Programme Manager MHED and NMHC

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Programme Manager to lead the Transformation and Programme Management Team. The role supports and collaborates with clinical leads, SROs and Directors to deliver complex service transformation projects within the trust and across health and care partners.

The successful candidate will establish governance, manage risks, and ensure measurable benefits.

Qualifications

• Extensive programme management experience within health and social care settings.
• Proven ability to lead change initiatives and manage complex stakeholder groups.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities to develop high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish systems and processes to maintain oversight of and ensure successful delivery of programme activity.
• Contribute complex programme management expertise to guide culture change and stakeholder engagement.
• Work with the SRO and other stakeholders to define measures and gain buy-in for deliverables.
• Collaborate with clinical leads to sustain effective clinical collaboration across workstreams.
• Ensure strategic programme benefits are defined, agreed, and tracked.
• Demonstrate governance of programme risk and issue management to mitigate delivery risks.
• Ensure visibility of all projects within the programme and coordinate with senior leadership to monitor the portfolio.

Skills

Programme management

Change management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Mentoring

Project governance

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team to support our implementation of Mental Health Emergency Departments and Neighbourhood Mental Health Centres within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. If you have programme management experience and would like to work in a large NHS community Trust, this could be your new post! The role will be based within the Transformation and Programme Management Team supporting and working with a wide range of health and care partners. The role of Programme Manager is to support the workstream SRO, clinical lead and responsible Directors in delivery of the stated objectives of the workstreams. The post holder will contribute complex project management expert knowledge and experience in guiding others through the challenges of service transformation projects with complex stakeholder management. The post holder will define a clear strategic direction, setting out plans for project delivery, coordinating redesign and influencing strategic development. If you are enthusiastic and resilient, enjoy challenge, are numerate and self-motivated this is a role for you and will allow you to be a part of an exciting and ambitious programme of work.

• Supervise and lead Change Managers and Project Support Officers within the Improvement Team.
• Provide high-quality leadership that fosters a culture of improvement and innovation.
• Mentor and coach team members, both within and external to the Improvement Team.
• Exhibit exemplary leadership behaviour and remove obstacles to enhance team effectiveness.
• Advocate for and implement best practices in change management across the team.
• Offer formal and informal support to clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Actively assist and collaborate with peers in the Improvement Team.

This role is pivotal in promoting a supportive and innovative work environment, guiding change processes, and ensuring the adoption of best practices within the team. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives. Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development. To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period. Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications. Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process. For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Establish systems and processes to maintain oversight of and ensure successful delivery of programme activity.
• Contribute complex programme management expert knowledge and experience in guiding others through the challenges of culture change and complex stakeholder management.
• Work with the SRO and other relevant stakeholders to define measures and gain business buy in for adoption of deliverables.
• Work in partnership with clinical leads to form and sustain effective clinical collaboration for the workstreams.
• Ensure strategic programme benefits are defined, agreed, accepted and can be tracked.
• Demonstrate effective governance of strategic programme risk and issue management to ensure that risks to delivery and benefit realisation are understood and mitigated or accepted.
• Responsible for ensuring there is visibility of all projects within the programme and work in partnership with the directorate triumvirate leadership teams, and Head of Improvement to monitor delivery of the trust wide portfolio of programmes.