Managing Director (Women, Children and Young People)
| Posting date: | 07 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | VSM |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 February 2026 |
| Location: | Trustwide, CT13NG |
| Company: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7536727/344-6727COR |
Summary
A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking an exceptional senior leader to join our Trust as Managing Director for the Women’s, Children’s & Young People Care Group. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of services delivered at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, William Harvey Hospital, Kent & Canterbury Hospital, and across community and system partners. As a key member of the Trust’s senior leadership team, you will shape and deliver care that is safe, effective, compassionate and sustainable, ensuring the Care Group meets its quality, performance, financial, workforce, transformation and system-working objectives. This is a high-profile role requiring visible leadership, strong partnership working and a relentless focus on improving outcomes and experience for women, children, young people and their families across the system.
As Managing Director, you will lead the Care Group senior leadership team, working in close partnership with the Director of Nursing, Medical Director and clinical and operational leaders. You will be accountable for the strategic direction, operational delivery and continuous improvement of services, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, national priorities and Trust objectives. You will promote a culture of openness, learning and quality improvement, while ensuring robust clinical governance, risk management and patient safety arrangements. The role includes responsibility for financial performance, delivery of cost improvement programmes, development of business cases and effective use of resources. You will act as an ambassador for the Trust, contribute to corporate strategy, participate in the senior on-call rota, and work collaboratively across place and system partners to deliver integrated, high-quality care.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
You will be accountable for planning, implementing and delivering Care Group services through robust annual planning, performance management and financial control. This includes maintaining a live risk register, responding to quality and safety intelligence, ensuring CQC compliance, and escalating risks appropriately. You will lead pathway redesign, transformation and capital developments, using quality improvement methodology and engaging staff, patients and partners. Working closely with finance and information teams, you will ensure accurate data, achievement of targets and continuous service development informed by best practice. At system level, you will build and sustain strong relationships across place and sector partnerships, contribute to shared decision-making, mitigate service and financial risks, and support collective responsibility for population health outcomes, ensuring clear governance, accountability and shared learning across the system.
This advert closes on Tuesday 20 Jan 2026
We are seeking an exceptional senior leader to join our Trust as Managing Director for the Women’s, Children’s & Young People Care Group. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of services delivered at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, William Harvey Hospital, Kent & Canterbury Hospital, and across community and system partners. As a key member of the Trust’s senior leadership team, you will shape and deliver care that is safe, effective, compassionate and sustainable, ensuring the Care Group meets its quality, performance, financial, workforce, transformation and system-working objectives. This is a high-profile role requiring visible leadership, strong partnership working and a relentless focus on improving outcomes and experience for women, children, young people and their families across the system.
As Managing Director, you will lead the Care Group senior leadership team, working in close partnership with the Director of Nursing, Medical Director and clinical and operational leaders. You will be accountable for the strategic direction, operational delivery and continuous improvement of services, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, national priorities and Trust objectives. You will promote a culture of openness, learning and quality improvement, while ensuring robust clinical governance, risk management and patient safety arrangements. The role includes responsibility for financial performance, delivery of cost improvement programmes, development of business cases and effective use of resources. You will act as an ambassador for the Trust, contribute to corporate strategy, participate in the senior on-call rota, and work collaboratively across place and system partners to deliver integrated, high-quality care.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
You will be accountable for planning, implementing and delivering Care Group services through robust annual planning, performance management and financial control. This includes maintaining a live risk register, responding to quality and safety intelligence, ensuring CQC compliance, and escalating risks appropriately. You will lead pathway redesign, transformation and capital developments, using quality improvement methodology and engaging staff, patients and partners. Working closely with finance and information teams, you will ensure accurate data, achievement of targets and continuous service development informed by best practice. At system level, you will build and sustain strong relationships across place and sector partnerships, contribute to shared decision-making, mitigate service and financial risks, and support collective responsibility for population health outcomes, ensuring clear governance, accountability and shared learning across the system.
This advert closes on Tuesday 20 Jan 2026