# Divisional General Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-general-manager/b5485a76-614e-4ec3-b7f1-24ea03c56d5c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-general-manager/b5485a76-614e-4ec3-b7f1-24ea03c56d5c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** Walsall - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call requirement) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T07:42:54.852Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Walsall/Walsall_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Divisional_General_Manager/Divisional_General_Manager-v8013072 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8013072?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Reporting to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO), the Divisional General Manager will deputise for the DCOO as required and will have specific Divisional Portfolios to support the effective delivery of safe high-quality services. They will be responsible for establishing a comprehensive annual plan for the Division. Working in collaboration with the Care Group Managers, Clinical Directors and matrons to ensure Care Groups are compliant with financial, quality, governance, health and safety and patient experience requirements, workforce and performance targets. ### Main duties of the job - The Divisional General Manager supports the DCOO in providing leadership to all staff within the Division and leading the Divisional team. Deputising for the DCOO for a portfolio of work to support the Division’s corporate objectives. - The post-holder will support the Divisional Senior Leadership team to lead the delivery of a safe, quality driven and continuously improving service to patients across all services within the Division which puts patients at the centre of care and ensures their needs are consistently and demonstrably met. - Support the Divisional Senior Leadership Team to ensure the Division’s service delivery and performance, ensuring that Divisional core deliverables, key performance measures and standards are achieved, that income and expenditure are managed to plan, whilst ensuring all “resources” are optimised and the Division functions effectively. - Provide strong leadership and management of staff, including staff recruitment and selection, performance, appraisal and development and ensuring that staff are managed and lead effectively throughout the Division. - Support the development of services and policies across a range of         specialist areas, Divisional boundaries and other associated health and social care organisations. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Delivery of safe and quality driven service to patients Service Delivery and Operational planning Performance management Staff Management and Team Building Resource Management Human Resources Service Development Financial Management Marketing Effective Leadership Health and Safety Divisional Management Responsibilities Corporate Management Responsibilities ## Job Details Reporting to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO), the Divisional General Manager will deputise for the DCOO as required and will have specific Divisional Portfolios to support the effective delivery of safe high-quality services. They will be responsible for establishing a comprehensive annual plan for the Division. Working in collaboration with the Care Group Managers, Clinical Directors and matrons to ensure Care Groups are compliant with financial, quality, governance, health and safety and patient experience requirements, workforce and performance targets. ## Job Description The Divisional General Manager supports the DCOO in providing leadership to all staff within the Division and leading the Divisional team. Deputising for the DCOO for a portfolio of work to support the Division’s corporate objectives. The post-holder will support the Divisional Senior Leadership team to lead the delivery of a safe, quality driven and continuously improving service to patients across all services within the Division which puts patients at the centre of care and ensures their needs are consistently and demonstrably met. Support the Divisional Senior Leadership Team to ensure the Division’s service delivery and performance, ensuring that Divisional core deliverables, key performance measures and standards are achieved, that income and expenditure are managed to plan, whilst ensuring all “resources” are optimised and the Division functions effectively. Provide strong leadership and management of staff, including staff recruitment and selection, performance, appraisal and development and ensuring that staff are managed and lead effectively throughout the Division. Support the development of services and policies across a range of specialist areas, Divisional boundaries and other associated health and social care organisations. ## Responsibilities Delivery of safe and quality driven service to patients Service Delivery and Operational planning Performance management Staff Management and Team Building Resource Management Human Resources Service Development Financial Management Marketing Effective Leadership Health and Safety Divisional Management Responsibilities Corporate Management Responsibilities ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to Master’s degree level or equivalent relevant senior management experience - Evidence of highly developed professional management development within relevant field of practice - Evidence of a commitment to continuous professional development **Desirable** - Workforce planning/development/innovation ### Key competencies **Essential** - Significant experience of leadership at a senior managerial level in operational and/or financial and strategic management, including exposure to Board. - Evidence of effective design and management of patient flows and pathways - Evidence of effective management of a complex and diverse workforce - Evidence of successful management of a significant budget ### Skills and aptitudes **Essential** - Demonstrates WHT values ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Significant experience of working at a senior management or senior professional level (equivalent to Postgraduate Diploma) in the acute sector. - Significant experience of managing clinical teams in a range of specialties - Experience of business strategy and planning - Experience of leading the implementation of service improvement including complex change management programmes - Significant experience of coordinating projects in challenging complex environments - Experience of managing clinical and non-clinical risk - Track record of achieving service targets ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 638.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10301918) - [person specification (pdf, 634.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10301919) - [flexible working document (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2426) ## 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.