Transformation Programme Manager

Cornwall Partnership; Truro; In loco; GBP 58.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Transformation Programme Manager (Band 8a) to coordinate the 18-month Neighbourhood Health Frailty initiative across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. You will work with primary care, community and hospital services, councils and partners to turn priorities into practical delivery plans.

You will lead programme teams, manage governance and evaluate outcomes, ensuring involvement of people with frailty and carers throughout

Competenze

• Extensive experience of delivering service change and transformational programmes in complex environments.
• Qualifications in recognised PM frameworks (MSP/PRINCE2/P3O/APM) or equivalent.

Mansioni

• Coordinate neighbourhood frailty programme from scoping to benefits realisation across 16 teams.
• Develop delivery plans, milestones and governance; manage interdependent workstreams and risks.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, including line management and coaching.
• Develop costed business cases and maintain financial control of the £6.8 million programme.
• Use population health and performance data to inform service redesign; evaluate outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with safety, information governance, safeguarding and equality.
• Present findings to programme boards and share learning across partners.

Conoscenze

Programme management

Change management

Formazione

PM qualifications (MSP, PRINCE2, P3O, APM-Project Professional)

Descrizione del lavoro

Main area Transformation Programme Manager Grade Band 8a Contract 18 months (Fixed term or secondment considered) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Job ref 201-26-955

Site New County Hall Town Truro Salary £57,528 - £64,750 Per Annum/Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/11/2026

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Care

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Transformation Programme Manager, Neighbourhood Frailty, at Band 8a to coordinate the design and delivery of the 18 month Neighbourhood Health Frailty Initiative across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Working across all 16 Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, you will bring together primary care, community and acute services, councils, commissioners and voluntary, community and social enterprise partners to improve services for people living with frailty.

You will translate national and local priorities into practical delivery plans, lead programme teams and oversee governance, financial control and evaluation. Working with people living with frailty and their carers, you will ensure their involvement informs programme decisions.

We are looking for someone with extensive experience of delivering complex service change, strong programme management skills and the ability to build effective partnerships across organisational boundaries. You will bring knowledge of neighbourhood health, frailty and integrated care, alongside the analytical, communication and leadership skills needed to manage competing priorities and demonstrate results.

You will work in line with our CHOICE values: Compassion, Happiness, Ownership, Integrity, Connection and Equity.

Main duties of the job

Coordinate the neighbourhood frailty programme from scoping and design through delivery, evaluation and benefits realisation across all 16 Integrated Neighbourhood Teams.
Develop delivery plans, milestones and governance arrangements. Manage interdependent workstreams, monitor progress, maintain programme records and expedite risks and issues to the Programme Board.
Lead and support multidisciplinary programme teams, including line management, objective setting, coaching and development. Build effective relationships with clinical, operational and system partners, resolve competing priorities and involve people living with frailty and carers in decision making.
Develop costed business cases and maintain financial control of the £6.8 million non recurrent programme, monitoring expenditure, savings and value for money.
Use population health, activity, performance and equity data to inform service redesign. Coordinate formal evaluation, agree outcome measures and report on quality, safety, equity, performance and value.
Ensure compliance with clinical safety, information governance, data protection, safeguarding and equality requirements. Present findings and recommendations to programme boards and senior leaders, sharing learning and best practice across partner organisations.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’

Person specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• Extensive experience of delivering service change and transformational programmes in complex and challenging environments, including integrated or neighbourhood delivery across organisational boundaries
• To have one or more of the below project management qualifications Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner PRINCE2 Practitioner P3O Practitioner APM Registered Project Professional Better Business Case Foundation Other recognised AXELOS or equivalent relevant qualification

Skills and Aptitude

• Ability to work independently, make informed decisions and achieve objectives whilst working with continually changing demands and priorities
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans accordingly

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute medical, surgical and specialist services to a population of around 500,000 which can increase significantly during the busy holiday periods.