The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Director of Operations Surgery Division

The closing date is 23 July 2025

Job summary

To provide managerial leadership to the Division.

To ensure that organisational, local and national performance requirements are met.

Ensure services and performance are delivered in the most efficient manner.

Ensure that resources are deployed in the most efficient manner.

Be a key influence in the Division for all colleagues to provide transformational change.

Ensure that communication within the Division and from the Division to other areas of the Trust is an engaging two-way constructive process.

Line manager to the Directorate Managers within the Division.

Lead on cross-Divisional programmes of work on behalf of the Director of Operations.

Deputise for the Director of Operations as required,

Required to participate in the Trust's On-Call Rota.

Support the delivery of 7 day working through this role and service provided by the Division

Main duties of the job

Key Result Areas

The Deputy Director of Operations will ensure the care provided in the Division is of sufficient quality, meets the needs of our patients, and is delivered within the resources available in the following domains by:

Leadership

Providing a managerial role model within the Division and across the Trust, and externally in line with the Trust values.

Quality of Care and Patient Experience

Ensuring that processes are in place to ensure clinical guidelines and standards are implemented, delivered and maintained.

Clinical Governance

Ensuring processes are in place to identify, describe, rate, mitigate and manage risks within the Division which complement and adhere to organisational and external requirements.

Performance and Information

Ensuring that the performance required of the Division is delivered in line with Trust and external expectations

Business and Finance

Agreeing, monitoring and managing of Divisional budgets.

Workforce

Leading, motivating and developing all staff in the Division.

Personal Development

Develop and maintain strong working relationships within the Trust and across the NHS.

About us

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as BAME, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.

We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible.

Details

Date posted

10 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

253-0725-7282658

Job locations

Russell's Hall Hospital

Pensnett Estate

Dudley

DY1 2HQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in relevant field or equivalent level of management experience
  • Post graduate management qualification

Skills and Experience

Essential

  • Recent NHS management experience
  • Experience of developing and providing regular reports to managers and management committees, on progress against activity and other targets so that performance variances can be highlighted.

Desirable

  • Broad understanding of the NHS and key policy issues that affect business performance
  • Awareness of Strategic management processes and their application

Interests and motivation to the job

Essential

  • Desire to succeed and make a real impact on the quality of care and efficiency of services provided
  • Committed to achievement of overall trust performance and willing to challenge practice / behaviors that undermine the need to work as one team within the Trust

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to lead and manage teams through change
  • First class interpersonal skills with ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians / managers
Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in relevant field or equivalent level of management experience
  • Post graduate management qualification

Skills and Experience

Essential

  • Recent NHS management experience
  • Experience of developing and providing regular reports to managers and management committees, on progress against activity and other targets so that performance variances can be highlighted.

Desirable

  • Broad understanding of the NHS and key policy issues that affect business performance
  • Awareness of Strategic management processes and their application

Interests and motivation to the job

Essential

  • Desire to succeed and make a real impact on the quality of care and efficiency of services provided
  • Committed to achievement of overall trust performance and willing to challenge practice / behaviors that undermine the need to work as one team within the Trust

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to lead and manage teams through change
  • First class interpersonal skills with ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians / managers

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Russell's Hall Hospital

Pensnett Estate

Dudley

DY1 2HQ


Employer's website

https://www.dgft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Russell's Hall Hospital

Pensnett Estate

Dudley

DY1 2HQ


Employer's website

https://www.dgft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Divisional PA

Olivia Russell

olivia.russell4@nhs.net

01384456111

Details

Date posted

10 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

253-0725-7282658

Job locations

Russell's Hall Hospital

Pensnett Estate

Dudley

DY1 2HQ


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