Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Director of Operations - Medicine Division

The closing date is 11 September 2025

Job summary

To work alongside the Head of Nursing, General Manager, and the Clinical Leads to ensure that services are managed effectively and support the delivery of service agreements to qualitative and quantitative performance targets and within the Trust's financial allocations.

To lead the Division's annual planning process to ensure there are clear goals and objectives and a jointly owned performance measures against which progress throughout the year a can be monitored. Ensuring positive clinical engagement in strategically developing services.

To support the Director of Operations, and the senior leadership team in leading the Division in strategic planning, development and redesign of services.

Main duties of the job

To achieve all local and national performance targets as decreed in the

Operating framework.

Within the Clinical groups, to lead on the development of partnerships

with external agencies and other NHS organisations to support the

delivery of BWC services within the local healthcare environment.

To support the Director Operations and Associate Director of Nursing in

ensuring the Division meets all its specific responsibilities in relation to

Care Quality Commission core standards, through the establishment and

maintenance of effective governance systems and processes.

To provide senior strategic leadership to the project management of

divisional initiatives

To maintain an income and expenditure balance for the Management

Group through delivering the agreed savings programme as part of the

financial plan.

To ensure that a robust workforce plan is in place to support the delivery

of the plan, ensuring staff feel engaged and valued.

To lead and manage complex projects including service

development/capital developments, as required, improving capacity,

service efficiency, quality and capability and including large scale

organisational change.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Details

Date posted

28 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£76,965 to £88,682 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

284-25-7427404-DMRG

Job locations

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Whittal St

Birmingham

B4 6NH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of senior operational management experience within the NHS Acute Sector
  • Significant experience of managing NHS Targets and performance
  • Experience of leading service and/or transformational exchange
  • Experience of the management of complex projects.
  • Working with and directly influencing clinicians
  • Flexible across the various Trust locations
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of senior operational management experience within the NHS Acute Sector
  • Significant experience of managing NHS Targets and performance
  • Experience of leading service and/or transformational exchange
  • Experience of the management of complex projects.
  • Working with and directly influencing clinicians
  • Flexible across the various Trust locations

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

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Whittal St

Birmingham

B4 6NH


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Whittal St

Birmingham

B4 6NH


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Director of Operations

Matt Train

matthew.train1@nhs.net

07786250949

Details

Date posted

28 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£76,965 to £88,682 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

284-25-7427404-DMRG

Job locations

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Whittal St

Birmingham

B4 6NH


Supporting documents

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