# Divisional Nurse / AHP Director > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-nurse-ahp-director/438cc3ad-a04e-4290-890f-757da305c446 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-nurse-ahp-director/438cc3ad-a04e-4290-890f-757da305c446.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Stockport - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 plus on-call supplement - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes some out of hours working as part of on-call requirements) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T12:12:39.319Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Stockport/Stockport_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Professional_Nursing/Allied_Health_Professional_Nursing-v8129172 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8129172?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stockport.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and diverse Division encompassing Women and Children's Services, Community Services, and Therapies. The postholder will primarily lead a portfolio spanning Community Services and Adult Therapies, working closely with the Divisional Director, Clinical Directors, and Divisional Nurse and Midwifery Directors to provide visible and effective leadership across quality and governance, workforce, patient safety, and service improvement. The Divisional Nurse / AHP Director will provide professional leadership for nursing and allied health professional (AHP) staff across the Division, supporting Lead Nurses, Matrons, and senior clinical leaders to deliver outstanding patient care and achieve Trust priorities and objectives. As a key member of the Divisional Senior Leadership Team, the postholder will act as an expert source of professional nursing and AHP advice, contributing to collective accountability for the safe, effective, and high-quality delivery of care across a broad range of services. This influential role is central to aligning corporate, organisational, and divisional priorities with clinical practice, workforce development, and service transformation. Working collaboratively with senior leaders across the Trust and with multidisciplinary colleagues, the postholder will drive continuous improvement and help ensure the delivery of exceptional care and outcomes for patients, families, and communities. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will work in partnership with the Divisional Senior Leadership team to ensure that nursing and therapy is integral to the Trust, ensuring the delivery of high quality nursing and therapy care. Candidates must be a team player with significant experience of working in a range of NHS settings, proven management skills, and experience in leading complex services and teams. The post holder will be responsible for leading, challenging and driving forward continuous quality improvement. The post holder will be responsible for line management of Lead Nurses and Matrons within the areas in their portfolio. The post holder will be expected to work in line with Trust values and behave in a manner that facilitates the development of autonomous teams and individuals that are empowered, engaged and committed to continually delivering excellent care. The post holder is expected to participate in the senior manager on call rota and to cross cover for colleagues during periods of annual leave The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Effective interpersonal skill, including developing successful working relationships and handling difficult situations - Highly developed leadership and people management skills - Strong influencing and negotiating skills - Highly developed analytical and judgemental skills with ability to deliver contentious information to groups and reconcile views - Able to act as a role model - Advanced IT skills ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of NHS health care services and national standards relating to nursing / therapy policy - Extensive knowledge of compliance frameworks, code of governance and understanding of the Care Quality Commission requirements - Demonstrable knowledge of complex change management - Significant experience of working in a senior nursing or therapy role in an acute hospital or community setting - Significant nursing / therapy management experience - Leading and managing change including service modernisation techniques - Evidence of professional development in relation to personal development and decision making - Risk management and clinical governance experience ### Qualifications & Education **Essential** - Registered Nurse or Therapist - Educated to degree level or evidence of sound intellectual ability and ongoing personal development at senior management level - Master’s level qualification in health-related subject or equivalent experience - Evidence of management / leadership qualification or development or equivalent experience - Evidence of continuing professional development showing a combination of short course or structured self-study **Desirable** - Coaching ### Values I Behavioural I Attitudes **Essential** - Flexibility - Able to work out of hours on site cover rota - Occupational Health Clearance ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 310.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2576) - [applicant guide (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1756) - [our behaviours - care (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1757) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 544.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10460160) ## 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.