Divisional Senior Manager; Planning - Nottinghamshire

Divisional Senior Manager (Planning) - Nottinghamshire

The closing date is 08 March 2026

The Nottingham Division of East Midlands Ambulance Service are seeking applications from experienced Senior Planning Leads, to join us on our improvement journey. You will be a registered clinician, although not necessarily from an ambulance background, with significant experience of leading planning and performance monitoring and delivery at a senior level.

The focus of this role is to provide Divisional oversight and coordinate the delivery of planning and performance improvement across Nottinghamshire, supporting the EMAS strategy.

Whilst this role is accountable to the Divisional Director in terms of setting overall objectives and priorities, this role will work closely and proactively with their respective Heads of Operations, who operationally lead their service areas.

They will also provide professional leadership for a team of Divisional Commanders and the resourcing team.

This role is responsible for the tactical / planned aspects of Divisional activity, supporting the remainder of the leadership structure which is focused on the reactive / dynamic aspects of service delivery. The role, along with the Divisional Director and Heads of Operations, is a key interface with external stakeholders and partners.

The post is also accountable for a broad range of shared responsibilities to support leadership of the division as defined by the Divisional Director, working as part of the Divisional Senior Leadership Team. The role will have a responsibility for managing and planning assets to ensure delivery of contractual targets, quality standards and adherence to cost improvement controls and planning.

Operationally the role will work across 5 days and provide senior manager (tactical) on call cover as part of our overall command structure, to ensure consistent delivery of services across the 7 days and 24hr period.

• Degree level management qualification (or studying for) or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce re-design

• Track record of achievement in the planning of quality improvement gained over at least two years
• Experience of people management issues in relation to managing clinical performance and conduct
• Good understanding of the CQC core standards and meeting a high level of compliance
• Understanding of the responsibilities of divisional leadership (operational, clinical, command) teams

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.

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust