This post is a 18-month Fixed Term
The Senior Operational Manager will support the Directorate Manager by providing operational management and business development of designated clinical speciality services within the Directorate.
The post holder will be responsible for providing timely, efficient and effective operational management support to the Directorate Manager and the specialty leads, with the overall aim of ensuring that services are responsive and provided to the highest clinical and performance
standards.
The post holder will also support the development and implementation of projects and business cases to improve cost, service delivery and patient experience to the key speciality areas and will ensure continuous improvement of performance and quality targets.
In support of the Directorate Manager and in conjunction with the clinical leads and support teams within the defined service area.
Support the day to day efficient and effective operational management of the defined specialities, reporting to the Directorate Manager all matters affecting the delivery of core services.
Work with the Specialty Leads, Lead Nurses and operational teams to respond to operational issues on a day to day basis and ensure issues are swiftly resolved.
Implement and monitor systems and processes to ensure the delivery of all speciality activity and finance targets against plan.
Build relationships and develop good communication systems across a range of service areas internally and externally to the Trust, ensuring the delivery of safe and effective care to patients.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts 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 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: Mary Starr Job title: Divisional Director Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0161 998 7070
