Job overview Divisional Director – Urgent & Emergency Care Interviews will be held on Friday 13 February 2026 Are you passionate about high quality, responsive and modern urgent and emergency care services? This is an exciting opportunity to lead a division that plays a critical role in patient flow and care quality across our organisation and wider health and care system. The Divisional Director role is a pivotal point of leadership in shaping services and inspiring teams, to deliver care that makes a real difference to patients and communities. What You’ll Do Provide strategic and operational leadership for our Emergency Departments, admission avoidance initiatives, and integrated frailty services. Drive collaboration with Place partners to deliver seamless care across health and social care systems. This will include providing leadership and delivery to development of Urgent Care Coordination in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough in partnership with others. Creating and maintaining relationships with partners organisations to support innovation in urgent and emergency care, ensuring services are safe, efficient, and patient-focused, and as close to home as possible for our population. Work closely with other divisions, executive colleagues, and system partners to deliver integrated models of care. Lead the clinical quality - patient safety, clinical effectiveness, patient experience and team health - agenda for UEC Division. Advert About You A strong clinical background is essential – you may be a Consultant, GP, senior clinician, or experienced healthcare leader. Proven ability to lead complex services and work across organisational boundaries. Passionate about improving patient outcomes and delivering high-quality, sustainable care. Experience of listening to staff and patients and then acting to deliver improvement. An explicit and evidenced commitment to high clinical care and professional standards at all times. Working for our organisation Why Join Us? Be part of a forward-thinking leadership team committed to transformation and integration. Take forward an ambitious strategy of transformation across our Health and Care Partnership. Build on our Culture of Improvement, Quality Improvement and existing per support work in UEC to leverage change that is sustainable, with the support and permission of the Trust Board. Benefit from strong support across the executive team and work collaboratively to shape the future of urgent and emergency care. This is more than a leadership role – it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact on patient care and system integration. Detailed job description and main responsibilities As Divisional Director for Urgent & Emergency Care, you will work as part of a triumvirate leadership model, alongside the Divisional Operations Director and Divisional Director of Nursing, to deliver outstanding care across our Emergency Department and integrated urgent care pathways. The Trust's Clinical Strategy commits us to working with partners to develop more community-based specialist pathways such as a Virtual Hospital at Home and neighbourhood urgent care models, aligning with primary care and community services for more patient-centred and personalised care. We are an improvement-focused organisation and in UEC there is real benefit to be gained for staff and patients from improving flow and experience, eliminating corridor care through relationships with other divisions, working with non-hospital-based teams, and reviewing our internal operating model across the week and across sites, to improve access. Disclosure & Barring Check Fee Where your role requires a DBS check, the Trust will pay the fee upfront and reclaim the cost (including a £5 admin fee) from your first month’s salary. Volunteers are exempt. Our Values – At the heart of all we do We recruit not just for skills but for behaviours aligned with our core values: dedication, care, courage, and innovation. Show us how you live these values in your application and interview. Early closure notice We may close this advert early if we receive enough applications—please apply without delay. International Applicants & Sponsorship We welcome applications from those needing UK sponsorship. From 2021, most non-UK/Republic of Ireland nationals need a visa to work in the UK. Important: Salary thresholds and visa rules changed in 2024 — check your eligibility here: www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. If applying from overseas, you may also need to provide criminal record certificates for countries lived in for 12 months in the past 10 years.