Proactive Care team - Senior Programme Manager

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Hatching Green; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust is seeking a Programme Manager to oversee complex healthcare projects across the West Herts area. The ideal candidate will have significant public sector experience and a strong track record in managing large-scale initiatives, with a focus on stakeholder engagement and transformational change. This full-time role requires travel within the area and is not remote. A flexible workplace and commitment to diversity are core to their operational ethos.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Evidence of recent personal development.
• Substantial experience in public sector programme management.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex programmes in the NHS.
• Work effectively with stakeholders.
• Lead transformational change programmes.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Thinking

Education

Degree or equivalent professional qualification

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full job description and person specification are in the attached document.

The Dacorum team will be based at Hemel Hempstead General Hospital. It is expected that the post holder is able to travel around the West Herts area to attend in person meetings, visit key partners and support the development of the team. As such this is not a remote working role.

**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification and relevant experience or equivalent
• Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent
• Can evidence recent and on-going personal development activity

Desirable criteria

• Programme/project qualification or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial recent experience in managing complex programmes in the public sector environment
• Substantial experience of identifying, interpreting and documenting new requirements
• Experience of managing large-scale or complex projects involving matrix working
• Extensive experience working within the NHS
• Experience of working with stakeholders - external and internal
• Experience of resource management, staff recruitment, supervision and management
• Experience of successfully building effective working relationships with clinicians and managers in order to effectively manage operational delivery
• Can demonstrate experience of leading, introducing and managing transformational change programmes
• Evidence of successful audit, risk assessment and management in a complex environment including in clinical services
• A demonstrable understanding of the drivers for public sector reform, and specifically of the NHS policy agenda
• Demonstrable understanding of primary care, acute services and the health and social care agenda
• Has demonstrable experience of effective partnership working with other organisations

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Thorough working knowledge of Prince 2 or equivalent
• Awareness of requirements of multi-agency working
• Understanding of Health Care Partnerships
• Able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to staff and public at all levels with good presentation skills.
• Able to write clear and concise reports and specifications
• Advanced negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to engage, build and sustain positive relationships within the trust and across organisational boundaries
• Excellent problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Competent user of IT systems
• Able to work as part of a team or under own initiative
• Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines and ability to respond to unscheduled tasks
• Willingness to constantly learn and improve
• Possess self-confidence, enthusiasm, motivation, tact and diplomacy
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to relate to a wide range of staff and colleagues
• Ability to pick things up quickly and 'hit the ground running'
• Awareness of current developments in the NHS and is politically astute
• Innovative, analytical and strategic thinking ability
• 'Can do' approach

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

"We work Flexibly"

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Documents to download

• Proactive Care - Programme Manager (DOC, 111.0KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 439.8KB)
• CLCH Trust Values (PDF, 720.3KB)