Programme Manager - Fixed Term April 2027

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will support the Senior General Manager in their work with the CSU triumvirate to ensure safe and effective service delivery. This involves achievement of all operational performance targets, including access, finance, and quality.

The post holder will assist the Senior General Manager with the provision of timely, efficient and effective support ensuring that a responsive, innovative service is provided to the highest possible standards, in line with Trust Strategy.

The post holder will work in a Trust-wide capacity under the direction of the Senior General Manager and will represent them at meetings as necessary and appropriate.

The post holder will support the clinical teams to ensure that clinical safety and quality is maintained alongside the business integrity of the Clinical Service Unit.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant senior experience in the NHS
• Proven track record of achieving set targets
• Experience and understanding of the modernisation agenda and the opportunities for redesigning services
• Experience, knowledge and understanding of current issues/themes affecting the NHS locally and nationally
• Experience of managing organisational change
• Experience in report writing and delivering presentations, to formal presentations
• Experience of staff management, including the setting of objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary issues
• Budget management experience, including reducing costs/ efficiency gains, monitoring and determining corrective action

Desirable

• Experience of working across networks, with wide ranging stakeholders
• Experience of best practice process improvement techniques across a range of sectors

Skills

Essential

• Full range of IT skills including spreadsheet analysis.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff/managers/clinicians and external stakeholders
• The ability to deal with complex issues in a methodical and logical approach
• Ability to work pro-actively and cooperatively with senior management and clinical staff

Knowledge

Desirable

• Understanding of recommendations from Francis, Keogh and other patient experience and quality of care directives and measures.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree and/or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

• Master's level degree or equivalent qualification or knowledge/experience
• Project management experience, Prince 2 or other project management qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford Royal Infirmary

Duckworth Lane

Bradford

BD9 6RJ

Employer's website

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)