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As a resilient, dynamic, and experienced leader you could be one of two talented individuals we're recruiting to join our Trust in the pivotal roles of Divisional Operational Director.
You are an experienced senior leader and have the highest professional standards and expectations. You're passionate and committed to delivering exceptional patient care with the skills, enthusiasm, and aspiration to make a difference. Patients are at the heart of all you do - they certainly are for us.
Our values are based around Proud to CARE - and we're very proud of our most recent staff survey results where we were rated among the top acute Trusts in the country with 72% of colleagues recommending #TeamCRH as a place to work and 73% telling us they would be happy with the standard of care should a friend or relative need it.
Along with credibility and compassion, you are an inclusive leader and understand the importance of living our values. You will bring excellent communication and engagement skills to influence and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including our system and regional partners.
This role has a complex and demanding portfolio and so if your ambition matches ours, then we look forward to hearing from you., The Divisional Operational Director is a core member of the divisional triumvirate leadership team.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will work closely with the Divisional Clinical Director and Divisional Head of Nursing, with shared accountability for the leadership, management, and continuous improvement of the Division.
You will have evidenced experience of your leadership and your impact across a broad portfolio including strategy, planning and transformation; business, people and financial management; performance and operations management; and risk management, clinical, quality and service improvement. You will champion development of colleagues, belonging and inclusion, and will motivate and inspire colleagues by role modelling our Proud to CARE values.

Working for our organisation
We are looking for people who will ensure that we continue to deliver our vision, mission and values through our Together as One strategy and demonstrate our proud to CARE values. We have recently developed our expected leadership behaviours; our journey is one of continual improvement.
We are part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) health and care system and work collaboratively with South Yorkshire.
We have a history and place in our community, meaning we make a difference in people's lives daily. We employ more than 5,000 colleagues across a Group Structure which involved Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Royal Primary Care and our wholly owned subsidiary, DSFS.
We value diversity and understand the strength in leveraging diverse backgrounds and experiences to create teams that are representative of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a fair and inclusive culture, where everyone feels a sense of belonging. Therefore, we particularly welcome applications from people who are currently underrepresented in our senior leadership team. These include people from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQIA+ community. This year we launched our anti-racism strategy and our approach is based on real action.
We prioritise health and wellbeing and have a free purpose-built fully-accessible Hub on-site, supporting colleagues with 24/7 gym, classes, and access to psychological support., 1. Divisional Operational Director - Medicine and Emergency Care
2. Divisional Operational Director - Surgery
The Divisional Operational Director is a key member of the triumvirate leadership team for each Division. Working with the Divisional Clinical Director and Divisional Head of Nursing, you will have shared accountability for the leadership, management, and continuous improvement of the Division. This will include accountability for high quality patient care and safety, the delivery of agreed performance and financial objectives, and ensuring that the Division aligns, and positively contributes, to the Trust's strategic aims and objectives.
There are four Clinical Divisions in the Trust, Medicine and Emergency Care, Surgery, Family Care, and Diagnostics, Clinical Support and Cancer (DCSC). In respect of Medicine and Surgery, each are led by a Divisional Operational Director supported by a triumvirate team and wider Divisional Leadership Team.
The Medicine and Emergency Care Division is our largest Division, with a budget of approximately £81m and over 1100 colleagues. The Division is made up of 3 Care Units: Acute Medicine, Speciality Medicine, and General Medicine, which deliver a variety of high-quality, high-demand services to the population of Chesterfield and North Derbyshire.
The Surgery Division is our second largest Division, with a budget of approximately £74m and over 1000 colleagues. The Division is made up of 4 Care Units: Head and Neck, General Surgery and Breast, Orthopaedics and Urology, and Surgical Support, which deliver a variety of high-quality, high-demand services to the population of Chesterfield and North Derbyshire.
Accountable to the Chief Operating Officer, the Divisional Operational Director will managerially lead the Divisional Clinical Director, Divisional Head of Nursing, Divisional Leadership Team, and Service Managers in delivering this purpose.
A key dimension will be to support the Divisional Clinical Director and Divisional Head of Nursing in engaging the clinical and administrative teams in the complex management agenda including preparation for the annual operational planning round and the development of capacity and capability to deliver both local and national priorities.
The Divisional Operational Director is also a key member of the Trust's Leadership Team and will be required to lead on Trust Wide programmes of work, as well as deputising and representing the Chief Operating Officer at meetings internally and externally to the Trust.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.