Clinical Standards Manager

Greater Manchester Menthal Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A NHS Trust in Greater Manchester is seeking an experienced leader to manage staff and contribute to healthcare service delivery. The ideal candidate will hold relevant degrees and have substantial NHS experience. Key responsibilities include training staff, overseeing operational excellence, and preparing strategic reports. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work under pressure. The organization promotes inclusion and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds.

Benefits

Commitment to professional development

Support for under-represented groups

Flexible working conditions

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in NHS and health service management.
• Competence in strategic thinking and long term planning.
• Ability to deliver engaging training and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver staff training courses and programs
• Prepare comprehensive reports for stakeholders
• Manage a range of responsibilities concurrently

Skills

Experience of working in the NHS

Health service management experience

Experience of advising and liaising with staff

Clear understanding of clinical governance

Experience of large-scale project management

Excellent verbal communication skills

Education

Relevant 1st level degree

Post graduate degree

Teaching and training qualification

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details, please see the attached job description and person specification for responsibilities.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Relevant 1st level degree
• Post graduate degree (masters level)
• Post-graduate study
• Evidence of active continued professional development to support the delivery of a senior leadership role including experience in risk management and governance systems.
• Teaching and training qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in the NHS
• Health service management experience
• Experience of advising and liaising with staff at all levels, preferably in the NHS and academic institutions
• Clear understanding of the issues prevailing around clinical governance, risk management, assurance, and clinical standards
• Experience of working in either governance, risk, or audit
• Experience of large-scale project management and change management.
• Delivering staff training courses and programmes
• Full range of IT skills including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Delivering teaching sessions and presentations.
• Management experience including staff supervision, coaching, appraisal, and development
• Able to demonstrate strategic thinking and develop/ formulate long term strategic plans over a number of years.
• Prepare comprehensive, fit for purpose and audience specific reports and briefing papers.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• In depth knowledge of the National Health Service and current national initiatives
• Advanced knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit & effectiveness, and research & development
• Excellent verbal communication, presentation, training, and report writing skills.
• Skills required to undertake evaluations and audit.
• Advanced skills in the analysis and interpretation of information
• Ability to influence/ persuade/ motivate others

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to prioritise and work pro- actively.
• Ability to rapidly review and evaluate unfamiliar subject matters and provide timely and robust advice.
• Diplomatic - sensitive to the requirements and pressures of colleagues.
• Ability to work with sensitivity/tact, including a commitment to confidentiality.
• Able to meet deadlines.
• Work on own initiative and under pressure with competing and changing priorities.
• Work as part of a team.
• Committed and willing to design, develop and carry out new initiatives and development projects.
• Able to communicate effectively with staff at all levels and professions across the organisation.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty and remain resilient in times of change.
• Ability to manage a range of responsibilities simultaneously, giving priority to all dimensions of the role appropriately and meeting deadlines.
• Identify, initiate, and implement change.
• Capable of applying sustained concentration and focus on priorities and outcomes within a diverse workload.
• Plan and allocate workload to ensure deadlines are met.
• Able to deal with a large and unpredictable workload ensuring key priorities and conflicting deadlines are met through effective time management.

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Tenacious
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to travel between sites and attend off-site meetings.
• Highly motivated.
• Ability to work flexibly.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

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. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing 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 it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received

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Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 480.3KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)