Job summary
- Main area
- Neurosurgery
- Grade
- 8B
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed Term / Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 236-HOS-AC229-25
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salford Care Orgn
- Town
- Salford
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Network Manager - North West Neurosurgery Specialised Clinical Network
8B
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Network Manager to lead the North West Neurosurgery Network.
The NW Neurosurgery Network formed in 2024, hosted by the NCA on behalf of NHSE and the three Neurosurgical Services across the NW of England.
The job description and person specification are attached to further outline the roles and responsibilities.
The position is being advertised on a 2 year fixed term basis.
Main duties of the job
As a Network Manager for the Neurosurgery Network, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service, supporting clinicians and commissioning managers and staff across the North West region in monitoring and reporting the performance of the service, and creating local action plans to maintain access for all patients within the region.
The post holder will lead the provision of an efficient, effective and high quality professional and well-co-ordinated neurosurgery network capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements, ensuring alignment with the activity of the organisation.
The post holder will define current processes, facilitate discussions and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document those processes as they are agreed and oversee their delivery
Working for our organisation
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, appreciate and inspire – 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Evidence of completion of further management training programme / qualification
Desirable criteria
- Appropriate management qualification / Diploma in management
- Evidence of CPD in relevant area
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success
- Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals
Desirable criteria
- Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes
- Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda
Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
- Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Desirable criteria
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sam Dickens
- Job title
- Divisional Managing Director, MCCN
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 206 5320
- Additional information
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