Job summary
This is an exciting time to work at MFT, our teams are dedicated to working collaboratively to provide outstanding care and improve health outcomes for all patients. MFT is innovative and forward thinking, constantly looking to further improve the service delivered to patients
This is an exciting and challenging senior position and the successful candidate will join the Division at a time of growth and integration that will ensure that MFT provides equitable clinical services across Manchester.
You will be a highly experienced and successful senior operational manager commanding strong credibility among clinicians and health leaders alike. Experience of the relevant clinical services would be an advantage but not essential. With an excellent track record of transforming services to facilitate outstanding patient care and quality standards you will also be adept at managing both financial and performance targets.
Main duties of the job
Wythenshawe, Trafford, Withington, and Altrincham (WTWA) Hospitals are looking to recruit outstanding Divisional Directors to join the management team comprising the Clinical Head of Division and Head of Nursing. This senior team will ensure that the division is clinically led and managerially enabled to deliver the divisional priorities. Following a recent review of our divisional structures we are excited to recruit to new divisional director roles for the following divisions:
- Respiratory
- TNO, Burns and Plastics
Delivering performance, setting strategy, achieving financial balance and ensuing governance arrangements are maintained are all key components of this role.
With compassionate and inclusive leadership, the successful candidate will model the Trust's values and behaviours to continuously improve health outcomes, and the quality of the patient experience.
This may well be your next step towards a Director role, and you will be supported in your own CPD at both a local and MFT Group level via a development programme to achieve your ambitions.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & 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 & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & 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 new Green Plan which will set 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
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree or equivalent
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Degree Level Education or Equivalent preferably in a health care subject
Experience
Essential
- Successful track record and relevant experience as a senior Manager within an NHS organisation
- Managing clinical services
- Demonstrate evidence of sound financial/staff management
- Evidence of effectively managing change
Desirable
- Experience within an acute hospital setting
Skills
Essential
- Political astuteness, understanding what can and cannot be delivered at senior level
- A proven ability to obtain and consistently achieve results and targets
- Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to motivate, challenge and engage individuals and teams
- The ability to shape the future and bring staff with you
- Proven ability to deal with a wide range of data and information and task appropriate decisions from it
- A proven ability to some up with flexible and creative solutions to difficult problems
- Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with clinical leaders and professional staff groups and a proven ability to influence and change those groups
- Effective and strategic influencing skills and all levels int he organisation including influencing Trust Board
- Proven ability of leading change through people
- A management style that empowers others and evidence of successfully driving a learning coaching culture for all staff in your area of control
- Holding to account others to ensure they deliver to their targets and dealing effectively with performance
- A deep motivation to drive and improve performance int he service and in others
- The confidence to drive and improve performance int he service and in others
- Being able to manage own emotions and be resilient in a range of complex and demanding situations
- A strong commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness and high standards in leadership
Desirable
- Experience of partnership working
- Evidence of playing a major role in an organisational change programme
- Formal project management training
- Presentation/media experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge base of the NHS, the current issues, its values and principles of timely local access for the population
Values
Essential
- A strong commitment to the values of MFT
Other
Essential
- Requirement to be on call rota
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree or equivalent
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Degree Level Education or Equivalent preferably in a health care subject
Experience
Essential
- Successful track record and relevant experience as a senior Manager within an NHS organisation
- Managing clinical services
- Demonstrate evidence of sound financial/staff management
- Evidence of effectively managing change
Desirable
- Experience within an acute hospital setting
Skills
Essential
- Political astuteness, understanding what can and cannot be delivered at senior level
- A proven ability to obtain and consistently achieve results and targets
- Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to motivate, challenge and engage individuals and teams
- The ability to shape the future and bring staff with you
- Proven ability to deal with a wide range of data and information and task appropriate decisions from it
- A proven ability to some up with flexible and creative solutions to difficult problems
- Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with clinical leaders and professional staff groups and a proven ability to influence and change those groups
- Effective and strategic influencing skills and all levels int he organisation including influencing Trust Board
- Proven ability of leading change through people
- A management style that empowers others and evidence of successfully driving a learning coaching culture for all staff in your area of control
- Holding to account others to ensure they deliver to their targets and dealing effectively with performance
- A deep motivation to drive and improve performance int he service and in others
- The confidence to drive and improve performance int he service and in others
- Being able to manage own emotions and be resilient in a range of complex and demanding situations
- A strong commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness and high standards in leadership
Desirable
- Experience of partnership working
- Evidence of playing a major role in an organisational change programme
- Formal project management training
- Presentation/media experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge base of the NHS, the current issues, its values and principles of timely local access for the population
Values
Essential
- A strong commitment to the values of MFT
Other
Essential
- Requirement to be on call rota
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
