# Directorate Manager for Division of Surgery, Women's and Children's > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/directorate-manager-for-division-of-surgery-womens-and-childrens/f2db85ea-329b-4cef-bbab-33e3e46f2cfc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/directorate-manager-for-division-of-surgery-womens-and-childrens/f2db85ea-329b-4cef-bbab-33e3e46f2cfc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Ashton Under Lyne - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T15:27:50.880Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Ashton/Tameside_Glossop_Integrated_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Division_Surgery_Womens_Childrens/Division_Surgery_Womens_Childrens-v8031379 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8031379?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Directorate Manager for  Division of Surgery, Women's and Children's Band 8B - 37.5 Hours per week If you are a values-driven, experienced leader, who is passionate about creating a great place for care and a great place to work, we want you to consider applying for the Directorate Manager position here at Tameside Hospital and joining our Divisional senior leadership team within the division of Surgery, Women's and Children's. ### Interview date:  Friday, 19 June 2026 ### Main duties of the job This position offers a fantastic opportunity to be part of a fabulous team working within Surgery, Women's and Children's services. You will be responsible for continually improving the quality of services to patients, and redesigning services to meet best practice standards. You will be a visible leader and provide direction to the services within your portfolio, working in collaboration with clinical leads and matron lead colleagues, as well as other directorate manager colleagues from across the trust. You will be responsible and accountable for the overall management of the services within the directorate. You will develop the strategy for the directorate, playing a key role in identifying opportunities for  innovation and modernisation and leading programmes of transformation. You will be responsible for the delivery of all directorate objectives and performance targets, across all 4 quadrants of People, Quality, Operational Performance and Finance, ensuring the service we offer to patients is of the highest quality, safety and efficiency. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications 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. ## Job Details Band 8B - 37.5 Hours per week If you are a values-driven, experienced leader, who is passionate about creating a great place for care and a great place to work, we want you to consider applying for the Directorate Manager position here at Tameside Hospital and joining our Divisional senior leadership team within the division of Surgery, Women's and Children's. ## Job Description This position offers a fantastic opportunity to be part of a fabulous team working within Surgery, Women's and Children's services. You will be responsible for continually improving the quality of services to patients, and redesigning services to meet best practice standards. You will be a visible leader and provide direction to the services within your portfolio, working in collaboration with clinical leads and matron lead colleagues, as well as other directorate manager colleagues from across the trust. You will be responsible and accountable for the overall management of the services within the directorate. You will develop the strategy for the directorate, playing a key role in identifying opportunities for innovation and modernisation and leading programmes of transformation. You will be responsible for the delivery of all directorate objectives and performance targets, across all 4 quadrants of People, Quality, Operational Performance and Finance, ensuring the service we offer to patients is of the highest quality, safety and efficiency. ## Responsibilities The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise - Methodical and extremely organised approach - Excellent communication skills - Well developed analytical skills - Ability to constantly motivate self and others - Negotiation- at high level as well as ability to persuade - Handling sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy - Problem solving ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of managing within an NHS healthcare setting - Broad knowledge of NHS Information & IT systems - Experience of dealing with difficult operational issues. - Experience of dealing with or completing investigations and RCAs - Knowledge of NHS complaints and clinical incident reporting best practice **Desirable** - Up to date with relevant national guidance on NHS management issues ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of managing operational services and dealing with competing demands. - Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams including medical staff - Experience and commitment to quality, innovation, productivity and prevention. - Staff & Budget Management experience - Experience of personal accountability for service delivery - Experience of leading service improvement initiatives across a multidisciplinary team ### personal qualities **Essential** - Assertive, confident and able to work under own initiative ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Education to Degree level or evidence of working towards **Desirable** - Education to Masters degree level or evidence of sound intellectual ability and ongoing personal development at senior management level - Recognised post-graduate management qualification or equivalent experience ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 343.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3042) - [hospital site map (jpg, 160.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2829) - [hospital floor plan (pdf, 50.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1204) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 392.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326384) ## 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.