Job overview

Reporting to the Chief Delivery Officer and working closely with the Chief Finance Officer, the Value for Patients Director will be instrumental in developing and delivering a multi-year financial recovery and organisational transformation strategy.

The role spans all six Clinical Groups and corporate functions, requiring deep collaboration with clinical, operational, and executive teams. With responsibility for embedding Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) principles across the organisation, you will play a strategic role in driving data-informed decision-making and ensuring we invest in what matters most to our patients.

This is not a traditional finance-led recovery role — it is a delivery and transformation role with high visibility across the Trust and wider system. You will be a key figure in MFT’s recovery journey and contribute directly to our long-term strategic priorities.

As part of the role you will oversee the Trust’s Value for Patients Programme Management Office (PMO), supporting the development, tracking, and delivery of large-scale cost improvement and income initiatives.

Main duties of the job

You will be a credible, values-driven leader with a strong track record of delivering complex transformation programmes in large-scale NHS provider or consultancy settings. The ability to effectively influence,and challenge where appropriate, clinical, operational, and executive colleagues across the organisation is essential, as is the ability to identify opportunities convert clinical change into tangible, cash-releasing savings.

You will bring:
- Deep understanding of productivity, cost improvement and performance levers in the NHS
- Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills, particularly with clinical leaders and executives
- Expertise in governance, reporting and accountability frameworks to support benefit realisation
- A clear grasp of Value-Based Healthcare and the ability to apply it pragmatically in an NHS context

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & 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.