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Associate Director of Operations

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Norwich, NR6 5BE

Salary

£79,504 to £91,609

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

6 September 2026

6 days left

Job description

Our Leadership Structure supports our clinical teams to work closely with partners at place level alongside strengthening clinical and professional le...

The Associate Director of Operation will work closely with the Associate Director(s) of Nursing and Associate Medical Director(s) to ensure that high quality care is delivered within the Locality services and providing professional leadership to operational colleagues across the locality.

You will promote a culture of learning and openness and ensure clinical staff have the knowledge, capability, systems and support to deliver evidence based care and embed lessons learned in practice for the improvement of patient experience.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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Interviews are yet to be confirmed, and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

We are looking to appoint an individual who has a passion for our work and a track record of achievement in influencing colleagues and partners to deliver high quality care. We are seeking an inspirational and compassionate leader who will develop their teams to provide outstanding care. Previous experience working in a mental health operations setting is essential.

If you have a reputation for leadership, people development, quality and improvement alongside a passion for improving outcomes with a focus on equity and inclusion to ensure that mental health provision has parity across our partners, then please do consider applying for this role.

We are determined to create a safer, kinder and better organisation.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level education supplemented by postgraduate study and management or clinical experience to master's degree level or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Other professional qualifications relevant to the role

Experience

Essential

  • Successful recent achievement record within a large, complex, Mental Health NHS environment
  • Successful recent experience of leading and managing transformational change, and service redesign, including staff consultation and engagement

Desirable

  • Engaging with appropriate stakeholders to shape delivery of healthcare services

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

24 August 2026

Last checked

26 August 2026

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About the employer

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Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

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