About Us
There has never been a better time to look for your next and best career move by joining Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust the largest NHS Trust in England in a senior leadership or management role.
We’re proud to be the UK’s largest NHS Trust but more importantly, proud of our integrated health, teaching, research and innovation campus in the thriving city of Manchester that offers a unique range of services to our diverse communities across the North West and much further afield.
Support is the cornerstone of everything here. Join MFT and you join an organisation that cares for everyone. Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Salford, Trafford and beyond, we pool our knowledge, skills and resources to be the best for our patients, and each other. Everyone plays their part in providing outstanding care. And everyone has the opportunity to grow in a diverse, endlessly supportive environment where high quality patient care is taken incredibly seriously.
Forces Friendly Employer
At MFT, our aim is to be recognised as an outstanding Forces friendly employer- this includes welcoming applications from ex-military personnel but also from your families and for those individuals who are involved in the Reserve Forces and Cadets Schemes. The great news is that being part of the armed forces community has provided you with endless transferrable skills and knowledge and coupled with your personal life experience, this makes your very marketable to an organisation likes ours.
We totally appreciate the unique experience you can bring to our organisation including outstanding skills as a qualified Allied Health Professional plus importantly, upholding the values and behaviours in line with those of MFT which are; Everyone Matters, Working Together, Dignity and Care & Open and Honest.
The Opportunity
Responding to changes in both the health economy and across Greater Manchester, striving to make significant improvements in the quality of our patient and staff experience, and working within the restraints of public sector finances – these are just some of the challenges we’re rising to. It’s an exciting time and, as one of our empowered leaders, you’ll be a driving force for change, success and continuous improvement.
To achieve our aim of system-wide transformation we’re developing a culture of high-quality compassionate, inclusive leadership and staff engagement, based on a co-created, evidence-based Leadership and Culture Strategy. Focusing on five cultural elements: Vision and Values, Support and Compassion, Goals and Performance and Teamwork, we’re striving to make MFT the best place to train and work. So, join us and we’ll support you to achieve your full potential. You’ll expand your skills and experience with a wide range of structured training and development programmes, and online learning tailored to meet your individual needs.
We have diverse opportunities for leaders within the Trust, from operational roles such as directors and managers to clinical leadership roles such as nurse leaders and clinical speciality leads. We also need senior managers for specialist professions, including workforce development and human resources, finance and informatics.
We need people with real passion, curiosity and vision, and a proactive approach to any challenge. People who’ll always put the patient at the heart of what they do. In return, we’ll encourage and enable you to bring new ideas and insights, to drive real innovation and positive change.
All the support you need
There are lots of similarities between MFT and the armed forces which make us an employer of choice for the armed forces community –in our case, improving the health and life chances of the thousands of patients our services hospitals serve.
We also realise that making a transition to a new role or sector for some is most likely going to be daunting. That’s why our team are dedicated to developing wrap around support for skilled people such as yourself to demonstrate that we’re the very best organisation to help you take your career on a new and exciting trajectory. To find out more about how we support both existing, ex-military personnel and their families, click here https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/supporting-members-of-the-armed-forces/
MFT are dedicated to developing wrap around support for skilled people from the armed forces community to demonstrate that we’re the very best organisation to help you take your career on a new and exciting trajectory.
Here are some of the ways we are committed to doing this:
- We award 10 Days Paid Special Leave for active Reservists to assist you with additional military training and annual camps.
- We award 5 Days Paid Special Leave for Cadet Forces Adult Volunteers (CFAVs) to assist you with additional CFAV training and annual camps.
- We provide advice on the application and selection process
- We connect you with MFT Employees from the Armed Forces Community
- We run dedicated ‘Work Experience’ placements *where Covid restrictions allow
- We deliver quarterly Information sessions – delivered in partnership with the GM Health and Social Care Careers Hub and other GM NHS organisations; advertised within Events onCareer Transition Partnerships via this link: www.ctp.org.uk/events
- Showcasing our vacancies advertised through platforms such as, Career TransitionPartnership https://www.ctp.org.uk/and Forces Families Jobshttps://www.forcesfamiliesjobs.co.uk/
- Partnership with ‘Walking with the Wounded’s Employment Programme’ who have adopted an Individual Placement & Support (IPS) model to support members within the Armed Forces Community to seek employment within MFT
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for these roles. As an organisation we are truly committed to being an employer of choice that recruits and develops staff fairly, so that talented people choose to join, remain, and develop within the Trust.
Our aim is to be a diverse workforce that is representative at all job levels and we therefore positively welcome applications from the diversity of the population we serve. Equal opportunities are a key guiding principle to all our work including that our recruitment practices provide equal access to all.
All HERE FOR YOU
At MFT, we offer a unique and comprehensive NHS benefits package including access to a wide range of development and health & wellbeing programmes.
Join us now, and you’ll be at the forefront of a pioneering health and social care system as well as being a valued team member with the largest NHS Trusts in the country. We truly hope you take the leap with us! To seek our current vacancies, click here: https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/search-apply/.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!