# Deputy Chief Executive / Chief Operating Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-executive-chief-operating-officer/a68f47f1-3d68-4430-9146-ad485503c585 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-executive-chief-operating-officer/a68f47f1-3d68-4430-9146-ad485503c585.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** North View - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Chief executive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-30T11:50:51.464Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Preswtich/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Operations/Operations-v8333087 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8333087?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of mental health services. At Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, we are on a journey of improvement and transformation. We are determined to deliver outstanding care, reduce inequalities, improve outcomes and create a culture where every colleague feels valued, supported and able to thrive. We are seeking an exceptional Deputy Chief Executive / Chief Operating Officer to join our Board and Executive Leadership Team. This is a rare opportunity for an outstanding leader to influence the future of GMMH and help shape the services we provide to our communities. Interview Date: Monday 19 October 2026 ### Main duties of the job As Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, you will provide collective leadership for a complex and high-profile organisation. You will lead the operational delivery of services across the Trust, ensuring excellence in quality, safety, performance and financial sustainability, while helping to drive large-scale transformation and innovation. Working closely with the Chief Executive, Chair, Board colleagues and partners across Greater Manchester, you will be a visible and influential leader, capable of operating confidently at organisational, system and national level. We are seeking an accomplished, values-driven executive leader who combines strategic vision with operational credibility. You will bring a strong clinical background as a registered mental health professional, together with board-level leadership experience and a proven track record of delivering sustained improvement within complex NHS organisations. You will understand the realities of delivering high-quality care, supporting clinical teams and leading services through change, while maintaining a relentless focus on patient safety, experience and outcomes. Most importantly, you will be a leader who shares our values and work do deliver our vision of ‘great places for care and great places to work’ ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See attached job description and person specification for detailed information. ### Applicant requirements This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Deep understanding of NHS policy and the mental health landscape. - Strong understanding of governance, assurance and risk management. - Ability to translate strategy into delivery. - Excellent influencing and negotiation skills. - Strong political awareness and system leadership capability. - Understanding of quality improvement methodologies and their application. - Strong digital and transformation leadership capability. - Ability to lead through ambiguity and complexity. ### Experience **Essential** - Credible Board-level experience within a complex NHS provider organisation - Substantial senior operational leadership experience. - Strong track record of delivering sustained operational performance improvement. - Experience of leading major organisational transformation and change. - Experience of strategic planning and successful strategy implementation. - Experience of system leadership and partnership working at ICS or equivalent level. - Strong track record of building productive relationships with regulators and stakeholders. - Experience of delivering quality, workforce and financial improvements simultaneously. - Experience of leading large multidisciplinary teams through complexity and change. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Professional registration in a relevant mental health profession. - Master's degree or equivalent experience. - Leadership qualification or equivalent senior leadership experience. - Evidence of continuing professional development. ## Documents - [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931) - [job description / person specification (pdf, 176.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10656273) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.