Job Summary
This role will support the CMO to lead and manage their co-directorate and their work across the Trust and with partners. Although not directly responsible for delivering day-to-day services, this will be a key role on the leadership team, helping to engage and bring teams together to create a vision, culture and approach to delivery that aligns with corporate priorities and trust-wide initiatives.
Main duties of the job
Role
The role will be varied and will adapt over time depending on departmental priorities, however the postholder is expected to fulfil the following key functions:
You will work with directorates senior leadership team to develop plans and strategies to achieve organisational objectives, and then help to track these through to completion, providing support and guidance as necessary.
You will ensure that the CMO is briefed on all key issues arising, working pro-actively with management teams to pre-empt issues and resolve them on the Director's behalf.
You will be a conduit for communications, ensuring that everyone across the co-directorate is aware of key issues and expectations.
You will link into other directorate and Hospital leadership teams, Project Teams and others to ensure they have a strong grip on the organisational priorities and are able to actively identify dependencies or links with initiatives.
You will personally lead on departmental projects as required.
You will be the lead point for linkages with corporate teams including overseeing the departmental budget, developing business plans, owning the risk register, liaising with HR, Finance and ICT as necessary.
You will ensure that the directorate has systems in place to ensure that we consistently meet deadlines and KPIs and problem solve with the relevant leaders when we are at risk of failing to deliver.
About Us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -
care,
appreciate and
inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Date posted
14 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8d
Salary
£88,168 to £101,677 a year Per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
236-NCA-AC111-25
Job locations
NCA Executive
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Salford
M6 8HD
Job Description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Responsibilities
Job description Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
- Master's degree in Management held or qualified by equivalent level of experience (degree does not need to be held)
- Evidence of continued Professional Development
- Project Management Qualifications such as Prince 2, MSP or similar qualifications or experience of Project Management commensurate with the role.
Desirable
- Improvement methodologies such as QI, Lean
Knowledge, Training and Experience Essential
- Demonstrable experience of managing and influencing change in large/complex organisations.
- Experience or working with senior stakeholders including Board level, presenting reporting and persuading and influencing them to a way of thinking
- Experience of the delivery of efficiency or/and cost improvement programmes with a complex organisation.
- Significant experience and a successful track record of project/programme management
- Knowledge of current NHS strategy and policy issues and ability to translate them to a local context and create local plans
- Experience of working in an NHS environment,
- Experience of working in a complex cultural environment and able to demonstrate an improvement in ways of working between teams.
- Experience of working with datasets including analysis and collation, and using this to support an argument
- Experience of managing a team and working closely with workstreams.
Desirable
- Contributor to research studies.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
- Master's degree in Management held or qualified by equivalent level of experience (degree does not need to be held)
- Evidence of continued Professional Development
- Project Management Qualifications such as Prince 2, MSP or similar qualifications or experience of Project Management commensurate with the role.
Desirable
- Improvement methodologies such as QI, Lean
Knowledge, Training and Experience Essential
- Demonstrable experience of managing and influencing change in large/complex organisations.
- Experience or working with senior stakeholders including Board level, presenting reporting and persuading and influencing them to a way of thinking
- Experience of the delivery of efficiency or/and cost improvement programmes with a complex organisation.
- Significant experience and a successful track record of project/programme management
- Knowledge of current NHS strategy and policy issues and ability to translate them to a local context and create local plans
- Experience of working in an NHS environment,
- Experience of working in a complex cultural environment and able to demonstrate an improvement in ways of working between teams.
- Experience of working with datasets including analysis and collation, and using this to support an argument
- Experience of managing a team and working closely with workstreams.
Desirable
- Contributor to research studies.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address
NCA Executive
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Salford
M6 8HD
Employer's website
https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
