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
The Directorate of Surgical Specialities at WTWA, delivers services across four sites and beyond. To support our expansive services and ensure we reach our strategic aims, we are looking to recruit looking to recruit an experienced and dynamic operational Directorate Manager, who will be primarily based at the Wythenshawe Hospital within the Surgical Specialities Directorate.
Main duties of the job
This is a senior role responsible for leading and managing a large, complex, and diverse Directorate, which is an exciting opportunity for an individual wishing to progress their career in operational management.
You will work as part of a multi disciplinary team in conjunction with the Clinical Director, Lead Nurse and Matrons for your services as well as an engaged Divisional triumvirate team to support you.
This role incorporates both strategic and operational responsibilities with a large degree of autonomy given the cross site services that the Divison provides, as such the post holder will require significant operational experience gained in an acute setting to prepare them for this.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven ability in managing operational performance within tight financial constraints, a strong track record of improvement skills demonstrating effective delivery of significant quality and efficiency schemes, alongside knowledge of capacity planning, and the skill of translating organisation strategy into visions and against operational objectives.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our over 28,000 workforce to pursue their career goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from an extraordinary scale of opportunity.
We're also creating a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research & innovation through the introduction of Hive; our new Electronic Patient Record system, launching in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, offering a robust infrastructure to facilitate high-quality research programmes. Moreover, we're excited to be progressing our MFT Green Plan along with our vison to become an Anchor Organisation, creating new jobs, promoting healthy lifestyles, developing skills and contributing to a zero-carbon environment for the benefit of the local neighbourhood.
At MFT, we create & foster a culture of inclusion & belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open & transparent, protecting your health & wellbeing & shaping MFT's future together
Job description
Job responsibilities
With compassionate and inclusive leadership, successful candidate will model the Trusts values and behaviours to continuously improve health outcomes, and the quality of the patient experience.
Ideal candidates will have the skill and flexibility to operate at a high pace and overcome challenges A flexible approach will be required to inspire a multi-disciplinary and geographically dispersed workforce. Applicants will be at ease building, maintaining and utilising successful relationships, be agile at problem solving and exhibit drive, energy, and resilience.
You may be looking to take on greater responsibilities or broaden your experience. If successful, youll witness your vision and efforts having a direct impact on the lives of thousands of patients within the Manchester and beyond. You would be joining a high performing Trust that is passionate about its patients and its staff. You would be part of a supportive team that helps create a culture of high performance, continuous improvements and is proud of one of its values To attract, develop and retain great staff.
If you are motivated by delivering change in a complex and fast-paced environment this is an exciting opportunity for you to have a significant impact on patient care and quality.
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
With compassionate and inclusive leadership, successful candidate will model the Trusts values and behaviours to continuously improve health outcomes, and the quality of the patient experience.
Ideal candidates will have the skill and flexibility to operate at a high pace and overcome challenges A flexible approach will be required to inspire a multi-disciplinary and geographically dispersed workforce. Applicants will be at ease building, maintaining and utilising successful relationships, be agile at problem solving and exhibit drive, energy, and resilience.
You may be looking to take on greater responsibilities or broaden your experience. If successful, youll witness your vision and efforts having a direct impact on the lives of thousands of patients within the Manchester and beyond. You would be joining a high performing Trust that is passionate about its patients and its staff. You would be part of a supportive team that helps create a culture of high performance, continuous improvements and is proud of one of its values To attract, develop and retain great staff.
If you are motivated by delivering change in a complex and fast-paced environment this is an exciting opportunity for you to have a significant impact on patient care and quality.
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
- Graduate or clinical qualification relating to speciality.
- Managerial qualification equivalent to post graduate diploma.
- Masters Degree or equivalent experience.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of specific area acquired through a degree or equivalent experience or training.
- Highly specialist knowledge of managing within a NHS healthcare setting e.g. Finance, HR, project/programme management/change
- Highly detailed knowledge and experience of managing capacity, demand and activity.
- Knowledge of managing staff within a healthcare setting and significant experience of managing a Directorate
- Knowledge and experience of project/programme management.
- Proven experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing healthcare services.
- Management of resources with a good track record with change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans.
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services.
- Experience in clinical audit/benchmarking.
- Experienced in complaints management
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Experience of identifying education and training needs of staff utilising.
- Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice
- Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change.
- Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance
- Experience of managing a diverse team
Desirable
- Experience in workforce planning.
- Experience in setting establishments and using workforce toolkits including dependency tools.
- Experience in R&D
- Experience of modernising services without additional resources
- Experience of managing services across multiple sites
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate or clinical qualification relating to speciality.
- Managerial qualification equivalent to post graduate diploma.
- Masters Degree or equivalent experience.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of specific area acquired through a degree or equivalent experience or training.
- Highly specialist knowledge of managing within a NHS healthcare setting e.g. Finance, HR, project/programme management/change
- Highly detailed knowledge and experience of managing capacity, demand and activity.
- Knowledge of managing staff within a healthcare setting and significant experience of managing a Directorate
- Knowledge and experience of project/programme management.
- Proven experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing healthcare services.
- Management of resources with a good track record with change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans.
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services.
- Experience in clinical audit/benchmarking.
- Experienced in complaints management
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Experience of identifying education and training needs of staff utilising.
- Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice
- Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change.
- Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance
- Experience of managing a diverse team
Desirable
- Experience in workforce planning.
- Experience in setting establishments and using workforce toolkits including dependency tools.
- Experience in R&D
- Experience of modernising services without additional resources
- Experience of managing services across multiple sites
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).
