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Gynaecology Unit Manager
Role summary
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The Gynaecology Unit Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day operation of a specialist gynaecology service, ensuring safe, effective and compassionate patient care. Requirements typically include current UK professional registration, substantial post-registration clinical experience, leadership or ward-management experience, and a sound understanding of NHS policies, safeguarding, infection prevention, medicines management and clinical governance. The successful candidate is expected to manage staff and resources, support workforce development, monitor quality and performance, coordinate multidisciplinary working, and contribute to service improvement. Strong communication, organisation, decision-making and people-management skills are essential, along with the ability to work calmly in a busy hospital environment.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: NHS nurses, doctors and allied health get a Health and Care Worker visa (about 3 weeks, no health surcharge); care workers lost this route on 22 July 2025.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Pay follows the NHS pay bands and is usually at least GBP 25,000. Nurses and allied health also need UK professional registration; care workers cannot be sponsored from abroad.
Official source: GOV.UK: Health and Care Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Healthcare jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register: English language rules and a Test of Competence |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee GBP 324 (up to 3 years) or GBP 628 (longer); no health surcharge on this visa |
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
Working in the UK
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About Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is an NHS acute hospital trust serving communities across Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley, Gravesham and surrounding areas in Kent and parts of south-east London. Its principal hospital is Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, which provides emergency, medical, surgical, maternity, women’s and children’s services, together with specialist outpatient care. The Trust also delivers services through community locations and works closely with local general practices, local authorities and other healthcare organisations. As a major local employer, it supports a broad workforce of doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, scientists, administrative staff and estates teams. The organisation focuses on safe, inclusive and patient-centred care, staff development, clinical quality and improving access to services for its diverse population.