Job overview

An exciting opportunity has been created by the expansion of the Trafford Elective Surgical Hub at Trafford General Hospital. The Pre-operative assessment service  requires a permanent, full time unit manager. The role is 37.5 hours a week, working hours are 08.30-16.30 five days a week, Monday- Friday and flexible working can be considered. 

The Pre-op Unit Manager role is a pivotal one, providing exceptional and inspirational leadership to a defined clinical environment.

There are a number of strands to this leadership role - professional, personnel, clinical, operational and managerial.

The Unit Manager will ensure that staff work to a high standard, are continuously developed in their career pathways and work collaboratively as a team to consistently deliver world class standards of care.

Main duties of the job

Managing the Pre-op Unit Clinical team.

Providing clinical leadership.

Driving service improvement to ensure the GIRFT Preoperative assessment services guidance is met

Working for our organisation

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.