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Divisional Manager Children & Neonatal Services

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Location
Salary
£64,455 - £74,896 per annum (plus on call supplement)
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
23 Apr 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
09 Apr 2026

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join a committed and dynamic team within the Women's & Children Division  at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. This is a permanent position and as Directorate Manager in Children's and Neonatal Services you will work alongside Medical and Nursing leads in developing and managing services to deliver quality care for our patients.

We are seeking a dynamic individual who has the ability to successfully engage with a broad range of teams, disciplines and staff across the Division.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing leadership, operational management, strategic business planning and project management to help ensure that the Division delivers and achieves its performance, quality and efficiency objectives and delivers high standards of care to our patients.

You will have experience at a service management level, experience of successfully delivering projects and will have led your teams to deliver high quality, cost effective patient care.

Main duties of the job

  • To lead on, and be responsible for the development of strategies and business plans for the Division by ensuring that there are robust systems for performance management and quality governance in place. To ensure that the Division’s services are delivered to plan within available resources, and to assured quality standards.
  • To be responsible for co-ordinating and promoting the integration of the operational management, service planning and service delivery processes of the Division, to achieve agreed service levels. To work with the Divisional leadership team to use available resources effectively, efficiently and within agreed budgets.
  • To lead on the Divisional transformation programme, by analysing opportunities for change to support the transformational agenda, and by engaging partners, patients and other stakeholders in all aspects of the change.
  • To provide leadership which enables the delivery of high quality, safe and person centred care through the engagement and empowerment of others.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details regarding this Directorate Manager vacancy available with WUTH.