Assistant Director of People Programmes, OH and Wellbeing

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust seeks an experienced leader to head the Occupational Health, Wellbeing and People Programmes teams. Based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital with outreach across Buckinghamshire, this role reports to the Director of Workforce and Wellbeing and drives health and wellbeing initiatives across the Trust.

The post emphasizes transformational leadership, partnership with stakeholders, and delivery of proactive and reactive health services in line with NHS standards.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or Allied Health professional with UK registration
• Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health or equivalent experience
• Leadership/management qualification or equivalent experience
• Master’s level qualification or equivalent experience
• Qualified and accredited mediator

Responsibilities

• Lead our Occupational Health, Wellbeing and People Programmes teams
• Partner with key stakeholders across the People Directorate
• Develop and implement programmes aligned to NHS Staff Standards
• Ensure delivery of transformational people programmes across Buckinghamshire

Skills

Occupational health knowledge

IT systems & reporting

Education

Registered General Nurse or Allied Health professional

Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health or equivalent

Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent

Master’s Level Qualification or equivalent

Qualified and accredited mediator

Job description

Assistant Director of People Programmes, OH and Wellbeing

Band 8c

Main area Occupational Health and Wellbeing Grade Band 8c Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 434-C8404353

Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £79,504 - £91,609 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/12/2026

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) are looking for a highly experienced clinician, manager and transformational leader to lead our Occupational Health, Wellbeing and People Programmes teams.

Based at the purpose-designed Occupational Health & Wellbeing Hub at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, with outreach to all other sites across Buckinghamshire. The role reports to the Director of Workforce and Wellbeing.

There is a strong culture of employee health and wellbeing at BHT, with support at all levels of the organisation and aligned to our Healthy Communities Strategy. Over recent years we are proud to be consistently amongst the top Trusts in the NHS Staff Survey for “My organisation takes positive action on health and wellbeing”.

Main duties of the job

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead and continue to develop our dedicated and professional teams who take pride in supporting our Trust colleagues. The services provide a range of Occupational Health and Wellbeing related services, that provide both pro-active and reactive initiatives, that ensure compliance with legislative requirements and contribute to BHT being a Great Place to Work.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a varied role, and we are looking for a passionate and empathic individual who will value the opportunity to support our exceptional colleagues. The role also includes leading our transformational people programmes team, which requires the post holder to partner closely with key stakeholders across the People Directorate and wider Trust to develop and implement programmes and ensure delivery of these, in line with the new NHS Staff Standards and the Employment Rights Act.

This is offered as a full-time contract, but BHT are proud to offer various flexible working options.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• Registered General Nurse or Allied Health professional
• Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health, or equivalent portfolio of experience
• Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent portfolio of experience
• Master’s Level Qualification or an equivalent portfolio of experience
• Qualified and accredited mediator

EXPERIENCE

• Good range of substantial experience within Occupational Heath setting at a management level.
• Significant experience of financial management, budget setting & monitoring.
• Significant experience managing teams, including setting objectives, appraisal, recruitment, and disciplinary
• Excellent planning and organisational skills including strategic service and
• Experience of contract management

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge and experience Occupational Health Service, Health and Wellbeing policies, procedures, and targets, in relation to delivery of a quality service
• Strong IT skills to manage systems and report on complex service and performance management information

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.