Deputy Directorate Manager

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 March 2026

Deputy Directorate Manager - Band 7
Fixed Term, 12 Months, 37.5 hours

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly created role within the Clinical Support Services Division at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

The Deputy Directorate Manager will provide support to the Directorate Managers and other senior team members within the division. In connection with the team, they will provide operational leadership to ensure smooth running of the department on a daily basis, whilst ensuring compliance of local and national targets and engaging in service development projects.

• Strong and clear leadership, supporting the Directorate Manager in ensuring staff are appropriately developed and are efficient, effective, engaged, and motivated.
• Ensure that all aspects of specified performance and operations are appropriately monitored, evaluation and managed to optimise standards of care and deliver financial and performance requirements.
• Support and lead on the development and monitoring of business cases and specific service level agreements with commissioners, internal departments and partner organisations.
• Work in partnership and take delegated responsibility for management as appropriate, inclusive of operational performance, project management and service improvement.
• Support Modality Leads in service provision for their specified areas.
• Accountable for ensuring patient flows are appropriate and work collaboratively with site management to maximise capacity in a safe and effective manner.
• Deputise for the Directorate Manager as required.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.
Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include: flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

• Education to Masters degree level or evidence of sound intellectual ability and ongoing personal development at senior management level
• Recognised post-graduate management qualification or equivalent experience.

• Knowledge of managing large teams within an NHS healthcare setting
• Broad knowledge of NHS Information & IT systems
• Experience of dealing with difficult operational issues.
• Understanding of potential service improvements in health care
• Up to date with relevant national guidance on NHS management issues
• Understands and is able to interpret national policy in relation to access targets and translate to the local level

• Experience of working with large teams including multi-disciplinary teams and medical staff
• Experience and commitment to quality, innovation, productivity and prevention.
• Experience of personal accountability for service delivery
• Proven experience of working with clinical teams to implement change and service improvement
• Experience of working in a Radiology department

• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise
• Methodical and extremely organised approach
• Well-developed analytical skills
• Ability to constantly motivate self and others
• Negotiation at high level as well as ability to persuade
• Handling sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
• Problem solving
• Ability to quickly develop productive relationships
• Highly developed oral and written communication…