Divisional Director of Operations – Medicine & Emergency Care: Sponsorship Available

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Job summary

Divisional Director of Operations – Medicine & Emergency Care

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Shape the future of urgent, emergency, and medical care

This is an exceptional opportunity to join Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust as our next Divisional Director of Operations for Medicine & Emergency Care.

As one of the Trust’s most senior operational leaders, you will play a pivotal role in leading one of our largest and most strategically important Divisions at a time of significant opportunity and transformation. Working in partnership with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director of Nursing, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, safe, and effective services across a diverse portfolio of medicine and emergency care services, ensuring the best possible outcomes and experiences for our patients.

This role offers the opportunity to influence services at scale, lead complex operational challenges, and contribute directly to the delivery of our organisational strategy within one of the largest integrated NHS providers in the region.

Main duties of the job

The Role

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will provide visible and inspirational leadership across the Division, with responsibility for:

  • Delivering high-quality, patient-centred services that achieve national, regional, and local performance standards.
  • Leading operational performance, service transformation, and continuous improvement programmes.
  • Ensuring robust financial stewardship and delivery of agreed financial plans.
  • Driving improvements in productivity, patient flow, quality, and patient experience.
  • Developing strong clinical and operational partnerships across the Trust and wider health and care system.
  • Leading and developing high-performing multidisciplinary teams through a culture of inclusion, innovation, and accountability.
  • Contributing to corporate leadership and the achievement of Trust-wide objectives.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant recent experience of Divisional management at a senior level in the NHS with, responsibility for operational matters, including clinical quality staff management, budgetary responsibility, performance targets, waiting list management, discharge arrangements.

Desirable

  • A relevant clinical background

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent.
  • Management qualification, MBA or equivalent.

Desirable

  • ECDL or equivalent Microsoft Office training/ expertise

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 9 October 2026

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