Divisional Director - Clinical Support Services


Company:	Tameside & Glossop NHS FT
Salary:	£94,356 - £108,814 pro rata per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Darnton road, OL6 9RW
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	14 Jul 2026
Closing date:	27 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic and inspirational operational leader to join the Trust as Divisional Director for Clinical Support Services. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a diverse portfolio of services within an ambitious organisation committed to continuous improvement, integrated care, innovation and delivering outstanding patient outcomes.

Working in partnership with the Divisional Director of Nursing, Divisional Medical Director and Chief Pharmacist, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for the division, ensuring delivery of safe, effective, high-quality services. You will be accountable for operational performance, financial management, business planning, quality, governance, risk management, workforce leadership and compliance with regulatory, Health & Safety and statutory requirements.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will lead service transformation, performance improvement and efficiency programmes, supporting frontline teams to deliver sustainable change. You will provide line management for non-clinical staff across the division, contribute to Trust-wide strategic planning, work collaboratively with internal and external partners, and participate in the Trust Executive on-call rota. This role offers an outstanding opportunity to influence the future delivery of integrated healthcare services and improve outcomes for the population served by Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Provide strategic & operational leadership for the Clinical Support Services Division, ensuring delivery of safe, effective, responsive & patient-centred services aligned with Trust objectives. Lead service redesign, transformation, business planning, performance improvement and productivity programmes, working collaboratively with clinical leaders, corporate teams, commissioners, ICBs, LAs & system partners.

Manage day-to-day operational performance, ensuring delivery of national & local standards including Referral to Treatment, Cancer, Diagnostics, Emergency Care, patient experience, productivity & efficiency targets. Maintain operational resilience, business continuity and compliance with statutory, regulatory and governance requirements.

Hold delegated responsibility for divisional budgets, financial planning, resource utilisation, Cost Improvement Programmes & business cases, ensuring financial balance & value for money. Lead quality, governance, patient safety and risk management processes, ensuring compliance with CQC and NHS standards and embedding learning from incidents, complaints, audits & investigations.

Provide visible, compassionate & inclusive leadership, promoting staff engagement, wellbeing, equality, talent management & workforce development. Monitor, report & present performance to Trust committees & Boards, implement recovery plans where required, benchmark services against best practice and represent the Trust at local, regional & national forums.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion

• Accountability

• Respect

• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses 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 personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Monday 3 Aug 2026

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