General Manager – Medicine Division
Closing date: 05 May 2026
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Medical division at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic General Manager to join our busy and fast‑paced medical division.
Working alongside a multidisciplinary team to support and ensure we provide a high standard of care to our patients in various specialities within the Acute Medicine directorate.
We look forward to meeting candidates who are passionate about providing high standards and who demonstrate the values of CHFT.
Main duties of the job
- To provide timely, efficient and effective Directorate management support ensuring a responsive, innovative, safe service is delivered to the highest possible standards, in line with Trust and Divisional Strategy.
- To have a high degree of autonomy at an operational level and significant front‑line presence, deputising for the Director of Operations – Medicine.
- To work with the clinical teams to ensure that clinical safety and quality is maintained alongside the business integrity of the Directorate.
- In conjunction with the Clinical Teams, to ensure all performance targets are met and to problem‑solve as appropriate, developing and implementing sustainable solutions with clinical and managerial colleagues and others across the hospital.
- To be a key member of the Divisional Management Team, taking full responsibility for actions and for keeping other team members fully informed at all times.
- Central to this role is working in partnership with colleagues to pursue aligned developments and shared best practice across the Trust.
- The jobholder will be expected to work with minimum supervision and coordinate activities to ensure an efficient service is provided.
About us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as “Good” by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and are widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to a One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive, collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Job responsibilities
- To provide professional general management support to the Directorate working in partnership with the triumvirate team to deliver a high quality and responsive service.
- In conjunction with the triumvirate team to provide clear and visible leadership for the service. To ensure the Directorate is managed effectively working through the clinical lead(s) on a day‑to‑day basis.
- To ensure effective channels of communication exist and are maintained within and across the Directorates and that there are effective working relationships and links with relevant colleagues in other organisations.
- Act as the key link between the clinical teams and all the Divisional and departmental management teams. To work with the directorate teams, to develop and implement effective practice in line with departmental and Directorate priorities.
- To work with other specialities and departments across the Trust, to establish excellent relationships, strong interface pathways and clear mechanisms for the escalation of problems and performance tracking.
- To work with the Clinical Director and Matrons to ensure the implementation of Trust policies across the Directorates and to ensure that staff are aware of their responsibilities and have appropriate training, covering health and safety, risk management and assurance framework compliance.
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.
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
£66,582 to £77,368 a year pro rata
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