# Associate Director of Operations > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-director-of-operations/3bf717df-fb56-43c5-af13-1fc1165dfc2e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-director-of-operations/3bf717df-fb56-43c5-af13-1fc1165dfc2e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Guild Lodge - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Director - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-25T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-11T14:20:40.056Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/Lancashire_South_Cumbria_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Central_Management/Central_Management-v8291149 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview It is an exciting time to join Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust as we continue our transformational and Improvement program to ensure Central Lancashire community Physical health services are in the best position to meet the needs of our communities. With strong support from the trusts executive and network triumvirate leaders and the wider Lancashire and South Cumbria system leaders and partners, there is not a better time to join us and be a part of the growing collaborative delivery of community services. LSCFT can offer a substantive post for the role of an Associate Director of Operations for the Central Lancashire Community Physical Health Service within the Central and West Lancashire Locality network. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Operations, the Medical Director and Director of Nursing & Quality for the Locality Network. You will need to have a broad range of experience including collaborating with others across the organisation and externally. You need to be dynamic, organised, work independently and represent the Central and West locality in key meetings. You need to have good leadership and management skills, understanding of finances, the wider health system, and demonstrate excellent strategic NHS knowledge ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Well-developed analytical & problem solving skills with the ability to make decisions by determining key points from complex data and multiple information strands. - IT literate with well-developed skills for the use and application of information technology systems including file management, safe and effective internet use, Outlook, Word processing, PowerPoint, Access and Excel. - Proven ability to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment against challenging deadlines. - Well-developed leadership and motivational skills to facilitate working with multi-disciplinary teams. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Detailed understanding and Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge and experience of the operation of healthcare services and performance targets ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive Experience of operational management - Experience of successful project management. - Experience of policy development - Experience of leading and managing change ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent - Appropriate professional management qualification - Participation in continuing professional development to improve and update specialist knowledge ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 432.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10609136) - [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.