Job summary
- Main area
- Head, Neck & Skin Directorate
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (FTC 12 Months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 205-7485124
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- UHNM Royal Stoke
- Town
- Stoke on Trent
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Deputy Directorate Manager
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen as a Band 7 Deputy Directorate Manager within the Head, Neck & Skin Directorate.
The Directorate Management Team are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual. You will work closely with the Directorate Manager, the Clinical Director, the Matron and the Senior Management Team. The post holder will ensure optimum and on-going performance in line with corporate objectives, NHS targets and best practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Directorate working in a rapidly changing environment and achieving tight deadlines, you will possess excellent interpersonal skills, be self-motivated and able to demonstrate experience of change and people management.
Alongside the Senior Management Team you will lead on the day to day running of the directorate and be responsible for the delivery of operational performance targets.
You will assist and support the Clinical Director and Directorate Manager in developing and implementing short and long term service strategies, workforce redesign and contract monitoring.
Working for our organisation
The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.
Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details on the post, please contact Suzanne Findler, Directorate Manager 01782 674191
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters Level or equivalent level of experience
Desirable criteria
- Project Management Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- 2 years experience of working in an acute Trust (working to degree level) in a management role
Desirable criteria
- Experience in introducing innovative practice
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Operational management skills
- Leadership and team building skills
- Ability to work in a high pressured environment & work to deadlines
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Suzanne Findler
- Job title
- Directorate Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 674191
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