Divisional Director - Acute and Urgent Care
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Herfordshire, AL3 5TQ
Salary
£115,052 to £132,053
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
This role offers an opportunity to lead HPFT's Adult Acute and Urgent Care Division. As Divisional Director, you will provide visible, ambitious and v...
The role offers significant scope to influence the future of acute and urgent mental health care, working across HPFT and with system partners including primary care, the Integrated Care Board, local authority colleagues, acute providers and voluntary and community organisations. You will lead with purpose, strengthen partnerships, drive performance and help create innovative models of care that improve outcomes and experience.
We are looking for an inclusive, credible and resilient leader who can inspire teams, empower staff and keep service users and carers at the centre of every decision. If you are motivated by improving quality, reducing inequalities, delivering transformation and leading high-performing services in a complex health and care environment, this role provides an outstanding platform to make a lasting impact.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate management qualification at Masters level or equivalent level of experience
- Continuous management and personal development
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience at a senior management level in the NHS or other public sector organisation of running operational services.
- Significant experience of working with senior clinicians and multi professional teams in achieving service improvement
- Significant experience of working with partners and stakeholders in delivering sensitive changes to services
- Evidence of achieving targets and objectives within a challenging environment
- Experience of planning and implementing long term strategy
- Track record in delivering financial plans and cost improvement programmes
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth professional specialist knowledge of a number of disciplines acquired through training and experience over a significant period.
- Breadth of knowledge across all health and social care services from primary to tertiary care
- Knowledge of National NHS and local Government strategies, policies and plans policy and standards of governance in particular those linked with the reshaping of Mental Health services.
- Understanding of the regulatory framework for Health and Social Care
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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