Divisional Operations Director

CompanyEast Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

LocationColchester, England, United Kingdom

Posted At3/5/2026

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Description

Are you an exceptional senior leader ready to take on your next challenge?

We are seeking an experienced, forward-thinking individual to join our Senior Leadership Team as Divisional Operations Director within our Surgical Division.

In this pivotal role, you will provide strategic direction and operational oversight across all aspects of the division. You will bring outstanding facilitation skills, uniting diverse disciplines, perspectives, and backgrounds to ensure every voice is heard and always with a clear focus on our patients, their families, and our staff.

You will demonstrate excellence in operational and relationship management, with the ability to analyse complex information and navigate challenging situations with confidence and clarity. A proven track record of building, developing, and empowering high-performing teams is essential.

We are looking for a leader who listens deeply, understands the challenges others face, and works collaboratively to deliver innovative, practical solutions. We are proud to promote a culture of psychological safety across our organisation.

Above all, you will be passionate about improving patient outcomes. You will bring a flexible, inclusive approach to decision-making, driving efficiency and continuous improvement to ensure the very best standards of patient care.

Please note the assessment process will consist of an in-person interview on the 1st April 2026 and a stakeholder event virtually on 2nd April 2026.

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Divisional Operations Director (DOD) works in partnership with the Divisional Clinical Director and Divisional Nursing Director (DND). The three roles have operational accountability for service delivery, performance, clinical quality and safety, the workforce and financial control, and the implementation of the Trust’s strategy.

You will lead, develop and be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of the day to day operational performance of the Division ensuring sustainable delivery of high quality patient care, safety processes, operational standards and quality/service improvement programmes.

You will work closely with the Director of Operations in monitoring performance against objectives and in ensuring high standards of corporate governance are adhered to.

You will provide strong local leadership balancing strategic plans with operational needs and robust delivery and will drive service improvement to achieve efficiency gains and improve the operational effectiveness of the Division.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ou

rselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Karen Lough Job title: Chief Operating Officer Email address: Karen.Lough@esneft.nhs.uk

Chloe Taylor - Executive Assistant to Karen Lough, Chief Operating Officer (Elective, Cancer & Diagnostics - Chloe.Taylor@esneft.nhs.uk