• Job Description

  Req#: C9166-25-0276?language=en&page=429&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  There is a permanent (Surgery) and 12 months fixed term (Medicine & Emergency care) opportunity available.

  Are you an experienced, people-focused leader with a passion for delivering high-quality patient care through operational excellence? As Deputy Divisional Operations Director for Surgery or Medicine & Emergency Care, you'll play a vital role in leading transformation, driving performance, and most importantly - bringing out the very best in our teams.

  We're looking for someone who leads with purpose and compassion, who can energise and empower others, and who thrives in a fast-paced environment where your leadership truly makes a difference.

  What you'll do:

  Lead and manage major improvement programmes that enhance patient care, safety, productivity and value for money.

  • Develop high-performing, motivated teams by role-modelling compassionate and inclusive leadership.
  • Support long-term strategic planning while delivering day-to-day excellence in performance, workforce and financial management.
  • Work closely with clinical and nursing leaders to ensure cohesive, well-led services.
  • Create a culture where staff are supported, heard, and involved in shaping service improvement.
  • Act as a trusted partner with commissioners, system colleagues and internal stakeholders to drive integrated care.

  Main duties of the job

  What we're looking for...

  Master's degree or equivalent senior management experience in a complex NHS or healthcare setting.

  • Proven success in operational leadership, strategic planning and leading change at scale.
  • Strong financial, analytical and interpersonal skills.
  • A leadership style that reflects our Proud to CARE values - bringing compassion, ambition, respect and encouragement to everything you do.
  • The integrity, resilience and drive to lead through complexity and deliver real impact.

  If you're passionate about people, performance and patient care - and ready to lead the way in surgical services - apply now and help us shape the future at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

  If you are interested in the role , we would recommend that you get in touch with us to discuss the role informally as part of your application Journey.

  About us

  You'll thrive in this role because...

  • You want to work somewhere that values your leadership, supports your development, and recognises your contribution.
  • You'll be a key part of a collaborative, supportive Divisional leadership team with shared purpose and ambition.
  • You'll have the autonomy to shape services, develop talent, and drive results - all with patients at the heart.

  Chesterfield Royal Hospital is located in Calow, Chesterfield, which is situated on a green field site on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It is home to the Crooked Spire and is also close to Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham, thus offering numerous choices for recreational activities and lifestyles.

  Chesterfield Royal Hospital was officially opened by the queen in 1985 and since then it has continued to expand and modernise, currently holding approximately 550 beds. We provide acute in-patient and out-patient care for Chesterfield and the surrounding rural area of North Derbyshire, serving a population of approximately 350,000 people.

  We are currently rated GOOD by the CQC.

  Details

  Date posted

  02 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8b

  Salary

  £62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  166-SS-7199337

  Job locations

  Chesterfield Royal Hospital

  Calow

  Chesterfield

  S44 5BL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.

  Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter for more:@hrcrhft @royalhospital @WellbeingCRH

  Primary contact for the Surgical division role - Vignesh Murali - Divisional Operations Director - email Vignesh.Murali1@nhs.net / telephone - 075557831670.

  Primary contact for the Medicine & Emergency Care division role - Nicholas Parry-Okeden - Divisional Operations Director - email nicholas.parryokeden@nhs.net / telephone 01246 513403

  For the Medicine & Emergency Care Division role you you can alternatively contact Jamie Temlett (Divisional Nurse Director) 07796 995846 & Katie Cave (HR Partner) 01246 516270.

  For the Surgical Division post you can alternatively contact Dr Matt Morris (Divisional Clinical Director) 07494502879 & Claire Wells (Divisional Nurse Director) 07557831530.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.

  Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter for more:@hrcrhft @royalhospital @WellbeingCRH

  Primary contact for the Surgical division role - Vignesh Murali - Divisional Operations Director - email Vignesh.Murali1@nhs.net / telephone - 075557831670.

  Primary contact for the Medicine & Emergency Care division role - Nicholas Parry-Okeden - Divisional Operations Director - email nicholas.parryokeden@nhs.net / telephone 01246 513403

  For the Medicine & Emergency Care Division role you you can alternatively contact Jamie Temlett (Divisional Nurse Director) 07796 995846 & Katie Cave (HR Partner) 01246 516270.

  For the Surgical Division post you can alternatively contact Dr Matt Morris (Divisional Clinical Director) 07494502879 & Claire Wells (Divisional Nurse Director) 07557831530.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Training

  Essential

  • Masters degree or equivalent experience
  • Specialty specific registration appropriate to role

  Desirable

  • Leadership qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Current or recent NHS experience at a management level, experience of leading service improvement projects and organisational change, whilst developing and maintaining high standards of quality
  • Evidence of appropriate relevant professional development. Financial management and business management skills including the ability to set and manage budgets across several services

  Desirable

  • Senior management experience in a healthcare setting with speciality knowledge in relevant discipline
  • Involvement at a leadership level on issues related to clinical governance, monitoring and standard setting, including risk management and health and safety
  • Demonstratable experience of successful business planning and development of robust business case

  Skills & Knowledge

  Essential

  • Excellent and highly developed interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate and influence at all levels
  • Experience of leading and coaching teams, including recruitment and disciplinary issues with the ability to motivate others to achieve organisational objectives
  • Effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders including the public
  • Ability to communicate, both written and verbally, in a manner which is clear, fluent, and persuasive
  • Able to deal with sensitive and complex issues
  • Highly developed problem solving and analytical skills
  • Experience of conflict resolution and negotiation
  • Ability to write and produce regular complex reports and formulate policy
  • Competent in the use of office IT systems
  • Ability to oversee and interpret the performance targets of specialties

  Desirable

  • Skills in data analysis
  • Experience of service planning process

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Commitment to values and principles of the NHS
  • Inclusive and developmental personal style and approach
  • Inspiring and motivational
  • Dynamic with personal impact
  • Integrity and Tenacity
  • Effective under pressure
  • Portrays self-belief, self-awareness and drive for improvement
  • Resourceful
  • Highly professional role model
  • Ability to build positive working relationships

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Training

  Essential

  • Masters degree or equivalent experience
  • Specialty specific registration appropriate to role

  Desirable

  • Leadership qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Current or recent NHS experience at a management level, experience of leading service improvement projects and organisational change, whilst developing and maintaining high standards of quality
  • Evidence of appropriate relevant professional development. Financial management and business management skills including the ability to set and manage budgets across several services

  Desirable

  • Senior management experience in a healthcare setting with speciality knowledge in relevant discipline
  • Involvement at a leadership level on issues related to clinical governance, monitoring and standard setting, including risk management and health and safety
  • Demonstratable experience of successful business planning and development of robust business case

  Skills & Knowledge

  Essential

  • Excellent and highly developed interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate and influence at all levels
  • Experience of leading and coaching teams, including recruitment and disciplinary issues with the ability to motivate others to achieve organisational objectives
  • Effective negotiating, influencing and networking skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders including the public
  • Ability to communicate, both written and verbally, in a manner which is clear, fluent, and persuasive
  • Able to deal with sensitive and complex issues
  • Highly developed problem solving and analytical skills
  • Experience of conflict resolution and negotiation
  • Ability to write and produce regular complex reports and formulate policy
  • Competent in the use of office IT systems
  • Ability to oversee and interpret the performance targets of specialties

  Desirable

  • Skills in data analysis
  • Experience of service planning process

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Commitment to values and principles of the NHS
  • Inclusive and developmental personal style and approach
  • Inspiring and motivational
  • Dynamic with personal impact
  • Integrity and Tenacity
  • Effective under pressure
  • Portrays self-belief, self-awareness and drive for improvement
  • Resourceful
  • Highly professional role model
  • Ability to build positive working relationships

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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

  Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Chesterfield Royal Hospital

  Calow

  Chesterfield

  S44 5BL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Chesterfield Royal Hospital

  Calow

  Chesterfield

  S44 5BL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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