Clinical Standards Manager

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Manchester is seeking a specialist senior manager to govern clinical standards frameworks. This role involves overseeing management within the Clinical Standards Team, handling compliance issues, managing staff, and ensuring policies meet legal standards. The organization is dedicated to diversity and inclusion, ensuring their workforce reflects the communities served. They encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply and participate in an inclusive workplace culture.

Responsibilities

• Oversee management of all staff within the Clinical Standards function including recruitment, appraisal, professional development, attendance management, and grievances.
• Act as the Trust contact for external parties for all clinical standards activity.
• Provide cross cover for equivalent colleagues within the wider directorate as and when required.
• Review and validate Freedom of Information requests pertinent to the remit.

Job description

Position Overview

A specialist senior manager accountable for governing clinical standards frameworks and associated activity across the organisation and managing the underpinning functions and teams within the Clinical Standards Team under the direction of the Medical Directorate.

Ensure clinical standards are implemented and sustainably maintained. Oversee monitoring and reporting of activity and performance from ward to board. Ensure barriers to implementation are addressed or escalated and partial/non‑compliance is robustly managed through action planning and risk assessment via Trust governance frameworks. Manage a range of associated projects and educational activities to support the remit. Responsible for all policies and procedures within the Clinical Standards remit, ensuring they meet legal, regulatory, and best practice standards, withstand external scrutiny, and provide high levels of assurance.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee management of all staff within the Clinical Standards function including recruitment, appraisal, professional development, attendance management, and grievances.
• Act as the Trust contact for external parties for all clinical standards activity (e.g. ICB, NICE, liaison with HQIP).
• Provide cross cover for equivalent colleagues within the wider directorate as and when required to support business continuity.
• Review and validate Freedom of Information requests pertinent to the remit.

Qualifications & Experience

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities. Relevant experience outside the NHS will be considered when calculating salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under‑represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Legal & Compliance

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks. For further information on the checks required, please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org. The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service; enrolment for this service incurs a fee of £16 per year and must be maintained throughout employment with GMMH. The Trust also requires all staff and volunteers to share the commitment to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

AI in the Application Process

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications: a candidate may utilise AI when writing a job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI‑generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for, thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real‑life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges. We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore them further.