Deputy Directorate Manager

Job overview

Deputy Directorate Manager - Band 7

Fixed Term, 12 Months, 37.5 hours

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly created role within the Clinical Support Services Division at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

The Deputy Directorate Manager will provide support to the Directorate Managers and other senior team members within the division. In connection with the team, they will provide operational leadership to ensure smooth running of the department on a daily basis, whilst ensuring compliance of local and national targets and engaging in service development projects.

Main duties of the job

• Strong and clear leadership, supporting the Directorate Manager in ensuring staff are appropriately developed and are efficient, effective, engaged, and motivated.
• Ensure that all aspects of specified performance and operations are appropriately monitored, evaluation and managed to optimise standards of care and deliver financial and performance requirements.
• Support and lead on the development and monitoring of business cases and specific service level agreements with commissioners, internal departments and partner organisations.
• Work in partnership and take delegated responsibility for management as appropriate, inclusive of operational performance, project management and service improvement.
• Support Modality Leads in service provision for their specified areas
• Accountable for ensuring patient flows are appropriate and work collaboratively with site management to maximise capacity in a safe and effective manner
• Deputise for the Directorate Manager as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.