We have an exciting opportunity to join the Women’s Health Division at University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a dynamic and inspiring leader with extensive senior operational experience, who is passionate about quality, patient-centred care and improving services for women. This is brand new Deputy Divisional Manager position within the Women’s Health divisional management team.
The Women’s Health Division consists of breast, gynaecology, obstetrics and neonatology services. The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing serves as a district hospital for local cases and as a specialist referral centre for a much wider area, including tertiary referrals from other centres in the UK. UCLH is the designated cancer centre for gynae-oncology in North Central London and delivers urogynaecology, general gynaecology, endometriosis, reproductive medicine, and paediatric gynaecology services. Birth deliveries number over 5000 per annum and there is a specialist fetal medicine unit. UCLH is the designated perinatal centre for the North Central London neonatal network.
Reporting to the Divisional Manager, the Deputy Divisional Manager will have a division wide leadership role focused on implementation of cross cutting programmes focused on financial sustainability, commercial opportunities and digital innovation as well as day to day oversight of maternity and neonatal services.
Responsibilities
* Support the clinical, operational nursing, midwifery and AHP leads within the division with a specific focus on providing senior operational leadership to neonatal and maternity services.
* Co‑lead a number of ambitious Women’s Health strategic projects including the large‑scale programmes to expand neonatal inpatient capacity, restack the existing EGA site and develop new gynaecology services working with multidisciplinary members of the divisional leadership team, leads from UCLH Strategy team and other stakeholders within the organisation.
* Provide direction and oversight of key service improvement projects in maternity and neonatal services to improve patient and staff experience, enable the service to respond to growing capacity challenges and ensure optimal pathways for patients.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world –class research.
Sites
* University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
* National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
* Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
* University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
* Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
* University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
* The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
* University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*UCLH top trust to work at in England — In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England — for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff — To find out more, Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH.
This advert closes on Tuesday 31 Mar 2026
#J-18808-Ljbffr