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.
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.
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
With compassionate and inclusive leadership, successful candidate will model the Trust’s 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, you’ll 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 you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll 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 you’ll 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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
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