Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Programme Manager Transformation Team

The closing date is 07 November 2025

Job summary

A new opportunity has opened for a talented individual to join the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Transformation Team as a Programme Manager.

If you are looking for an opportunity to use your project and improvement experience to really make a difference to the care and services we provide to our local population in Essex, then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, individual who has a passion for improvement and change management, are able to build strong relationships and be able to enthuse staff at all levels to participate in change. You will also act as a champion and promote the use of improvement science across the organisation as a way of improving the safety and quality of the services we deliver.

Main duties of the job

You will work on specific projects and programmes; sometimes alone or with other members of the Improvement team dependant on complexity.

Working with teams throughout the lifecycle of projects/programmes to ensure that there are clears aims, key metrics identified and measured, adequate benefits tracking and realisation in place. Y

Be key in ensuring that detailed implementation plans are in place and managed, risks identified and mitigated and that business cases are completed, where required. It is also crucial that the postholder is used to using and analysing complex datasets to inform decision making on ideas such as service model design and sustainable staffing models as well as identifying the root causes to the problems being addressed.

You will have the opportunity to work across services and teams including digital services, procurement, clinical and non-clinical staff, senior managers, suppliers, other trusts and the Mid and South Essex system.

The Trust has three acute hospital sites in the Essex locality (Basildon, Broomfield and Southend), and the postholder will be expected to work flexibly across all three sites, however, you will have a main base in which to undertake your normal duties.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Details

Date posted

24 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-COR-BA-0613

Job locations

Basildon

Nethermayne

Essex

SS16 5NL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Programme Manager Transformation Team role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Programme Manager Transformation Team role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience of project management and business case development within the NHS or health care setting.

Desirable

  • Performance management experience at a senior managerial level.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to BSc level or Equivalent
  • Project Management or Improvement Qualification or Equivalent experience
  • Demonstrable success in the delivery of change projects and initiatives.
  • Sound understanding of the complexities of an acute teaching hospital and programme.
  • Experience of influencing and providing strategic advice to senior managers.
  • Experience of managing project teams, including contractors achieve a successful outcome
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy

Desirable

  • Educated to Masters Level or equivalent knowledge and experience.
  • MSP or Prince 2 Practitioner qualified
  • NHS operational experience or general awareness
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience of project management and business case development within the NHS or health care setting.

Desirable

  • Performance management experience at a senior managerial level.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to BSc level or Equivalent
  • Project Management or Improvement Qualification or Equivalent experience
  • Demonstrable success in the delivery of change projects and initiatives.
  • Sound understanding of the complexities of an acute teaching hospital and programme.
  • Experience of influencing and providing strategic advice to senior managers.
  • Experience of managing project teams, including contractors achieve a successful outcome
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy

Desirable

  • Educated to Masters Level or equivalent knowledge and experience.
  • MSP or Prince 2 Practitioner qualified
  • NHS operational experience or general awareness

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).

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.

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

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne

Essex

SS16 5NL


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne

Essex

SS16 5NL


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Programme Manager

Caroline Baker

caroline.baker26@nhs.net

07884053397

Details

Date posted

24 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-COR-BA-0613

Job locations

Basildon

Nethermayne

Essex

SS16 5NL


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