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Tameside & Glossop NHS FT; Ashton (ID); On-site; USD 81,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension

Annual leave

Eye tests

Gym discount

Bike loan

Salary sacrifice car

Stress support

Bereavement

Relationships

Finance

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton is recruiting a Directorate Manager for the Division of Surgery, Women's and Children's. Band 8B, 37.5 hours per week, 6 months, you will join the division's senior leadership and drive service improvement and transformation.

You will lead across People, Quality, Operational Performance and Finance, collaborate with clinical leads and matron leads, develop strategy, and deliver high-quality care for patients and staff.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in healthcare management.
• Experience delivering directorate objectives.
• Knowledge of quality and safety standards and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to the services within the directorate and lead on performance targets across all four quadrants (People, Quality, Operational Performance and Finance).
• Collaborate with clinical leads and matron leads to redesign services and meet best practice standards.
• Develop the directorate strategy and lead programmes of transformation and innovation.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Healthcare operations

Change management

Job description

Directorate Manager for Division of Surgery, Women's and Children's

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

Directorate Manager for Division of Surgery, Women's and Children's

Band 8B - 37.5 Hours per week - 6 Months

If you are a values-driven, experienced leader, who is passionate about creating a great place for care and a great place to work, we want you to consider applying for the Directorate Manager position here at Tameside Hospital and joining our Divisional senior leadership team within the division of Surgery, Women's and Children's. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to develop their operational management experience.

This position offers a fantastic opportunity to be part of a fabulous team working within Surgery, Women's and Children's services. You will be responsible for continually improving the quality of services to patients, and redesigning services to meet best practice standards.

You will be a visible leader and provide direction to the services within your portfolio, working in collaboration with clinical leads and matron lead colleagues, as well as other directorate manager colleagues from across the trust. You will be responsible and accountable for the overall management of the services within the directorate. You will develop the strategy for the directorate, playing a key role in identifying opportunities for innovation and modernisation and leading programmes of transformation. You will be responsible for the delivery of all directorate objectives and performance targets, across all 4 quadrants of People, Quality, Operational Performance and Finance, ensuring the service we offer to patients is of the highest quality, safety and efficiency.

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 specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Sep 2026