Job summary
This is an exciting time to work in Cambridgeshire South as we accelerate our Neighbourhood Health Programme--an ambitious, system-wide effort to redesign how care and support is delivered across our Place.
The Integrated Neighbourhoods Project Manager will provide transformation support and project management to help develop Integrated Neighbourhoods and build relationships between organisations.
The Integrated Neighbourhood programme aims to co-develop a Neighbourhood Health Service that supports people to stay well in their own communities. Working in partnership with primary care, community services, local authorities, the voluntary sector, we are developing new models of support and care to deliver against the national Neighbourhood Health Framework.
We are looking for a Neighbourhood Project Manager to join our small innovative team for a up to a 12 month period for maternity cover, this can either be offered on a secondment or fixed term contract. This opportunity would be perfect for anyone keen to learn more about and support the development of Neighbourhoods across Cambridgeshire South area and more specifically in the South Cambridgeshire & Royston locality.
Your role will be to work collaboratively with partners and communities to align services and support, to guide the formation of neighbourhood teams, to recognise opportunities and identify how they can improve care and support, and then to deliver this change.
You will act as a relationship builder, a connector, a problem solver and a cheer leader, always promoting the neighbourhood ways of working at a time of significant pressures and challenges. You will provide transformation and project management expertise to make positive changes, build strong and sustainable foundations for Neighbourhood Teams and to tackle inequalities.
We welcome applications from anyone with a passion for system leadership, neighbourhood working and community-led approaches and a compassion for people. We are particularly interested in anyone with experience in the supporting the health and wellbeing of Children & young people and/or experience with Mental health services and support as this will be a key focus of this role. We are looking for someone who enjoys working with people and bringing the best out of them, a person with a confidence to work autonomously and opportunistically in a constantly evolving environment.
As this is a short-term position for up to 37.5 hours per week, secondments (please seek your managers permission before applying) and flexible working / reduced hours proposals are welcome.
Main duties of the job
Provide transformation support and project management for the Integrated Neighbourhoods programme of work
Review population health data and support public engagement to determine how the local citizens want their care and support to improve
Be responsible for supporting the service redesign and delivery of projects within the Integrated Neighbourhood development team
Work closely to build relationships and bring partners and communities together to make positive change
Work closely in partnership with clinical leaders, the acute sector, community services, health commissioners, councils, voluntary and community organisations, and the public to support the development of the service design
Supporting the translation of a vision into a coherent operational model and project delivery
Promoting equality and reducing inequalities
Facilitating partnerships across all partners and supporting cross organisational and cross boundary working
You may line manage project support officers and will work closely and collaboratively with the other Integrated Neighbourhood Project and Programme Managers
About us
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 4th May 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on 14th and 15th May 2026.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 4th May 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on 14th and 15th May 2026.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level with further training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent professional experience
- Able to demonstrate ongoing personal development
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of successful delivery of an organisation wide project in a service improvement role
- Experience of planning organisational resources to support programme/project implementation
- Business and service planning experience
- Service redesign with health, social care or voluntary sector environment
- Co-design and co-production
- Experience in change management
Desirable
- Experience of Cambridgeshire/Peterborough health and care system
Knowledge
Essential
- Commissioning, Acute, Community Services, Council and Voluntary and Community Sector services
Desirable
- NHS governance
- Payment mechanisms between organisations (PbR, QIPP, QOF, Acute Contracting)
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to foster good working relationships, motivate others and use influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to obtain, analyse and interpret complex data and present this to others though slides/ documents
- Excellent IT skills including in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to prioritise / respond flexibly to frequently changing demands
- Skilled in business process and redesign of services
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS change agenda, tools and techniques
- Understanding of NHS information systems
- Understanding of Clinical Audit methodology
- Project management qualification (PRINCE 2)
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
- Understands the principle of confidentiality
- Demonstrates professional curiosity
- Ability to inspire others and demonstrate high levels of personal energy, leadership and enthusiasm for the role
- Ability to develop strong working relationships, locally, regionally and nationally
- Ability to travel within the Cambridgeshire / Peterborough area
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level with further training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent professional experience
- Able to demonstrate ongoing personal development
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of successful delivery of an organisation wide project in a service improvement role
- Experience of planning organisational resources to support programme/project implementation
- Business and service planning experience
- Service redesign with health, social care or voluntary sector environment
- Co-design and co-production
- Experience in change management
Desirable
- Experience of Cambridgeshire/Peterborough health and care system
Knowledge
Essential
- Commissioning, Acute, Community Services, Council and Voluntary and Community Sector services
Desirable
- NHS governance
- Payment mechanisms between organisations (PbR, QIPP, QOF, Acute Contracting)
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to foster good working relationships, motivate others and use influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to obtain, analyse and interpret complex data and present this to others though slides/ documents
- Excellent IT skills including in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to prioritise / respond flexibly to frequently changing demands
- Skilled in business process and redesign of services
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS change agenda, tools and techniques
- Understanding of NHS information systems
- Understanding of Clinical Audit methodology
- Project management qualification (PRINCE 2)
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
- Understands the principle of confidentiality
- Demonstrates professional curiosity
- Ability to inspire others and demonstrate high levels of personal energy, leadership and enthusiasm for the role
- Ability to develop strong working relationships, locally, regionally and nationally
- Ability to travel within the Cambridgeshire / Peterborough area
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
Employer's website
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)