# Divisional Director of Operations > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-director-of-operations/23dd91a4-6460-44c1-a925-403d6247616c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-director-of-operations/23dd91a4-6460-44c1-a925-403d6247616c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Southampton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £112,782 - £129,783 Per Annum Pro Rata + Responsibility Allowance - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T15:43:00.553Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8165848 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8165848?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for detailed job description of the role. ### Main duties of the job We are looking for a new Divisional Director of Operations  to join our senior operational leadership team at UHS. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced senior operational leader to join our trust and lead a high performing and cohesive divisional team, with compassion, inspiration and aspiration for our patients - and for all of our colleagues. Working in partnership with your divisional leadership colleagues, including Clinical Director and Director of Nursing & Professions, you will jointly lead services in Surgery, Critical Care, CV&T, neurosciences (including spines) and Theatres & Anaesthetics  within Division A; which is made up of c.4000 staff and has a budget c.£400 million. As one of three DDOs within UHS, you will have joint responsibility for driving forward corporate and collaborative programmes of work and service direction, both within UHS and with our external partners. This role includes a £10,000 responsibility allowance ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities What you’ll do - You will be responsible for driving operational performance and strategic development of Division A;  including the delivery of high-quality patient care, clinical governance, patient safety, clinical quality, and the delivery of financial targets. - You will have joint responsibility for driving forward corporate and collaborative programmes of work and service direction, while providing compassionate and inspiring leadership. - We are a dynamic and fast paced organisation, that is continuously evolving, always improving and encourages innovation. We are committed to your career development and offer a supportive, flexible and collaborative working environment. What we’re looking for - You will have a proven track record leading complex operational and clinical specialities in the acute sector; with a record of achieving challenging healthcare targets and leading and delivering significant programmes of change. - With excellent inter-personal, team development, leadership and communications skills, you will be committed to building positive working partnerships with senior managers, staff and a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. - You will bring a track record of effective financial delivery, including efficiency savings, income and expenditure targets and an extensive understanding of managing multiple performance targets and a variety of NHS care pathways. - You will be able to demonstrate and live our UHS Values and share our vision and direction for the division - and our trust - in a spirit of collaboration and compassion - A strong leader, with a proven background in operational delivery, allied to the ability to build, develop and sustain exceptional teams delivering outstanding care. This role will involve an element of on-call cover. Stakeholder sessions will be held virtually on Monday 17th August, with interviews on Wednesday 19th August onsite at our hospital. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications, knowledge and experience **Essential** - First degree or an equivalent level of experience - Evidence of other specialist knowledge at higher degree or Master’s level - Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector with up-to-date knowledge of operational/clinical services - Significant experience within the Healthcare sector at very senior manager level including responsibility for strategic planning and budgetary control for group of complex operational/clinical specialities - Evidence of CPD - Proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets - Experience of leading and delivering significant programmes of change within an NHS setting - Experience of managing and hearing performance issues, including at dismissal level - Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information - Ability to critically analyse and present complex data including financial and clinical data sets - Business focused - Sensitive to clinical and political demand - Proven record of pro-active performance management - Able to participate in on-call rota - Ability to build successful teams - Ability to manage conflict - Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change **Desirable** - Experience of working in an Acute Teaching hospital - Previous experience of having worked on a management on call rota ## Documents - [job description & person specification (pdf, 312.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10467278) ## 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.