# Deputy Operations Director > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-operations-director/baa764e1-6794-444f-af39-f3c52bfbba5f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-operations-director/baa764e1-6794-444f-af39-f3c52bfbba5f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Sheffield - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 pa/pro rata for part time staff - **Contract type:** Permanent: Job share - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week (3 x7.5 hour days on week 1 and 2 x 7.5 hours on week 2) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-01T23:02:59.314Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neurosciences/Neurosciences-v8109985 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8109985?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are Are you ready to take your leadership career to the next level in one of the UK’s largest and most respected healthcare organisations? At Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, we are passionate about delivering exceptional patient care, and we’re offering a fantastic opportunity for a driven and visionary leader to make a real impact pairing up with one of our experienced Deputy Operations Directors in a job share. This role will oversee one of our largest directorates, Neurosciences, as well as support our central business, data and analyst teams. The role reports directly to the Operations Director and will provide critical leadership including deputising in her absence. You will be at the heart of service delivery, driving transformational performance improvements and working closely with Clinical Directors and a talented clinical team to shape the future of care. We are looking for a talented, inspirational leader with a passion for healthcare, who thrives in a fast-paced environment. If you’re hardworking, organised, resilient, and ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow, we want to hear from you. Apply now to be part of our wonderful team! ### Main duties of the job This post holder will be professionally accountable to the Operations Director, with a specific remit that will be agreed and reviewed according to the priorities across the care group. Full Job Description available using the attachment. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. This post holder will be professionally accountable to the Operations Director, with a specific remit that will be agreed and reviewed according to the priorities across the care group Full Job Description available using the attachment. ## Job Details Are Are you ready to take your leadership career to the next level in one of the UK’s largest and most respected healthcare organisations? At Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, we are passionate about delivering exceptional patient care, and we’re offering a fantastic opportunity for a driven and visionary leader to make a real impact pairing up with one of our experienced Deputy Operations Directors in a job share. This role will oversee one of our largest directorates, Neurosciences, as well as support our central business, data and analyst teams. The role reports directly to the Operations Director and will provide critical leadership including deputising in her absence. You will be at the heart of service delivery, driving transformational performance improvements and working closely with Clinical Directors and a talented clinical team to shape the future of care. We are looking for a talented, inspirational leader with a passion for healthcare, who thrives in a fast-paced environment. If you’re hardworking, organised, resilient, and ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow, we want to hear from you. Apply now to be part of our wonderful team! ## Job Description This post holder will be professionally accountable to the Operations Director, with a specific remit that will be agreed and reviewed according to the priorities across the care group. Full Job Description available using the attachment. ## Responsibilities Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. This post holder will be professionally accountable to the Operations Director, with a specific remit that will be agreed and reviewed according to the priorities across the care group Full Job Description available using the attachment. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience as a Service Manager or Head of Service in an NHS acute hospital setting or complex organisation - Leadership experience, including the delivery of team objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment, managing attendance and disciplinary issues. - Experience of developing models and initiatives related to patient/service capacity and demand management - Excellent knowledge and sound experience of managing, monitoring, controlling complex income and expenditure budgets, and delivery of cost improvement programmes - Ability to negotiate and influence staff at all levels of seniority, including engagement in difficult decisions - Demonstrable project management experience and delivery of robust programmes of work including development and implementation of strategic service plans - Experience of managing the delivery of challenging targets, such as,18 week RTT and cancer targets - Extensive experience of preparing and presenting complex information, written and verbal to a range of audiences **Desirable** - Training in structured project management and Service Improvement techniques ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Highly numerate, confident manipulating, interpreting, sourcing and analysing hospital data (including waiting list, 18 RTT and demand information). - Excellent oral and written communication skills. - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work proactively and cooperatively with senior management, clinical staff and other staff all levels - Experience of building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders - Competent in the use of IT packages (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) - A clear understanding of the use of performance metrics to drive improvement - A clear understanding of confidentiality when dealing with matters relating to staff and patients - Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise an unpredictable workload with frequent disruption. - Flexible approach to working practices and ability to cope with ambiguity and working in a changing environment - Demonstrable self-awareness, an understanding of impact on others and ability to manage self and maintain professional conduct in difficult and challenging situations - Enthusiasm and ability to seek out and resolve problems in order to improve patient care. ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to Masters' degree level or equivalent experience - Demonstrable commitment to continuing personal development - Masters’ degree or equivalent level qualification in a relevant subject (or be working towards), or, demonstrable equivalent knowledge gained through a combination of short courses, additional training, and experience - Other relevant management qualifications **Desirable** - NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme or similar ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2420) - [job description (pdf, 256.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10405006) - [person specification (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10405007) - [information for candidates (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2162) - [applicants - how we use your information (pdf, 87.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2165) - [getting to work at sheffield teaching hospitals (pdf, 305.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2163) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2211) - [a guide to using artificial intelligence and with your personal statement (pdf, 163.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2894) - [candidate application best practice guide - please read before completing your application (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2161) ## 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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.