The North Manchester General Hospital Redevelopment Programme Director role presents a unique and exciting opportunity to lead one of the largest hospital and regeneration projects in the country.
Following the Ministerial announcement in January 2025 which confirmed that the North Manchester General Hospital Scheme would be in Wave 1 of the refreshed New Hospital Programme (NHP), the Trust is ready to commence the next stage of project delivery. Building on considerable success and the delivery of Enabling Phase 1 works including demolition of significant victorian estate and the construction of a new Multi Storey Car Park, the project will now proceed through the business case process for the main scheme to facilitate a start on site in 2028.
The Programme Director will lead a multi-disciplinary team to shape the scheme, deliver transformational change is embedded, ensure stakeholder support, develop the required business cases and successfully achieve the start on site. The Programme Director will also ensure operational readiness in preparation for Day 1 of the facility.
The Programme Director will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of the programme to replace the existing North Manchester General Hospital, under the New Hospital Programme.
Accountable to the Senior Responsible Officer, the Programme Director will lead the project on a day-to-day basis managing both the internal core team, key internal stakeholders and external specialist and technical advisors. The Programme Director will support the team in defining clear objectives via Business Case development and delivering against those objectives to time, cost, and quality parameters. The Programme Director will also ensure that the operational readiness plan is fit for purpose and in delivery to support a successful transition into the new hospital.
The Programme Director will provide leadership with regard to key partners and stakeholders, leading and inputting into senior level meetings with New Hospital Programme, local authorities (officers and politicians), combined authority, local and national politicians, funding partners as well as local and community partners.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Humphreys Job title: Director of Strategic Projects Email address:
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