# Deputy Divisional Director

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Dudley
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 per annum
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term or Secondment)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Strategic On-Call Rota)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T10:42:58.533Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Midlands/West_Bromwich/Black_Country_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8160938
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8160938?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The job offers an experienced operational manager the opportunity to develop their leadership and management skills as part of an Older Adult Mental Health & Talking Therapies Division delivering high-quality services, genuine transformation and that dedicated to improvement.

The Deputy Divisional Director will support the Divisional Director in their duties and be responsible for the line management of Senior Operational Managers.

The post holder will also be expected to work pan-trust on wider programmes of work, as a responsible offer where required. and be part of the Trust's Strategic On-Call rota.

### Main duties of the job

- Line Management of Senior Operational Managers
- Ensuring that services are operating at their full potential and reporting challenges and actions effectively to the Divisional Director and other members of the Senior Leadership Team
- Deputise for Divisional Director as required, and where appropriate
- Ensuring that the division is effectively delivering it's performance obligations (e.g. NOF), and developing plans in response to challenges
- Ensuring that the division is delivering on it's productivity, finance and efficiency obligations
- To be visible and involved in projects and programmes of work, leading where necessary
- Lead activities directed at ensuring regulatory compliance (e.g. CQC) and provide assurance through relevant governance routes
- To ensure that the Division delivers in obligations under PCREF and EPRR

Please see full description of duties in the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see full job description and person specification in the accompanying documents, where all responsibilities and requirements are detailed

## Person Specification

### Essential and Desirable

**Essential**

- Masters Degree, or equivalent experience
- Operational management experience within the healthcare sector at a senior level eg Senior Operational Manager or equivalent
- Demonstrable experience of leading and successfully delivering significant projects or programmes within a healthcare setting
- Experience of managing staff performance issues including (not exhaustive):
- Individual performance management
- Inquiries/Investigations
- Commissioning and Chairing
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of managing service performance and improvement, eg KPIs, National Outcome Framework

**Desirable**

- Registered with relevant professional body i.e. NMC, HCPC
- Successfully completed a Healthcare Leadership Programme or Management Qualification

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 354.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463437)
- [person specification (pdf, 339.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463438)
- [bchft anti racist declaration (pdf, 222.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2381)

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