Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Jessop Wing Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £66,582 - £77,368 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2026 23:59 Interview date 21/05/2026
Deputy Operations Director (Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Neonatology)
NHS AfC: Band 8b
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has risen for Deputy Operations Directors in OGN Directorate.
This post holder will be professionally accountable to the Operations Director, with a specific remit that will be agreed and reviewed according to the priorities across the care group.
The role will primarily focus on:
* Embedding an improvement approach to the way the Care Group (OGN) is led.
* Providing senior leadership and management support to the Directorate leadership teams.
* Formally deputising for the Operations Director.
* Supporting the Directorate management teams in all aspects of business and service management in order to achieve the activity levels, quality and performance standards.
* Ensure and model best practice in relation to the management of the day to day operational services with a focus on process improvement, standardisation across services and the use of business intelligence.
Main duties of the job
Lead and manage the Care Group in partnership with the Clinical Director and Midwifery Director whilst sustaining effective working relationships with the consultant medical staff, and senior midwifery/nursing team.
Responsible for ensuring that the operational and financial requirements of the Care Group are effectively managed and co-ordinated.
Work with the Management Team to formulate and agree business plans, capacity plans and objectives including delivery of P&E.
Develop patient focused services, identifying future financial, capital and workforce requirements and ensuring that contractual, financial and performance targets are met.
Manage processes to monitor activity and financial performance and take corrective action as required.
Responsible for the provision of user-friendly, relevant and timely data to clinical and non-clinical teams to challenge current service delivery, improve performance, and map performance against agreed metrics.
Implement and develop frameworks to support continuous improvement and innovation, delivering efficient and effective care pathways to improve patient outcomes and minimise hospital stay.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
* Demonstrable commitment to continuing personal development
* A master’s degree or a post-graduate qualification in management and/or able to demonstrate equivalent learning and practice
* NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme or similar NHS Leadership Academy/King’s Fund or equivalent leadership development programme
Experience
* Experience as a Service Manager or Head of Service in an NHS acute hospital setting
* Leadership experience, including the delivery of team objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment, managing attendance and disciplinary issues.
* Experience of developing models and initiatives related to patient/service capacity and demand management
* Excellent knowledge and sound experience of managing, monitoring and controlling complex income and expenditure budgets.
* Experience of financial planning and the design and delivery of cost improvement programmes
* Ability to negotiate and influence staff at all levels of seniority, including engagement in difficult decisions
* Demonstrable project management experience and delivery
* Experience of leading the development and implementation of strategic service plans
* Experience of working as a Service Manager or Head of service within an acute surgical service
* Extensive experience of preparing and presenting complex information, written and verbal to a range of audiences
* Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development, proactively seeking out new learning opportunities
* Understanding and experience of Quality Management Systems
* Experience of managing the delivery of 18 week RTT and cancer targets
* Training in structured project management
Skills and Knowledge
* Highly numerate, confident manipulating and interpreting data.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work proactively and cooperatively with senior management, clinical staff and other staff all levels
* Proficient in the use of IT packages (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
* Skilled in acquiring and analysing hospital data from multiple sources (including referral rates, clinic utilisation, 18 week RTT and inpatient flow).
* A clear understanding of the use of performance metrics to drive improvement
* A clear understanding of confidentiality when dealing with matters relating to staff and patients
* Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise an unpredictable workload with frequent disruption.
* Flexible approach to working practices
* Demonstrable self-awareness, an understanding of impact on others and ability to manage self and maintain professional conduct in difficult and challenging situations
* Demonstrable leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire others while demonstrating honesty, integrity, fairness and tenacity.
* Enthusiasm and ability to seek out and resolve problems in order to improve patient care.
* Ability to cope with ambiguity and working in a changing environment
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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