There is an exciting opportunity to join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) as the Deputy Director of Finance for the Specialist Hospitals Clinical Group (SHCG), which encompasses Saint Mary's MCS, The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and The Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.
SHCG is looking for a dynamic Deputy Director of Finance to join our senior leadership team. This is an opportunity to take on a career fulfilling role within one of the most complex and ambitious NHS organisations in the country, in the setting of an improvement agenda within finance and the clinical group to drive sustainability for our local health population.
As the UK’s largest NHS Trust, MFT serves a diverse population of over 750,000 people across ten hospitals and community services. With an annual budget exceeding £2 billion, we operate at scale, delivering world-class care while driving financial sustainability. Our finance function plays a crucial role in ensuring we meet the challenges of today’s NHS, and we are looking for an outstanding leader to drive this agenda forward.
We are seeking a senior finance leader to take on the role of Deputy Director of Finance for Specialist Hospitals Clinical Group at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). Reporting to Ahtisham Khan, Director of Finance for SHCG you will provide operational leadership across a £0.5bn clinical group, ensuring robust financial planning, reporting, governance and financial stewardship.
You’ll oversee all aspects of financial performance, while working closely with operational and clinical leaders to support effective decision-making and deliver high-quality, sustainable healthcare. A key part of your role will be driving cost improvement and transformation programmes, helping us deliver best value for the communities we serve.
We are looking for someone with strong NHS finance experience, with a track record of leading high-performing teams and delivering financial stewardship and improvement.
This is an opportunity to shape the financial future of Specialist Hospitals Clinical Group within the UK’s largest NHS Trust. If you are a strategic, ambitious and values-led leader, we would love to hear from you.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England 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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ahtisham Khan Job title: Director of Finance - SHCG Email address:
[email protected]
