Deputy Directorate Manager

Deputy Directorate Manager

The closing date is 19 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen as a Band 7 Deputy Directorate Manager within the Head, Neck & Skin Directorate.

The Directorate Management Team are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual. You will work closely with the Directorate Manager, the Clinical Director, the Matron and the Senior Management Team. The post holder will ensure optimum and on-going performance in line with corporate objectives, NHS targets and best practice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Directorate working in a rapidly changing environment and achieving tight deadlines, you will possess excellent interpersonal skills, be self-motivated and able to demonstrate experience of change and people management.

Alongside the Senior Management Team you will lead on the day to day running of the directorate and be responsible for the delivery of operational performance targets.

You will assist and support the Clinical Director and Directorate Manager in developing and implementing short and long term service strategies, workforce redesign and contract monitoring.

About us

The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park. Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.

Job responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details on the post, please contact Suzanne Findler, Directorate Manager

Person Specification Qualifications and training

• Educated to Masters Level or equivalent level of experience
• Project Management Qualification

Experience

• 2 years experience of working in an acute Trust (working to degree level) in a management role
• Experience in introducing innovative practice

Skills & Knowledge

• Operational management skills
• Leadership and team building skills
• Ability to work in a high pressured environment & work to deadlines

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust