opportunities to lead teams, develop business cases, and ensure safe patient flows, with a focus on collaboration with site management and partners.

Responsibilities

• Strong and clear leadership, supporting the Directorate Manager in ensuring staff are appropriately developed and are efficient, effective, engaged, and motivated.
• Ensure that all aspects of specified performance and operations are appropriately monitored, evaluation and managed to optimise standards of care and deliver financial and performance requirements.
• Support and lead on the development and monitoring of business cases and specific service level agreements with commissioners, internal departments and partner organisations.
• Work in partnership and take delegated responsibility for management as appropriate, inclusive of operational performance, project management and service improvement.
• Accountable for ensuring patient flows are appropriate and work collaboratively with site management to maximise capacity in a safe and effective manner
• Deputise for the Directorate Manager as required.

Job description

Deputy Directorate Manager | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic person to join the Surgery, Women's and Children's Division at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

The Deputy Directorate Manager will provide support to the Directorate Manager for Obstetrics and Gynaecology alongside other senior team members within the division. In connection with the team, they will provide operational leadership to ensure smooth running of the department on a daily basis, whilst ensuring compliance of local and national targets and engaging in service development projects.

• Strong and clear leadership, supporting the Directorate Manager in ensuring staff are appropriately developed and are efficient, effective, engaged, and motivated.


• Ensure that all aspects of specified performance and operations are appropriately monitored, evaluation and managed to optimise standards of care and deliver financial and performance requirements.


• Support and lead on the development and monitoring of business cases and specific service level agreements with commissioners, internal departments and partner organisations.


• Work in partnership and take delegated responsibility for management as appropriate, inclusive of operational performance, project management and service improvement.


• Accountable for ensuring patient flows are appropriate and work collaboratively with site management to maximise capacity in a safe and effective manner


• Deputise for the Directorate Manager as required.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

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 Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

• Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills,experienceand knowledgerequired. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full personspecification butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Nov 2026