Job summary
Are you looking to launch your career in NHS Management? If so, there's never been a better time to join our award-winning General Management Graduate Training Programme at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).
You'll learn to skillfully lead & manage people, projects & resources at pace & scale whilst supporting life changing outcomes for our patients.
Ambitious, resilient & forward-thinking, you're keen to make a real difference to our services, taking responsibility for day-to-day operational management of a team or service area & leading on projects over the course of the scheme. You'll develop on-the-job management skills & knowledge while on three distinct placements across MFT.
This pioneering initiative offers you an opportunity to develop in a range of key professional leadership & management areas - from strategy, innovation & change, to finance, leading & developing people & team management. The great news is, you'll also be funded to study for a Master's degree (MSc) in Leadership Practice (Healthcare Management).
You'll have fantastic support along the way, both within the working environment and from our university partners.
Main duties of the job
- With a minimum of 2:1 in any degree subject, you'll preferably have previous work experience within the health or voluntary sector & the ability to show political awareness & an understanding of the NHS.
- With strong analytical skills & the ability to consider wider organisational contexts & complex data/information, you'll deliver & monitor against key performance indicators within the Trust.
- Tenacious, with a high level of self-belief, drive and enthusiasm to achieve goals, you'll identify & resolve operational issues that arise within the service & implement new or revised policies.
- With an innovative approach & flexible attitude to work, you'll support service improvement & innovation programmes.
- Putting the patient at the heart of everything you do, you'll respond to complaints appropriately within agreed timescales, on occasions meeting with the complaints manager & sometimes patients.
- As an effective communicator with the ability to present written & verbal information to a high standard, you'll work collaboratively with clinicians & clinical teams to help develop protocols & pathways to improve service delivery.
- You'll have both a willingness & potential to develop the necessary knowledge, skills & behaviours to become a first class, resilient & inspirational General Manager & Leader.
About us
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust's Graduate Management Scheme is designed to create the organisation's leaders of tomorrow, and it is therefore important that our General Management Officers represent the diverse communities we serve here in Manchester.
The Trust is committed to an inclusive culture, with established staff networks for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic Staff, and LGBT and disabled staff. We work hard to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive through diverse recruitment panels and access to reasonable adjustments throughout your recruitment journey.
To find out more about the organisation's commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, and how we support our diverse patients, their families, carers and our workforce, please copy and paste the following wording into your web browser to read our Diversity Matters Strategy here: https://mft.nhs.uk/app/uploads/2019/09/MFTEDI-Strategy-2019-A4-12092019.pdf
Interviews and Assessment Centres will be held during February/March 2024
We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a large amount of applications.
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.
For more information regarding Manchester University NHS Foundation Trusts Graduate Management Scheme , please use the following link : mft-graduate-2023-brochure.pdf
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.
For more information regarding Manchester University NHS Foundation Trusts Graduate Management Scheme , please use the following link : mft-graduate-2023-brochure.pdf
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
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Displays effective communication skills; able to present relevant written and verbal information well.
- Able to deduce key points from large volumes of data.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to consider wider organisational contexts and complex data/information.
- Flexible with the ability to readjust plans and prioritise work within set deadlines.
- IT literate and able to produce effective IT based information.
- Demonstrates effective leadership skills in line with the Trust's leadership framework.
- Has a strong team working ethos.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Ability to deal with confidential issues in a professional and sensitive manner.
- Consistently demonstrates the positive behaviours associated with the Trust values.
- Ability to work effectively in a complex and changing environment.
- Tenacity; demonstrates a high level of self-belief, drive, enthusiasm and resilience to achieve goals and see things through.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Displays effective communication skills; able to present relevant written and verbal information well.
- Able to deduce key points from large volumes of data.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to consider wider organisational contexts and complex data/information.
- Flexible with the ability to readjust plans and prioritise work within set deadlines.
- IT literate and able to produce effective IT based information.
- Demonstrates effective leadership skills in line with the Trust's leadership framework.
- Has a strong team working ethos.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Ability to deal with confidential issues in a professional and sensitive manner.
- Consistently demonstrates the positive behaviours associated with the Trust values.
- Ability to work effectively in a complex and changing environment.
- Tenacity; demonstrates a high level of self-belief, drive, enthusiasm and resilience to achieve goals and see things through.
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).
