Clinical Group Chief Executive - Clinical Scientific Services

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Main area: Clinical Group Chief Executives

Grade: Executives / VSM: Leadership-Gp7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 349-COR-6961112

Site: Oxford Road Campus

Town: Manchester

Salary: Attractive Remuneration Package

Closing: 02/03/2025 23:59

Interview date: 04/04/2025

Job overview:

Operating across 10 hospitals and community services, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) provides care to almost one million people from Manchester, Trafford, and beyond. Following the launch of a new Organisational Strategy, a refresh of the Operating Model, and delivery of a multi-year recovery plan, MFT is building towards a new future delivering benefits for patients through collaborative and joined up service provision.

We are looking for a talented executive leader to be responsible for the delivery of clinical scientific services, for both acute and community provision across the MFT Group. Reporting to the Trust CE, the CSS CE is a crucial leader who will create impact in the leadership of the CSS Clinical Group and more broadly across the organisation. The successful candidate will lead a highly trained workforce in delivering clinical scientific services across MFT's multiple sites, prioritising excellence, efficiency, value and patient centred care.

As an active member of the Trust Leadership Team, the successful candidate will contribute at Group level to the strategic direction of the Trust and ensure that clinical scientific services are delivered in a way that contributes to and advances the ambitions of the Board. You will have significant leadership experience in complex matrixed settings, with a track record of achievement in delivering positive change and operational performance improvement.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide highly credible and visible operational and strategic leadership with full responsibility for the effective delivery of services within the CSS Clinical Group.
• Take overall responsibility and accountability for the management of services within the CSS Clinical Group with a relentless focus on providing high-quality, safe, efficient, and financially sustainable patient services.
• Lead a highly trained and disparate workforce across multiple delivery sites developing an inclusive culture and sense of belonging within the Clinical Group.
• Maximise opportunities to innovate across the Clinical Group using AI and technological advances.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders integral to the success of the Clinical Group.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of the Trust's strategy alongside taking responsibility for designated trust-wide objectives.

Working for our organisation:

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 30,000 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.

Detailed job description and main 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.

Person specification:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.
• Formal management or leadership qualification.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.