Job summary
As one of the largest and most ambitious Trusts in England, MFT has created new and exciting opportunities for experienced leaders, already established as a board member within a large complex NHS organisation, to join our Trust Leadership Team as a Clinical Group Chief Executive. Reporting directly to the Group Chief Executive Officer and working collaboratively with Executive colleagues, the ideal candidates will provide inspirational leadership, with strong values that match ours and role model an unwavering drive to deliver the strategic ambition of the Trust as an anchor organisation in healthcare for the city of Manchester and borough of Trafford.
These are rare and exciting opportunities for a talented individual to achieve amazing people focused developments in one of the most vibrant and ambitious Trusts in England.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the Trust's Leadership team, you will join the Trust at an exciting time following the launch of our new Organisational Strategy, a refresh of our Operating Model, and the development of a multi-year Financial Recovery Plan.
The Clinical Group Chief Executives are pivotal roles to our future success as we push to improve the care and services for the people of Manchester, Trafford, and beyond. Each role will provide highly credible and visible operational and strategic leadership and will have full responsibility for the effective delivery of services within the Clinical Group. There are six clinical groupings in total, four of which are open for you to consider - Manchester Royal Infirmary, North Manchester General Hospital, Specialist Hospitals (St Mary's, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Manchester Royal Eye Hospital), and Clinical & Scientific Services. Each of these clinical groups are significant operating units of the Trust.
Drawing on Chief Executive or Executive Director experience in an NHS Trust within a comparative large and complex healthcare organisation, you will lead the Clinical Group Senior Leadership Team to ensure a relentless focus on operational delivery and provision of safe, high quality and efficient patient services across the Clinical Group, together with providing the very best experience and working environment for our people.
About us
MFT is one of England's largest NHS Trusts with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 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
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about MFT and full details of the Chief Executive opportunities across four of our Clinical Groups. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. In order to apply, please submit a comprehensive CV along with a covering letter which sets out your interest in the role and encapsulates the aspects of your experience relevant to the required criteria. For more information, including details of how to apply, please visitwww.odgers.com/91952.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about MFT and full details of the Chief Executive opportunities across four of our Clinical Groups. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. In order to apply, please submit a comprehensive CV along with a covering letter which sets out your interest in the role and encapsulates the aspects of your experience relevant to the required criteria. For more information, including details of how to apply, please visitwww.odgers.com/91952.
Person Specification
Qualifications - Academic / Professional
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Post-graduate degree or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Formal management or leadership qualification.
Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience
Essential
- Outstanding personal impact. Highly developed interpersonal, networking, advocacy, written and presentation skills that are persuasive and influential and develop relationships that inspire respect, trust and confidence.
- Highly developed analytical skills with the ability to think and act strategically, tactically and creatively, while maintaining a clear view of the issues affecting the Clinical Group and MFT.
- Ability to translate a strategic vision into operational action, to communicate those objectives and ensure they are adhered to.
- Ability to deal positively and promptly with colleagues' concerns and personal problems, challenge colleagues on any inappropriate behaviours or poor performance and investigate and deal with complaints as required.
- Ability to encourage multi-disciplinary professional working and problem solving.
- A high level of political awareness.
- Experience as a Trust Chief Executive or Executive Director level within a Trust (or comparatively large and complex multi-disciplinary organisation).
- A clear appreciation of the context of acute healthcare provision within the modern NHS and understanding of the NHS Operating Framework.
- A successful track record of consistent delivery against NHS performance standards and sustainable bottom-line delivery through sound financial and operational management.
- A successful track record of leading high-profile programmes including the management of service change, organisational development, outcome and operational process improvement and cost reduction in a demanding public arena.
- A successful track record of developing effective corporate strategies, standards and policies that support and deliver business objectives.
- A successful track record of developing an organisational culture committed to high quality, people, financial and performance standards.
- Demonstrable success in building, developing and inspiring high performing multi-disciplinary teams, increasing staff engagement and motivation to improve performance.
- A successful track record of initiating and working effectively in partnership with colleagues and other organisations across other public and voluntary services.
- Evidence of communicating successfully and working effectively in co-operation with a wide range of internal and external bodies, including statutory and non-statutory organisations, senior managers, colleagues and their representatives.
Desirable
- A strong understanding of how MFT fits into the wider health and social care system.
- Experience working on national programmes or contributing to national policy development.
- Evidence of leading or implementing high profile initiatives underpinned by the national research and innovation agenda.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated, hard-working and self-confident individual with a drive to deliver and commitment to excellence across all areas. Inspires others and leads by example.
- Aligned to MFT's values of we are "Compassionate ", "Curious", "Collaborate", Open and Honest and "Inclusive".
- A commitment to promoting excellence at an MFT level as well as supporting the success of the Clinical Group.
- Able to communicate openly, effectively listen and is consistently approachable to colleagues.
- Works in a highly collaborative manner with colleagues across MFT and other system partners to ensure effective partnership work.
- Able to adapt to changing priorities, problem solve and re-focus the work of self and others on new priority areas that may require urgent action.
- A willingness to take calculated risks with an overall bias towards action.
- Can constructively challenge and effectively manage conflict to reach a positive conclusion.
- High level of personal resilience and ability to work and remain calm in a high-pressure and/or challenging environment.
- A commitment to personal development and the development of colleagues, with the ability to develop a culture in which all individuals can thrive and feel a sense of belonging.
- A commitment to the ethical standards expected of public sector leaders in the UK.
- Passionate commitment to embedding equality, diversity and inclusivity, internally and externally.
- Willingness and ability to travel between MFT's sites as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications - Academic / Professional
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Post-graduate degree or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Formal management or leadership qualification.
Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience
Essential
- Outstanding personal impact. Highly developed interpersonal, networking, advocacy, written and presentation skills that are persuasive and influential and develop relationships that inspire respect, trust and confidence.
- Highly developed analytical skills with the ability to think and act strategically, tactically and creatively, while maintaining a clear view of the issues affecting the Clinical Group and MFT.
- Ability to translate a strategic vision into operational action, to communicate those objectives and ensure they are adhered to.
- Ability to deal positively and promptly with colleagues' concerns and personal problems, challenge colleagues on any inappropriate behaviours or poor performance and investigate and deal with complaints as required.
- Ability to encourage multi-disciplinary professional working and problem solving.
- A high level of political awareness.
- Experience as a Trust Chief Executive or Executive Director level within a Trust (or comparatively large and complex multi-disciplinary organisation).
- A clear appreciation of the context of acute healthcare provision within the modern NHS and understanding of the NHS Operating Framework.
- A successful track record of consistent delivery against NHS performance standards and sustainable bottom-line delivery through sound financial and operational management.
- A successful track record of leading high-profile programmes including the management of service change, organisational development, outcome and operational process improvement and cost reduction in a demanding public arena.
- A successful track record of developing effective corporate strategies, standards and policies that support and deliver business objectives.
- A successful track record of developing an organisational culture committed to high quality, people, financial and performance standards.
- Demonstrable success in building, developing and inspiring high performing multi-disciplinary teams, increasing staff engagement and motivation to improve performance.
- A successful track record of initiating and working effectively in partnership with colleagues and other organisations across other public and voluntary services.
- Evidence of communicating successfully and working effectively in co-operation with a wide range of internal and external bodies, including statutory and non-statutory organisations, senior managers, colleagues and their representatives.
Desirable
- A strong understanding of how MFT fits into the wider health and social care system.
- Experience working on national programmes or contributing to national policy development.
- Evidence of leading or implementing high profile initiatives underpinned by the national research and innovation agenda.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated, hard-working and self-confident individual with a drive to deliver and commitment to excellence across all areas. Inspires others and leads by example.
- Aligned to MFT's values of we are "Compassionate ", "Curious", "Collaborate", Open and Honest and "Inclusive".
- A commitment to promoting excellence at an MFT level as well as supporting the success of the Clinical Group.
- Able to communicate openly, effectively listen and is consistently approachable to colleagues.
- Works in a highly collaborative manner with colleagues across MFT and other system partners to ensure effective partnership work.
- Able to adapt to changing priorities, problem solve and re-focus the work of self and others on new priority areas that may require urgent action.
- A willingness to take calculated risks with an overall bias towards action.
- Can constructively challenge and effectively manage conflict to reach a positive conclusion.
- High level of personal resilience and ability to work and remain calm in a high-pressure and/or challenging environment.
- A commitment to personal development and the development of colleagues, with the ability to develop a culture in which all individuals can thrive and feel a sense of belonging.
- A commitment to the ethical standards expected of public sector leaders in the UK.
- Passionate commitment to embedding equality, diversity and inclusivity, internally and externally.
- Willingness and ability to travel between MFT's sites as required.
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).
