Service Manager | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	17 September 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	17 October 2025
Location:	Manchester, M23 9LT
Company:	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7473015/349-WTWA-7473015-RL3

Summary

Are you ready to take your leadership career to the next level? At MFT, we are embedding an exciting new Operating Model, placing roles closest to patient care at the heart of decision-making. By creating clinically led, multidisciplinary leadership teams, we ensure decisions are informed by clinical expertise while maintaining the operational knowledge needed to deliver safe, successful services.

We are looking for experienced, forward-thinking leaders to support the introduction of these new ways of working. You will be well supported with a bespoke personal development plan and access to a range of development opportunities.

This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in decision-making, influence the future of patient services, and contribute to a Trust-wide movement embedding clinical leadership at every level.

We are current inviting applications for:

Role: Service Manager Urology /Service Manager (General Surgery)

Band:8a

Time commitment:37.5 hours

Location:Wythenshawe Hospital & Manchester Royal Infirmary (cross site working)

We are seeking applications from colleagues who are confident in their ability to:

Lead:Provide visible leadership supporting the General Manager in setting direction and ensuring colleagues feel guided and empowered in their roles

Govern:Contribute to governance by monitoring performance, ensuring safe processes are followed and escalating risks appropriately, helping the services meet its quality and compliance standards

Educate: Play a vital role in team development - sharing knowledge, supporting training and encouraging a culture of continuous improvement and learning

Collaborate:Work closely with clinical, operational and administrative colleagues, fostering effective teamwork and strong relationships across the service and wider system.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational:Deliver and monitor key performance indicators at specialty level, including activity, performance targets as well as national local targets

Finance:Ensure budgetary management controls and monitoring is in place and in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions

Innovation:Contribute to the review of services to identify ways to improve quality, productivity, efficiency and patient experience

People Management:To inspire and motivate others by role modelling a values-led compassionate style of leadership behaviour

If this sounds like a role you would thrive in, we want to hear from you! Apply now to progress your career at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust 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 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.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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 and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!








This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025

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