# Divisional Director > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-director/84225d2d-7282-43c8-92b2-cabe4db01857 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-director/84225d2d-7282-43c8-92b2-cabe4db01857.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Countess of Chester Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Salary:** £94356.00 to £108814.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part of the Executive On-Call Rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-26T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T12:19:32.964Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8211979 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8211979?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.coch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Divisional Director - Urgent and Emergency Care Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week Thank you for taking the time to read this advert for a very exciting vacancy within my senior team. I have been at the Trust for over four years, any we have made many improvements for our patients and our people. The improvement journey across Urgent and Emergency Care continues and I am looking for an experienced and visible leader to join my team. We are working closely with system partners to ensure improvements get the right patient, to the right place to have the right care as soon as possible. Our Emergency Services have had lots of investment including a new build SDEC and UTC, discharge lounge, additional resus space aa triage hub. Work will commence shortly to extend our space in our Clinical Decisions Unit I am exceptionally proud of my senior team of operational leaders and all we have achieved together so far for our patients and you feel you have the experience and skills to be the accountable officer our most complex division please get in touch. Cathy, Chief Operating Officer. ### Main duties of the job Accountable to the Chief Operating Officer, with delegated responsibility to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer, the Divisional Director is responsible for the strategic planning, operational management and delivery of the operational elements of patient care, ensuring that the key safety, quality, service performance, and financial objectives are met. Working alongside the Associate Medical Director and Associate Director of Nursing the Divisional Director is responsible for ensuring maximum efficiency, promoting service improvement, optimum clinical pathways and ensuring regulatory targets and compliance against quality, risk and governance standards. Leading the development, motivation, and inspiration of teams within the Division, the Divisional Director has overall responsibility for general management and their adherence to the Trust’s values and behaviours. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Qualification **Essential** - Relevant Degree or equivalent relevant experience - Professional specialist knowledge covering more than one relevant discipline e.g. clinical services, finance, personnel, IT, gained through Masters Degree or significant proven experience **Desirable** - Relevant qualification or experience in improvement methodology ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate at all levels - Ability to communicate effectively at all levels ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Extensive experience in a senior management role within the NHS or a large multi-functional public or commercial environment - Demonstrate successful management of change within a large complex organisation - Experience of developing business plans which support/deliver corporate and divisional objectives **Desirable** - Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the NHS and the modernisation agenda particularly in relation to service delivery ## Documents - [risk id (pdf, 213.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10522584) - [how to travel to work (pdf, 186.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2810) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2608) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 646.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10519390) ## 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.