Group Joint Chief Medical Officer

Manchester University NHS 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 medical leader with a track record in consistently delivering clinical effectiveness and patient safety to join our Board of Directors as Group Joint Chief Medical Officer. The Group Joint Chief Medical Officer is a pivotal role to our future success as we push to improve the care and services for the people of Greater Manchester and beyond. Reporting directly to the Group Chief Executive Officer and working collaboratively with our current Group Joint Chief Medical Officer, 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. You will be achievement-focused with a track record of leading service improvement in a complex environment and working collaboratively across systems. Applicants will bring significant experience as a medical leader within a large NHS provider, preferably a Teaching Trust, with a proven ability in consistently delivering clinical effectiveness and patient safety. Main duties of the job As a key member of the Group Executive Director team, you will provide strategic and operational advice to the Group Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors and be expected to deliver on a range of clinical / patient safety and related objectives. You will provide highly visible leadership to the medical and dental workforce across all Trust sites, engaging and empowering them to achieve excellence in the delivery of patient care. Innovative and creative in your thinking, you will make decisions that encourage new ways of working to develop a culture of improvement, contributing to the development and implementation of the internal clinical service redesign, ensuring the Trust remains at the forefront of service delivery and clinical service innovation in line with any potential changes to the external environment. You will also be expected to maintain strong working relationships with system partners to facilitate delivery of the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Strategy. If our Trust and this role is of interest to you and would like to learn more to see if this is the next and best move in your career, we encourage you to contact us for a conversation in confidence. About us 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. Job description Job responsibilities 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, including details of how to apply, please copy and paste the following wording into your web browser: www.odgers.com/90851. Person Specification Qualifications - Academic / Professional Essential High level of general education to degree level or equivalent. Second degree/master's level qualification in a related subject or equivalent knowledge, training and experience. Track record of continuous personal and professional development. Qualified Doctor or Dentist with full registration with the General Medical/Dental Council. Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience - Strategic Leadership Essential Significant experience as a medical leader within a large NHS provider, preferably a Teaching Trust. A proven ability to deliver consistently on clinical effectiveness and patient safety. A track record of leading service improvement in a complex environment and working collaboratively across systems. Desirable Significant executive director experience in a similarly complex organisation or system. Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience - Effective Partnerships Essential A commitment to system excellence as well as organisational excellence. A commitment to close working with health and social care partners in Manchester and GM. Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience - Wider NHS and health context Essential Knowledge of current systems change across Greater Manchester ICS, and the potential impact on MFT. Knowledge of NHS policy, particularly related to medical staff, patient experience, quality and safety and also, the NHS regulatory framework. Personal Attributes Essential Strong interpersonal skills and personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of and build relationships with others, including managers, clinicians and all staff. Innovation and creativity - ability to make decisions that encourages new ways of working and develop a culture of innovation with a willingness to take calculated risks. Achievement focused - ability to set targets and get things done to achieve continuous improvement. Politically astute. Resilient under pressure and calm in a crisis. Sets high standards for self and team and motivates and inspires others to achieve these. Committed to support and deliver a culture of continuous learning for both self and team. Initiative - sees opportunities and acts on them - proactive rather than reactive approach. Decision making - ability to make decisions based on an analysis of key financial, people or service concepts. A commitment to the ethical standards expected of public sector leaders in the UK including the Fit and Proper Persons test. Employer details Employer name Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Address Trust Headquarters, Cobbett House Oxford Road Manchester M13 9WL Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. 349-COR-6327356 #J-18808-Ljbffr