Assistant Directorate Manager

We want talented and enthusiastic people from all backgrounds to join #TeamMWL, with us you can learn, grow and develop yourself and your career, realising your true ambitions and aspirations. Whatever you’re looking for in your career, you’ll find it here at MWL. After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third-party recruitment system.

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If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Job overview Responsible for ensuring optimum use of capacity and resources and to align the processes across both legacy sites. Working in conjunction with their counterpart on the Southport site to achieve a clear plan of operations for the Department to work to and support the Directorate Manager by negotiating additional capacity where appropriate with Consultants.

The post holder will provide operational management support, both generally and for specific time-limited projects to the Directorate Manager, working in collaboration with the Assistant Directorate Manager on the opposite site to develop specific services using a business-focused approach. Successful candidates must have substantial experience of operational management and supporting services environment (or a comparable role), possess comprehensive knowledge of RTT, and demonstrate expertise in managing capacity in response to operational pressures, with a focus on reducing waiting list initiative expenditure’. Job description and person specification subject to change as per AfC review.

Main duties of the job The post holder will work closely with the Directorate Manager for Surgery Division to ensure that the service is responsive, innovative and meet performance and quality targets and standards, including financial and operational management of the services. The post holder will be expected to exercise initiative, prioritise conflicting work demands and communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with the multi-disciplinary team, internal departments and external partners to ensure continuity in achieving excellence in patient care. Working for our organisation Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements: Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018 Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal) National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached. Advertising Date: 3rd July 2026 Closing Date: 10th July 2026 Shortlisting Date: W/C 13th July 2026 Proposed Interview date: W/C 27th July 2026 Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications is reached.

Person specification Qualifications Degree level education or equivalent experience. Evidence of further study and professional development to post graduate diploma level or equivalent experience Management, professional or other recognised academic or vocational qualification Knowledge Proven operational management skills Good understanding of the changing Health and Social Care environment, including adult NHS medicine services in an acute Trus Understanding of financial management with ability to analyse and interpret data and statistics e.g. activity trends, financial data. Knowledge and understanding of service improvement and practical use of tool that has led to service improvement Experience of supporting service delivery Experience of using process mapping to change a service Experience in operational and project management Skills Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint Proven ability to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against tight timescales Highly-developed oral communication skills with the ability to adapt to the stakeholder audience Ability to work on own initiative and schedule work to meet deadlines Demonstrate ability to successfully support, manage and sustain change in a complex organisation.

Ability to develop empathetic relationships with a wide range of people. Able to understand and retain written and spoken information Ability to contribute to complex written reports, business cases for internal and external stakeholders Evidence of developing stakeholder relationships at a service and operational level To think laterally to identify innovative solutions to problems Other Highly self-motivated, conscientious in approach and pays attention to detail Possess high internal work standards, setting goals and helping others to do so Desire to do things better, to improve, to be more effective and efficient. Able to measure progress against target Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust.

MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England. Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals.

We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form. If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact [email protected] We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification.

If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form. The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.

The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. Certificate of Sponsorship Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click here to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship. eVisa Update For successful candidates on selected work and study visa routes, who have completed and paid for their applications will no longer receive a visa vignette in passport as evidence of their permission to enter the UK. Instead, you will be issued with an eVisa only, which is accessed by creating a UKVI account.

Before travelling to the UK, we advise applicants to: Understand how to generate an eVisa share code Disclosure and Barring Service Check If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.

If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies. Flexible Working We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that: All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.

There is no limit on the number of requests they can make. Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason. At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working.

We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage. Working for Team MWL Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.

Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action.

For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website. You will be expected to undertake the Trusts' commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate.

Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software. Additional Information Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here .

An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents. Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.

Employer certification / accreditation badges The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Name Chloe Stott-Smith Job title Directorate Manager Email address [email protected] Telephone number 0151 290 4056 #J-18808-Ljbffr