General Manager Maternity and Gynaecology Business Unit

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the East Midlands is seeking a General Manager for the Maternity and Gynaecology Business Unit. This role involves leading the unit, managing clinical teams, and ensuring high-quality care delivery. Candidates should have extensive NHS operational management experience and skills in financial and business management. This opportunity allows for impactful contributions to women and families in the community.

Benefits

Employee Health & Wellbeing Programme

Range of staff benefits and schemes

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior management position.
• Experience in leading and directing clinical and non-clinical teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the Divisional Director in leading the business unit.
• Develop strategic plans and performance frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with national safety measures.

Skills

Financial management skills

Business management skills

Education

Degree or equivalent knowledge

Professional management qualifications

Job description

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

General Manager Maternity and Gynaecology Business Unit

The closing date is 21 October 2025

An opportunity has arisen for a General Manager for our Maternity and Gynaecology Business Unit, within Women's & Children's Division. The General Manager will work as part of the triumvirate management team, working closely with the Matron and Clinical Director as well as providing visible and effective leadership for their Business Unit.

The General Manager will also be required to support the Divisional Director and Deputy Divisional Director in directing, guiding, and leading in the overall management of the business unit, including developing strategic plans and performance management frameworks to ensure delivery of all key activity and financial targets. A key dimension will be to ensure engagement of clinical managers in the complex management agenda and the development of capacity and capability to deliver both local and national priorities. The right candidates will have extensive NHS operational management experience and will be comfortable working with and leading multidisciplinary teams to redesign and develop services whilst ensuring delivery of performance and quality.

Informal visit / conversations are welcomed.

Main duties of the job

The General Manager will be responsible for supporting the Divisional Director in directing, guiding, and leading the business unit management team in the overall management of the business unit and for developing strategic plans and performance management frameworks to ensure delivery of all key activity and financial targets.

A key dimension will be to support the Divisional Director in the engagement of clinical managers in the complex management agenda and the development of capacity and capability to deliver both local and national priorities.

About us

At UHDB around 9,000 babies are born across our two sites each year at Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) and Queens Hospital Burton (QHB). We provide antenatal and postnatal care for 11,500 women each year and, at RDH, we offer an alongside birth centre. We support women through low and high-risk care pathways, and some specialty pathways like diabetes and cardiology.

We have staff who are kind, caring and compassionate, and who want to deliver exceptional care together for every person who needs us - and that remains our aspiration.

This is an exciting new era on our maternity improvement journey, following a £5.4million investment into our services to strengthen our workforce, our technology and our processes, so that we can further improve what we do and deliver the best quality care to women and their babies. This is a great opportunity to join UHDB and make a real impact for the women and families we care for.

Job responsibilities

We have an inclusive and supportive culture - our Trust encourages staff to bring their whole selves to work and active Staff Networks to identify areas for improvement.

• Employee Support and wellbeing - we have a comprehensive Employee Health & Wellbeing Programme which includes a counselling service and a range of activities.
• Staff benefits - We have a range of staff benefits and schemes to support staff health, engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.

Details of UHDB sites: We have three wards across two sites, with a total of 88 beds for antenatal, postnatal and induction of labour.

• 17 delivery rooms including one pool room and bereavement suite at Royal Derby Hospital.
• Four bedded Midwife led birth centre at Royal Derby Hospital.
• Four bedded Obstetric Enhanced Care area and a two bedded assessment bay at Royal Derby Hospital.
• Seven delivery rooms including one pool room and one bereavement suite at Queens Hospital Burton.

Samuel Johnson Community Hospital is currently a community midwifery hub.

We hold a CQC Good rating and we are focused on making progress in achieving compliance with the immediate and essential actions from Ockenden recommendations, as well as implementing valuable learning from recent external reviews and reports into the service.

• Be fully compliant against all national safety measures.
• Embed recommended changes from recent reviews of our service.
• Make sure we communicate well with families, so that every woman feels properly listened to and that we act on their feedback.
• Create the best possible environment at work for our teams to do their job.
• Do the things we have said we will do, including how we make sure we have learned and made changes when something has not gone well.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant experience working in a senior management position
• Experience of leading and directing senior clinical and non clinical teams

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent knowledge gained through experience or professional qualification
• Professional management qualifications or equivalent

Skills

• Financial management and business management skills

Knowledge

• Experience and knowledge of the current NHS challenges
• Maternity and Gynaecology knowledge

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 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.