Operations Manager -Women's | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax, Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking an Operational Manager to support the Women’s Directorate, including Maternity and Neonatal services. The successful candidate will deliver strategic leadership, ensure high-quality service delivery, and drive improvement initiatives. Requirements include proven management experience in healthcare, strong leadership skills, and an ability to analyze complex data. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact within a recognized healthcare provider.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in operational management and service improvement within a healthcare setting.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and motivate teams.
• Ability to analyse complex data and produce detailed reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible and strategic leadership ensuring high-quality service delivery.
• Work collaboratively with various stakeholders to optimize patient care.
• Drive innovation and service improvement within the Directorate.

Skills

Operational management

Leadership

Service improvement

Excellent communication

Data analysis

Conflict resolution

Budget management

Job description

Position Overview

We are recruiting an Operational Manager to support the delivery of services across the Women’s Directorate, which includes Maternity, Gynaecology, Neonatal, Fertility, and Integrated Sexual Health Services. The main portfolio of this role is working as an Operations Manager supporting Maternity and Neonatal services, working with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver safe care and transformed services.

Key Responsibilities

As an Operational Manager, you will be responsible for providing visible and strategic leadership, ensuring high-quality service delivery, and driving continuous improvement across CHFT’s theatres and associated services. Reporting to the General Manager, you will work collaboratively with Matrons, Operations managers, senior clinicians, department leads, and other stakeholders to optimise patient care and operational performance. You will take the lead in ensuring our Women’s services maintain the highest standards of patient care as well as meeting national and local performance targets. Beyond the day‑to‑day, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and service improvement within the Directorate.

What We Are Looking For

• Proven experience in operational management and service improvement within a healthcare setting.
• Complaints and concerns resolution.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and motivate teams – both clinical, operational and administrative.
• A track record of managing budgets, performance targets, and service improvements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to analyse complex data and produce detailed reports to inform decision‑making.
• Experience in conflict resolution and managing staff performance.

Recognitions and Awards

This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within a trust that has received national recognition for its innovation and commitment to delivering exceptional care. For example, CHFT has received the following recognition for its approach to delivering theatre productivity improvements and reducing waiting times for patients:

• The Economist: The story of one NHS operation https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/10/08/the-story-of-one-nhs-operation
• NHS Providers: Value for Money Excellence https://nhsproviders.org/providers-deliver-achieving-value-for-money/calderdale-and-huddersfield-nhs-foundation-trust
• BBC One Show https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002935k
• Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/this-nhs-trust-got-a-grip-of-its-waiting-list-can-others-around-the-country-do-the-same-
• Secretary of State for Health & Social Care https://x.com/wesstreeting/status/1876228022434742383

Operational management, Leadership across all teams, transformation and project management, people and change management.

Please see job description for full details on roles and responsibilities.

This advert closes on Friday 14 Nov 2025.