Programme and Innovation Manager

Imperial College Healthcare NHS; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking an experienced Programme and Innovation Manager to drive transformative initiatives in children's healthcare across North West London. This role requires dynamic leadership and the ability to effectively manage multiple high-impact programmes. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a collaborative spirit, and a commitment to improving healthcare outcomes for children and young people. Competitive benefits include flexible working and comprehensive professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare programme management.
• Strong ability to engage and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven skills in developing and delivering impactful programmes.

Responsibilities

• Drive transformative initiatives in children's healthcare programmes.
• Collaborate with clinical teams and stakeholders.
• Champion service improvement and alignment with strategic priorities.

Skills

Dynamic leadership

Transformational healthcare strategies

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Project management

Job description

Are you an experienced, dynamic leader passionate about transforming children's healthcare? Join West London Children's Healthcare (WLCH) as a Programme and Innovation Manager and drive high-impact initiatives across North West London. You'll collaborate with clinical teams, commissioning partners, and stakeholders to deliver innovative programmes that improve outcomes for children and young people.

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic and visionary Programme and Innovation Manager to drive forward transformative initiatives across West London Children’s Healthcare.

This pivotal role will provide a highly effective management function for programme initiatives that are facilitated by our organisation, supporting the development and delivery of high impact programmes that span the entire North West London region. From enhancing mental health support in acute settings to advancing care pathways in epilepsy and transition services, the post holder will take on a portfolio of highly impactful programmes that will continue to change and work with a highly skilled MDT to shape and innovative integrated solutions that improve outcomes for children and young people.

The successful candidate will champion service improvement, foster cross organisational collaboration, and ensure programmes are aligned with strategic priorities and delivered in a highly organised and timely manner. You will be expected to think laterally, build strong and trusted relationships quickly, and work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will bring a strong appetite for analytics, evidence, and learning into everything you do, and demonstrate the ability to rapidly understand new clinical and operational subjects.

Responsibilities

• Role model behaviours that reflect our organisational values.
• Show a commitment to learning, self‑reflection, appraisal, and development, including undertaking an annual Personal Development Review and supporting others to do the same.
• Operate confidently in an environment of significant complexity and ambiguity, taking time to understand the context of the healthcare system and demonstrating sound judgement—including seeking support when needed—and offering support and guidance to others.
• Exhibit curiosity about the work happening across the system, and actively share impactful innovations that support children and young people's care.
• Engage proactively in available project opportunities, with an expectation of contributing to project work for approximately 70‑80% of your time, often working on several programmes simultaneously, and balancing short term deliverables with longer‑term strategic goals. This is a guideline rather than a formal performance metric, intended to support effective workload and resource planning.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.

With five world‑renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities. With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education. We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.