Are you an experienced and dynamic leader with a passion for improving patient care and driving operational excellence? We are looking for a
Senior Operational Manager to join our team, supporting the delivery of high-quality clinical services across a busy and growing division.
This exciting opportunity offers the chance to work alongside senior leaders, clinical teams, and support staff to ensure the efficient day-to-day management of specialist services. The role is integral to achieving key performance targets, enhancing patient experience, and implementing service developments. You will lead on operational delivery, workforce management, and financial oversight, identifying opportunities for improvement and ensuring that services meet both local and national objectives.
The ideal candidate will bring excellent leadership, organisational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complex operational challenges in a fast-paced environment. If you are motivated to make a real difference to service delivery and patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
The Senior Operational Manager will provide operational leadership and support to designated clinical specialties, ensuring services are delivered effectively, efficiently, and in line with performance targets. Key duties include managing day-to-day operations, overseeing workforce planning, and supporting the delivery of patient pathways to meet Referral to Treatment (RTT), Diagnostic (DM01) and waiting list targets. The role also involves managing budgets, implementing cost improvement plans, and leading service developments to enhance patient care.
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: Jodi Kelly Job title: Deputy Directorate Manager Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07977667341
