Programme Lead: Capital Development | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is looking for a Programme Leader to join its Capital Team. The role involves managing a complex RAAC programme and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to improve service delivery. The applicant should have a strong background in project management and healthcare programme development. Responsibilities include oversight of decant strategies, stakeholder engagement, and data quality improvement initiatives. This position offers flexibility and a competitive benefits package, enhancing work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experienced in delivering complex programmes in regulated environments.
• Strong background in project scheduling and resource management.
• Proven ability to capture and interpret technical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the RAAC programme delivery.
• Facilitate discussions with stakeholders.
• Develop educational programmes for data quality improvements.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Data quality improvement

Financial management

Healthcare programme development

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Programme Leader to join the Capital Team on a permanent basis to support the strategic development and delivery of a highly complex RAAC programme. The role is Trust wide.

The role will work with a range of stakeholders to facilitate discussions to drive the strategy forward to achieve enabling works in year and capture cross‑departmental requirements to determine safe and appropriate strategies for decant and RAAC removal, considering all necessary perspectives. The Project Lead will be an SME in both healthcare programme development and construction / capital interventions and will design processes that will ensure sufficient oversight of key milestones in the programme, and any barriers to delivery, as well as sufficient scope management and associated change control. This will involve leading internal and external teams and working with colleagues across Estates, Capital and our Care Org. clinical and operational staff.

Supporting the creation of a robust strategy, utilising industry standard techniques, the post holder will ensure the RAAC programme delivers by working with clinical reference groups to validate decant strategies and ensure there are clear plans in place for decant activities to support subsequent RAAC removal.

The postholder will be a key role within the Capital Development Team with responsibility for delivering decant and RAAC removal strategy. The successful applicant will have experience in the successful delivery of programmes: including appropriate oversight of the RAAC project team to ensure effective: project scheduling and programme level roll up for executive consumption, stakeholder engagement, procurement, financial management, project monitoring and control. The role will also involve capturing and interpreting technical guidance from estates, design teams and clinical / operational teams. We are therefore interested in applicants who have a background in delivering a complex programme of works within regulated and multi‑stakeholder environments.

This will include:

• Identifying areas where data quality is poor
• Supporting improvement in data quality
• Developing educational programmes
• Providing subject matter expertise
• Developing data quality insights

About the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025