Reporting to the Divisional Director and with line management responsibility for the Directorate Operational Management team, the Directorate Manager is an exciting role.
With operational responsibility for local and regional medical specialties in Medicine, the opportunity for service growth, transformation, and development is in your hands. Leading multi-disciplinary teams to identify and implement service improvements, the opportunity to work to your strengths and expand your skills and knowledge is yours.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the role include oversight of performance, financial management, and management of medical staffing from a rota and HR perspective.
There are exciting opportunities to work alongside clinical leads to develop strategic plans and build business cases to improve the services.
You will be resilient, ambitious, and innovative and have a vibrant 'can do' attitude that mirrors our values perfectly. With the skill and flexibility to operate at a high pace and overcome individual and organisational obstacles readily, positively, and collaboratively.
You will be able to evidence implementation of service developments and the ability to forge positive relationships with people of all disciplines and levels.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Graduate or experience equivalent
Desirable
* Masters or other further or post-graduate education
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
* Experience of all relevant elements of the role, such as finance, HR, operational management, RTT, managing people and conflict etc.
Desirable
* Evidence of ongoing CPD, project management, data analysis
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Manchester General Hospital
Delaunays Rd, Crumpsall
Manchester
M8 5RB
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