Divisional Manager – Moorfields North

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The trust is organised into four operational divisions, each led by a Divisional Manager and Head of Nursing or Clinical Director for Clinical Support Services. There is also a Deputy or Assistant Divisional Manager(s) according to the size and complexity of the division concerned.

The post of divisional manager is a key position within the trust’s senior management structure, responsible for the management of services within the division. Divisions are led and managed as autonomous business units and the role of the divisional manager is to provide the expert management and leadership skills to enable this.

Main duties of the job

To lead the day-to-day operational management of the division’s services and to fulfill operational and strategic responsibilities.

The post holder will provide leadership to the division that will create an open and participative culture that enables staff to perform at their best.

The individual will be expected to promote a patient-centred andculturally sensitive approach to the delivery of patient care. The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of the directorate’s operational and service objectives.

There is a strong performance management element to this post and the emphasis is therefore on delivery. The post holder will support the chief operating officer to lead the development and continuous review oftrust wide operational policies and processes reflecting evidence based national best practice.

Alongside the multi-disciplinary clinical leaders in the division, the post holder will have overall responsibility forensuring that optimal patient centred care is provided across all services delivered, within the availableresources.

A combination of transformational change and robust transactional processes will be required to improve the experience, access and outcomes of care provided within the North Division of the Trust. Thiswill be achieved by a co-ordinated programme of performance improvement and organisationaldevelopment.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge
  • Study towards or completed a Masters Level Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of managing large budgets and the complexities of managing high numbers of staff across a variety of disciplines
  • Managing complex change
  • Ability to develop strategy for the Health Economy
  • Performance Management methodology
  • Extensive experience of management within an acute NHS environment

Desirable

  • Ability to chair high level meetings internally and across organisations Ability to work positively with director colleagues
  • Leading multi-professional and cross organisational development

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive experience of management within an acute NHS environment
  • Understanding of the Health and Social care management environment and roles and responsibilities within it
  • Knowledge and awareness of the wider local and national healthcare priorities, Clinical Governance, Workforce development

Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to analyse highly complex information to support managerial decision making

Desirable

  • Ability to chair high level meetings internally and across organisations
  • Ability to work positively with director colleagues

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: 10 August 2026

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