Performance & Planning Manager | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Flexible working

Protected hours for wellbeing

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full time Band 8a Performance & Planning Manager at Salford Royal Hospital. You will support the Director of Planning & Performance, engaging with stakeholders to produce each year’s annual plan and drive improvement actions to meet trust objectives.

You will analyse performance delivery, support capacity and demand planning with clinical services, and design robust performance reports for regulatory meetings while ensuring data quality

Responsibilities

• Support the production of the NCA’s annual plan.
• Support the deployment of a robust performance framework including: planning, monitoring, analysing, and risk escalation.
• Support the development and implementation of the NCA’s capacity and demand planning process, actively engaging with clinical services.
• Design, develop, and maintain performance reports that meet customer requirements, some of which support regulatory meetings with NHSE and commissioners. Ensuring that robust and credible information is used in performance reports through the deployment of quality assurance processes and also building predictive tools for the early identification of potential risks and preventative action.
• Provide expert advice on access standards to internal stakeholders.
• Attend and coordinate performance meetings, taking an active role in presenting reports and answering queries.
• Support the development of the NCA’s Performance function that is fit for purpose and proactive.

Job description

Performance & Planning Manager | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 8a Performance & Planning Manager to work at Salford Royal Hospital.

You will support the Director of Planning & Performance, engaging with key stakeholders to produce each year’s NCA Annual Plan. Through analysis of performance delivery, you will support the development of improvement action required to meet Trust operational objectives. In addition, you will support clinical services in the implementation of Capacity and Demand planning.

You will work closely with Clinical services and corporate functions.

Professional Duties

• Support the production of the NCA’s annual plan
• Support the deployment of a robust performance framework including: planning, monitoring, analysing, and risk escalation.
• Support the development and implementation of the NCA’s capacity and demand planning process, actively engaging with clinical services.
• Design, develop, and maintain performance reports that meet customer requirements, some of which support regulatory meetings with NHSE and commissioners. Ensuring that robust and credible information is used in performance reports through the deployment of quality assurance processes and also building predictive tools for the early identification of potential risks and preventative action.
• Provide expert advice on access standards to internal stakeholders.
• Attend and coordinate performance meetings, taking an active role in presenting reports and answering queries.
• Support the development of the NCA’s Performance function that is fit for purpose and proactive.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Monday 26 Oct 2026