Job summary
Are you an experienced programme leader with a passion for safer staffing and innovation in healthcare? The Shelford Group is seeking a dynamic Programme Director to lead the strategic and operational delivery of the Safer Nursing Care Tool (SNCT) programme.
About the Shelford Group
The Shelford Group is a collaboration between ten of the largest teaching and research NHS hospital trusts in England. Together they account for over £19 billion of the NHS budget, have over 20 million contacts with patients per year, employ over 180,000 staff and account for almost two thirds of the country's clinical research infrastructure.Our new strategy, 'Working together to improve health and care', places the ongoing development of the Safer Nursing Care Tool as one of the core pillars of our work programme.
This is a flexible part time role, with a negotiable time commitment (0.4-0.6 WTE) for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and governance for the SNCT programme, aligning with Shelford Group strategy
- Lead programme development, including digitisation, commercial partnerships, and research opportunities
- Establish robust programme infrastructure to ensure the ongoing sustainability of the tools.
- Oversee communications, tool launches, and stakeholder engagement
- Manage programme finances, including budget oversight and business planning
- Lead and develop the SNCT support team, including Fellows and Secretariat
- Advise senior leaders and provide expert analysis on programme outcomes, risks, and investment
We're looking for a senior leader with:
- Extensive programme management experience, ideally in a national or multi-organisational context
- Comprehensive knowledge of NHS workforce issues (essential) and safer staffing tools (desirable)
- Experience engaging with senior clinical and managerial stakeholders
- Proven ability to lead high-profile programmes and deliver strategic plans
- Excellent communication, influencing, and partnership skills
- Educated to degree level with a postgraduate qualification or equivalent; project/programme management training (e.g., PRINCE2) is desirable
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
About the SNCT
The Safer Nursing Care Tools are a suite of resources which support nursing leaders to calculate safe staffing requirements across different care settings. Developed by the Shelford Group Chief Nurses, the SNCT helps to establish and promulgate best practice in staffing decision making. The SNCT is widely used across the NHS and is licensed commercially to private healthcare providers in the UK and overseas.
This newly established post, in partnership with the SNCT Committee Chair, will lead the SNCT programme, ensuring its ongoing development, sustainability, digitisation, and commercial success. Sitting as part of the Shelford Group team, youll work closely with the SNCT Committee, Shelford Chief Executives and Chief Nurses, NHS England/DHSC, Imperial College London, and other key stakeholders. The role offers the opportunity to drive innovation, and make a positive difference to patient care and workforce planning.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit:Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placeto work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
About the SNCT
The Safer Nursing Care Tools are a suite of resources which support nursing leaders to calculate safe staffing requirements across different care settings. Developed by the Shelford Group Chief Nurses, the SNCT helps to establish and promulgate best practice in staffing decision making. The SNCT is widely used across the NHS and is licensed commercially to private healthcare providers in the UK and overseas.
This newly established post, in partnership with the SNCT Committee Chair, will lead the SNCT programme, ensuring its ongoing development, sustainability, digitisation, and commercial success. Sitting as part of the Shelford Group team, youll work closely with the SNCT Committee, Shelford Chief Executives and Chief Nurses, NHS England/DHSC, Imperial College London, and other key stakeholders. The role offers the opportunity to drive innovation, and make a positive difference to patient care and workforce planning.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit:Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placeto work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to degree level plus postgraduate qualification or equivalent
- oExperience of leading and delivering national health/social care programmes
- oKnowledge of NHS issues and current health policy
- oKnowledge of NHS workforce issues.
- oComprehensive knowledge of safer staffing tools
- oQualification/training in project/programme management (eg. PRINCE 2)
- oKnowledge of digital transformation, research and commercial partnerships
Experience
Essential
- oProven experience in programme management, preferably in a national or multi-organisational context
- oExperience in improvement and transformation, preferably in a national or multi-organisational context (NHS desirable)
- oSenior management in large complex organisation (NHS desirable)
- oDemonstrable experience of effective budgetary management and control
- oExperience of leadership of high profile programmes whilst developing and maintaining high standards of quality.
- oQuality focussed with innovative problem solving
- oCommitment to multi-disciplinary working.
- oExperience of leading relationships with national stakeholders
- oExperience of presenting to Executive Directors, CEOs, national stakeholders
- oPartnership working at senior level across organisations
- oProven success in programme delivery and effective implementation of high profile strategic plans.
- oExperience of complex stakeholder and cross-boundary management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oInfluencing, persuasion, negotiation and diplomacy
- oHighly developed communication skills
- oAnalysing and presenting complex information concisely
- oPartnership working across professional boundaries
- oHighest standard of presentation both verbally and in writing.
- oLine management and team leadership
- oIT literate
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to degree level plus postgraduate qualification or equivalent
- oExperience of leading and delivering national health/social care programmes
- oKnowledge of NHS issues and current health policy
- oKnowledge of NHS workforce issues.
- oComprehensive knowledge of safer staffing tools
- oQualification/training in project/programme management (eg. PRINCE 2)
- oKnowledge of digital transformation, research and commercial partnerships
Experience
Essential
- oProven experience in programme management, preferably in a national or multi-organisational context
- oExperience in improvement and transformation, preferably in a national or multi-organisational context (NHS desirable)
- oSenior management in large complex organisation (NHS desirable)
- oDemonstrable experience of effective budgetary management and control
- oExperience of leadership of high profile programmes whilst developing and maintaining high standards of quality.
- oQuality focussed with innovative problem solving
- oCommitment to multi-disciplinary working.
- oExperience of leading relationships with national stakeholders
- oExperience of presenting to Executive Directors, CEOs, national stakeholders
- oPartnership working at senior level across organisations
- oProven success in programme delivery and effective implementation of high profile strategic plans.
- oExperience of complex stakeholder and cross-boundary management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oInfluencing, persuasion, negotiation and diplomacy
- oHighly developed communication skills
- oAnalysing and presenting complex information concisely
- oPartnership working across professional boundaries
- oHighest standard of presentation both verbally and in writing.
- oLine management and team leadership
- oIT literate
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
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
