Job summary
- Main area
- Operational management
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 083-7046938-HH
- Employer
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Yate Headquarters
- Town
- Yate
- Salary
- £105,385 - £121,271 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Director of Operations (Adult Services)
NHS AfC: Band 9
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Job overview
This is an exceptional opportunity for a dedicated professional to joinÌý Sirona care & health.
The Director of Operations (Adults) will be expected to operate as a pivotal member of the operational Senior Management Team and the organisations wider Senior Leadership team by monitoring performance and reviewing the impact across the organisation.
In collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders, you will help develop the long-term vision and strategy for patient care, as well as lead on the enhanced integration of our services within the organisation and with our health and care partners across the BNSSG area.
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Main duties of the job
As the post holder you will be expected to act independently, taking timely and at times, highly significant decisions to ensure operational delivery, troubleshooting, attaining, and exceeding key performance indicators and leading significant projects across the organisation and local system.
Managing the operational delivery plan within the Chief Operating Officers budget and delivering against cost saving plans.
Providing exemplary leadership to support the development of Sirona’s culture at every operational level and ensure the development of capabilities among Sirona’s senior operational management team.
Leading on the operational and strategic development of community services and performance targets.
We are seeking applications from people who can demonstrate effective competencies in ensuring the safe and cost-effective provision of quality adult and specialist health (children’s) services that conform to CQC, safeguarding, clinical governance and other regulatory or statutory requirements across services within the span of the portfolio and developing a senior team and enabling the right operational culture. You will bring significant senior operational and leadership experience.
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Working for our organisation
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Master qualification, working towards, and/or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to post
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage complex operational situations that involve staff from all levels with a range of professional boundaries & internally & externally
- Detailed knowledge of current professional issues in the community for adults services
- Recent demonstratable track record of achievement in a senior leadership position within operations in a community healthcare setting
- Recognise & understand the important of diversity and inclusion in delivering our role in the health & care system
- Significant experience at a senior level in delivering operational service delivery for a community health services meeting & regular review of CQC standards & workforce issues
- Extensive and highly specialist knowledge across a range of disciplines (strategic planning, service redesign, financial management and workforce redesign) underpinned by advanced theoretical knowledge and relevant practical significant experience at a divisional and corporate level.
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrea Gordon
- Job title
- Chief Operating Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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