Directorate Manager - Children, Young People and Families

Tameside & Glossop NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

27–33 days annual leave + bank hols

NHS Pension Scheme

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced operational leader to join the Senior Leadership Team in the Children, Young People and Families Directorate. You will oversee performance, patient services and service delivery to ensure high-quality, community-based care.

The role requires senior healthcare management experience, strong collaboration, and robust financial and people leadership to support a motivated workforce and excellent patient experience.

Qualifications

• Significant senior operational management experience in a healthcare setting.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills to co-build solutions.
• Excellent financial management, people and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the operational management of all patient services within the CYPF Directorate.
• Work with Clinical Director, Medical Service Leads to meet performance targets.
• Participate in on-call rota and line-manage Directorate team.

Skills

Operational management

Financial management

Leadership

Communication skills

Job description

A Vacancy at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Directorate Manager - Children, Young People and Families: Permanent (37.5 hours)

An opportunity has arisen at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care Trust for an experienced operational manager to join the Senior Leadership Team within the Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) Directorate. As Directorate Manager for CYPF, you will lead the development and delivery of Directorate performance to deliver high quality, patient focused community based services.

The ideal candidate will have significant senior operational management experience in an healthcare setting, will be an accomplished leader and adept at managing complex situations and services. You will have highly developed skills in collaborative working able to co-build and implement effective solutions within tight resource and time constraints. You will have effective financial management expertise and outstanding people and communication skills. You will ensure that the well-being of colleagues, patient safety & experience are at the heart of decision making.

You will also participate in the first on-call rota and will line manage other members of the directorate team.

The Directorate Manager is responsible for the operational management of all patient services within the designated directorate. Working closely with the Clinical Director, Medical Service Leads, Matrons and AHP Leads to ensure that high quality services are provided for our patients, and that those services meet all operational performance targets cost effectively.

As a key member of the Divisional senior management team, the Directorate Manager will be responsible for annual planning in line with corporate objectives. Supporting the Divisional Director, Clinical Director, Divisonal Nurse Director and Lead Nurse to ensure that the workforce within the specialties are professionally lead and managed in order to develop a highly motivated and empowered workforce creating an environment where everyone can succeed

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.