Job summary
Two Hospital Site Managing Directors - Hull University Teaching Hospitals and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals
Humber Health Partnership is seeking to strengthen leadership to drive improvement in its five hospitals. Therefore, the Trust is wishing to appoint two Hospital Site Managing Directors, one for Hull University Teaching Hospitals and one for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals. These posts will report to the Group Chief Delivery Officer but will be part of Humber Health Partnerships senior leadership team.
These roles will have responsibility for the day to day running of the hospitals, ensuring the delivery of high quality care for our patients and the communities we serve. The successful individuals will currently be working at Board level in a large acute provider or at regional or national level.
Interviews week commencing: 30th March 2026
Main duties of the job
The Hospital Site Managing Director will be responsible for the leadership and management of their respective hospitals, responsible for patient safety, clinical and operational performance, financial management and workforce. The position will play a key role in the implementation of the organisation's improvement plan, harnessing the skills and expertise of our clinical staff to drive it forward, ensuring patient safety and care is at the heart of all the services delivered in the hospitals.
Through excellent leadership, the Hospital Site Managing Directors will enable the delivery of high quality care in line with the organisation's values and behaviours. This means providing the safest patient experience and best possible patient outcomes and within available resources. The postholders and their senior leadership team will work closely with primary care colleagues and local councils, as well as creating a culture of continuous improvement and learning and leading service innovation and transformation in collaboration with our clinical teams.
About us
Our Group is one of the largest in the NHS, with a budget of over £1.6 billion, employing 19,000 staff.
It is made up of two Trusts: Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and we are committed to delivering world-class services for the 1,500,000 people we serve.
Our five main hospital sites are Castle Hill Hospital; Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital; Goole and District Hospital; Hull Royal Infirmary and Scunthorpe General Hospital. We deliver a wide range of community services across North and North East Lincolnshire, including district nursing, physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry and specialist dental services.
We see well over a million patients every year with around 356,700 attendances at our emergency departments, 155,000 hospital admissions and more than 1.3 million outpatient appointments. We deliver around 8,100 babies each year and our community services provide vital healthcare to patients in their own homes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information about the role there is an attached job description and person specification.
To apply, please send a covering letter detailing your suitability for the role and a CV to Melanie Bunyan, Group Talent Acquisition Manager, Recruitment at melanie.bunyan@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information about the role there is an attached job description and person specification.
To apply, please send a covering letter detailing your suitability for the role and a CV to Melanie Bunyan, Group Talent Acquisition Manager, Recruitment at melanie.bunyan@nhs.net
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- oCurrently working at Board level within an acute provider or at a regional or national level
- oExperience of increasing staff engagement and motivation to improve performance
- oProven outcomes in successfully leading services and/or transformational change, including system redesign to reduce clinical risk and assure the highest standards of delivery
- oExperience of managing complex problems to successful solutions in fast-moving environments
- oDemonstrable track record of sound financial and operational performance improvement
- oDemonstrable experience of working between Board and Ward with credibility at all levels
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- oAbility to foster multi-professional team working and problem solving
- oAbility to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to engage others in the vision
- oHighly developed communication and interpersonal skills both verbal and written
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- oCurrently working at Board level within an acute provider or at a regional or national level
- oExperience of increasing staff engagement and motivation to improve performance
- oProven outcomes in successfully leading services and/or transformational change, including system redesign to reduce clinical risk and assure the highest standards of delivery
- oExperience of managing complex problems to successful solutions in fast-moving environments
- oDemonstrable track record of sound financial and operational performance improvement
- oDemonstrable experience of working between Board and Ward with credibility at all levels
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- oAbility to foster multi-professional team working and problem solving
- oAbility to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to engage others in the vision
- oHighly developed communication and interpersonal skills both verbal and written
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.
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.
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
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Hull Royal Infirmary / Diana Princess of Wales Hospital
Hull / Scunthorpe
HU3 2JZ
Employer's website
https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
