Programme Manager Transformation Team | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Basildon is seeking a Programme Manager to lead transformation projects across three hospital sites. You will use your programme management and improvement expertise to enhance care services. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential as you collaborate with a diverse team to drive change and improve the quality of services. This role requires flexibility and the ability to work with complex datasets to inform major decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in programme management and improvement work.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• Proven ability to champion improvement science.
• Analytical capability to work with complex datasets.

Responsibilities

• Work on specific projects and programmes; sometimes alone or with other members of the Improvement team.
• Collaborate with teams to define clear aims, metrics, benefits tracking and realisation.
• Develop and manage detailed implementation plans; identify and mitigate risks.
• Analyse complex datasets to inform decision making on service model design.
• Work across services and teams including digital services and clinical staff.
• Be flexible to work across hospital sites in Essex.

Skills

Programme management

Improvement work

Strong relationship-building

Analytical capability

Job description

Overview

A new opportunity has opened for a talented individual to join the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Transformation Team as a Programme Manager. If you are looking for an opportunity to use your project and improvement experience to really make a difference to the care and services we provide to our local population in Essex, then we would love to hear from you. We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic individual who has a passion for improvement and change management, able to build strong relationships and enthuse staff at all levels to participate in change. You will also act as a champion and promote the use of improvement science across the organisation as a way of improving the safety and quality of the services we deliver.

You will work on specific projects and programmes, sometimes alone or with other members of the Improvement team depending on complexity.

Working with teams throughout the lifecycle of projects/programmes to ensure that there are clear aims, key metrics identified and measured, adequate benefits tracking and realisation in place.

Be key in ensuring that detailed implementation plans are in place and managed, risks identified and mitigated and that business cases are completed, where required. It is also crucial that the postholder is used to using and analysing complex datasets to inform decision making on ideas such as service model design and sustainable staffing models as well as identifying the root causes to the problems being addressed.

Responsibilities

• Work on specific projects and programmes; sometimes alone or with other members of the Improvement team depending on complexity.
• Collaborate with teams across the project lifecycle to define clear aims, metrics, benefits tracking and realisation.
• Develop and manage detailed implementation plans; identify and mitigate risks; complete business cases where required.
• Analyse complex datasets to inform decision making on service model design, staffing models and root causes of problems.
• Work across services and teams including digital services, procurement, clinical and non-clinical staff, senior managers, suppliers, other trusts and the Mid and South Essex system.
• Be flexible to work across hospital sites (Basildon, Broomfield and Southend) with a main base to undertake duties.

Qualifications and experience

• Experience in programme management and improvement work.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills; able to enthuse staff at all levels to participate in change.
• Proven ability to champion improvement science to enhance safety and quality of services.
• Analytical capability to work with complex datasets to inform decisions on service design and staffing models.

Organisation and scope

The Trust has three acute hospital sites in Essex (Basildon, Broomfield and Southend). The postholder will be expected to work flexibly across all three sites, with a main base specified for routine duties. The role involves collaboration across services and engagement with digital services, procurement, clinical and non-clinical staff, senior managers, suppliers, other trusts and the wider Mid and South Essex system. Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, improve health and well-being, and provide opportunities for staff development and career growth.

Application

This advert closes on Friday 7 Nov 2025.