Steve has successfully worked at clinical and managerial levels within the NHS for over 30 years. He trained in Rochdale as a registered general nurse in 1987 and went on to work in A&E departments in Oxford and Manchester. He's also a trained mental health nurse and has worked in several acute mental health settings in the Manchester area.
In 1998, Steve gained a degree in nursing and went on to obtain an MSc in strategic leadership in 2002. He has a long-standing interest in healthcare leadership and has lectured and presented on this topic in the UK, Europe and USA. More recently, he's led on the successful integration of health, social and voluntary services within North Manchester and Rochdale communities and believes strongly that working in partnership across health and care provides a better experience for patients and families.
He currently holds the role of lead safeguarding governor for Hopwood Hall College.
Mina joined Oldham Care Organisation in September 2024 to become Finance Director for both Rochdale and Oldham (Interim) . Prior to this she was Finance Director for the NCA diagnostics and pharmacy (since September 2021) Care Organisation. Before joining the NCA, she held a variety of finance roles across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, accumulating 20 years’ experience within the NHS. Her experience is predominately within the acute environment but also includes the mental health sector.
She's an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, holds an Msc in management and is an alumni of the Nye Bevan leadership programme, graduating in December 2019. Since joining NCA Mina has also completed the Shadow Board Development Programme
Mina is passionate about improving patient services alongside finance staff development.
Jonathan has a strong track record in successfully delivering change within Greater Manchester. A highly experienced medical professional, particularly in the field of maternity and neonatal services, he's held a number of senior posts since his initial appointment in Greater Manchester in 2003.
Jonathan came to Greater Manchester in 2003 when he was appointed consultant neonatologist at Salford Royal (then Hope Hospital). In 2008, he became clinical lead and held that role until maternity and neonatal services were decommissioned in 2011 as part of the ‘Making it Better’ reconfiguration.
In 2011, he moved to Oldham as clinical director for neonatal services and together with colleagues led the development of a new tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which opened in 2012 and is now well established as one of Greater Manchester’s three NICUs.
He remained clinical director until 2016, when he was appointed as divisional clinical director of the women and children’s division.
Jonathan has been deeply involved in the Greater Manchester/North-West Neonatal Network for many years and was clinical lead for the Network. He also has a keen interest in teaching and training doctors and nurses. He teaches on courses for midwives and advanced neonatal nurse practitioners at Salford University and is an academic advisor and honorary senior lecturer in Manchester University Medical School.
He's a firm believer in the importance of multi-disciplinary team working and looks forward to working with colleagues to further develop the Care Organisation, building on the excellent progress made over the last couple of years, and to working with colleagues in primary, community care and social services to further integrate health and social care services in Oldham.
Karen started her nurse training in 1992 at Bolton General Hospital before going to work at Bolton Royal and then transferring to Hope Hospital in 1995. It was at Salford where she developed her love of surgical nursing and covered ENT, colorectal, urology and general surgery, before moving to study midwifery at Salford University, working at Billinge Hospital.
She made a decision to go back into nursing and moved to Salford as an E grade in surgery. Over time she progressed to ward manager, matron, lead nurse and assistant director of nursing. In later years, she worked as a divisional nurse director across all three divisions - neurosciences, surgery/tertiary medicine and integrated care, gaining a lot of knowledge and experience working across and within a system.
In 2020, Karen moved out of an operations role to support the chief nurse with governance, safety and corporate nursing. In November 2021, she gained her first nurse director post at The Royal Oldham Hospital, working across acute and community. She's extremely passionate about the care our service users receive and strives to continuously improve, while maintaining a positive culture for our staff to grow.
Clare joined the NHS in 2003, initially working at Greater Manchester Workforce Development Confederation, before moving onto an HR graduate placement across the Tameside conurbation. In 2005, she joined Salford Royal where she worked for almost 15 years in a variety of HR positions. Clare is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with a first class honours degree in business studies, before achieving a Masters in human resource management from Manchester Business School.
Clare is committed to working in partnership with staff and trade union colleagues to deliver successful change and to help make improvements for staff and our patients/service users.
