Programme Manager

Job summary

Are you an experienced Programme Manager with a desire to learn, have a love of creative thinking and looking to make a difference to thousands of people's lives? If you are then we are looking for you in our Mental Health and Learning Disabilities service line.

In this role you will be a core part of the senior leadership team and be key to influencing and delivering a wide variety of exciting and complex national and local priorities. There is significant transformation across the service line and an ongoing focus on continuous improvement. You will be working across multiple teams and partners so fantastic relationship development and management skills are an essential. This position will suite someone who is able to be adaptable and is experienced at delivering at pace and also able to support strategic planning and delivery.

If you would like an informal discussion about this position them please contact Kate Smith -- Operations Director via Hilary Alger (PA) hilary.alger@solent.nhs.uk to set up a discussion. Interviews will take place in the week of 18th September.

Main duties of the job

This is a senior leadership role, with delegated authority to lead and coordinate programmes of work across Mental Health and Learning Disability Services at Solent NHS Trust. The post holder will develop and maintain positive and productive relationships and excel at instigating good practice and identifying opportunities for learning and service improvement.

As a senior leader this post will work as part of the Senior Leadership Team and actively lead and participate in the transformation and continuous improvement of the service line.

Working with teams across the service line, the post holder will be accountable for the development and delivery of complex programmes of work utilising positive relationships both internally and with partners and robustly incorporate coproduction within their programmes of work. Programmes of work will meet the National, local and regional requirements. The post holder will be expected to be able to adapt to the changing requirements of the service line and bring energy, ideas and momentum to continuous improvement of the current and future delivery of services.

The postholder will have close working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and partners, including, the ICB, Portsmouth City Council, The Hive, local VCSE, Heads of Service, the Head of Quality and Professions, clinical leads, Operations Director, Business Manager and Project Managers.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.