Job summary
We are advertising for a Divisional Director for the Division of Surgery here at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.
Rated as "Good" for Surgical Services by the CQC, the Division provides both emergency and elective surgical services, alongside provision of anaesthetic and intensive care services. The Division takes Trust-wide Responsibility for the performance of Elective Services and Cancer Services. The Trust is currently providing the best waiting times (RTT) for any Trust in the Midlands and is consistently within the best performance quartile nationally for timeliness of Cancer Care.
The Division is looking for a driven leader prepared to drive forward clinical best practice alongside transformation of how the Trust provides urgent, emergency, and elective care.
This post is a 5 Programmed Activity role, with the remainder to be made up with Direct Clinical Care.
Stakeholder session and interviews will take place on 19th August 2025.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for developing the Division to drive the Trust's development as a clinically led organisation, creating a sustainable healthcare system in Walsall.
o To work closely with both the Chief Medical Officer & Chief Operating Officer to develop the Trust's medical provision & and operational clinical services.
o To contribute fully to the development of strategy & and policy, delivery of statutory and corporate responsibilities including leading financial & performance management, working in close co-operation with members of the Board in defining the Trust's strategy & business plan, determining the acquisition & deployment of resources to achieve these objectives.
o Provide exceptional leadership to both medical & operational staff within the Division - leading in a professional, respectful, collaborative & compassionate way, in line with the Trust's values.
o Medical lead for the Trust's Service Improvement Programme in respect of the Division and act as champion for patient safety, clinical effectiveness, and quality.
o Work in partnership with colleagues across the Trust to drive the achievement of the Trust's corporate goals, business plan, achieving all Divisional performance standards incorporating quality, safety, contractual, people and financial.
o Act as an ambassador for the Trust, ensuring the positive development of the Trust brand, championing the Trust's values and ensuring the recognition of the Trust in providing exceptional healthcare for patients
About us
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.
A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For details job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For details job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Qualification and Royal College Membership
- GMC Registration
Desirable
- General management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Senior professional with experience of high level leadership and management
- Developing and implementing clinically related strategies to improve quality and efficiency of systems
- Successful track record delivering high quality services in a multi-disciplinary healthcare environment
- Evidence of management of poor performance
- Leading change in challenging environments
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of quality and safety, mortality and clinical outcome improvement agendas
- Budgetary management experience
Skills
Essential
- Experienced practising clinician with an in depth understanding of clinical standards and governance.
- The highest level of interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
- Able to lead and motivate others, strong influencing and negotiation skills
- Ability to analyse highly complex organisational problems and develop and implement workable solutions
- Ability to relate to a wide spectrum of NHS professionals with competing agendas and achieve focused solutions to problems
- Able to assess priorities and make decision, quick to grasp a point, influence, persuade, give leadership and direction
- Knowledge and understanding of key NHS issues, including national and local policy drivers that are complex and highly politicised
- Expert knowledge and understanding of legislation relating to medical practice
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding of key organisation systems and NHS modernisation agenda
Desirable
- Ability to inspire others
- Service improvement and redesign techniques
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Qualification and Royal College Membership
- GMC Registration
Desirable
- General management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Senior professional with experience of high level leadership and management
- Developing and implementing clinically related strategies to improve quality and efficiency of systems
- Successful track record delivering high quality services in a multi-disciplinary healthcare environment
- Evidence of management of poor performance
- Leading change in challenging environments
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of quality and safety, mortality and clinical outcome improvement agendas
- Budgetary management experience
Skills
Essential
- Experienced practising clinician with an in depth understanding of clinical standards and governance.
- The highest level of interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
- Able to lead and motivate others, strong influencing and negotiation skills
- Ability to analyse highly complex organisational problems and develop and implement workable solutions
- Ability to relate to a wide spectrum of NHS professionals with competing agendas and achieve focused solutions to problems
- Able to assess priorities and make decision, quick to grasp a point, influence, persuade, give leadership and direction
- Knowledge and understanding of key NHS issues, including national and local policy drivers that are complex and highly politicised
- Expert knowledge and understanding of legislation relating to medical practice
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding of key organisation systems and NHS modernisation agenda
Desirable
- Ability to inspire others
- Service improvement and redesign techniques
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
