Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer Full Time

Manchester University Foundation Trust (MFT) is one of England’s largest NHS Trusts with a turnover of £2.6bn and has an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader, already established as a board member within a large complex NHS organisation, to join our Board of Directors as Group Deputy Chief Executive.

Reporting directly to the Group Chief Executive Officer and working collaboratively with Executive colleagues, the ideal candidate 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.

The Group Deputy Chief Executive is a pivotal role to our future success as we push to improve the care and services for the people of Manchester, Trafford and beyond. Applicants will have experience in an acute trust with a significant research, innovation, and teaching portfolio or as an NHS Trust Chief Executive who wishes to join one of the largest NHS provider organisations in the country. You must be a self-starter with the motivation to excel in the role, including a commitment to staff engagement and an ability to foster collaboration and delivery within our Executive Team.

As a key member of the Group Executive Director team, you will play a key role in delivery of our organisational strategy, leading an organisational change programme, and supporting the implementation of the new operating model as well as the overall leadership of the Trust. The portfolio includes a full range of responsibilities associated with a formal deputy role, details of which are set out in the candidate brief.

You will be responsible for supporting and maintaining oversight of the Trust’s agenda, including strategy, partnerships, and general delivery. As part of this you will lead the organisation change programme to deliver the new operating model alongside supporting in the day-to-day line management of Hospital/Managed Clinical Services/Local Care Organisation Chief Executives. One of the key attributes we are looking for in this role is the ability to work effectively with senior leaders, clinicians, partners, and stakeholders towards our shared goals.

Join us and you will have the opportunity to work with some of the best people in the NHS and thrive in an organisation united in its values, purpose and commitment to patients and a drive for continual innovation and improvement.

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.

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about MFT and full details of the role. 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, and to request a copy of the Candidate Information Pack including details of how to apply, please visit www.odgers.com/91727.

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