Job summary
The New Hospital Programme is more than building hospitals, it's a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of healthcare in England. We're delivering over 40 new hospitals that will be modern, sustainable and built around the needs of patients and staff.
We're looking for people who care about purpose, who thrive in complex environments and who want to help deliver change at scale for future generations.
Main duties of the job
The New Hospital Programme is seeking a visionary Strategic Models of Care Director to lead key initiatives within its Transformation Directorate. This role involves:
- Driving strategic direction across transformation workstreams
- Building strong relationships with workstream leads to ensure alignment and delivery
- Championing innovation and fostering a culture of openness and empowerment
- Overseeing service development to ensure relevance and impact
You'll play a central role in achieving the Directorate's goals by embedding a forward-thinking, collaborative culture that supports continuous improvement and transformative care models.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Please note that the grade for this post is ESM 1.
For more information on the NHP programme
Interview will be held:29 August 2025
Due to ongoing organisational change and developments, aspects of this role may be subject to change.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge and understand that NHS England is currently undergoing a consultation process to finalise its structure, which may impact this role.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Please note that the grade for this post is ESM 1.
For more information on the NHP programme
Interview will be held:29 August 2025
Due to ongoing organisational change and developments, aspects of this role may be subject to change.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge and understand that NHS England is currently undergoing a consultation process to finalise its structure, which may impact this role.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master's level in a relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area
Desirable
- Membership in professional body in an appropriate field
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry
- Experience in a commercial setting
- A track record in developing and implementing organisational, and preferably system-wide strategies that work across organisational boundaries
- An ability to take complex, multiple-source information and data and turn this into organisational actions
- Expertise in governance and decision-making
- Extensive experience with stakeholder engagement and management, and collaborating with cross functional teams
- An in depth understanding of healthcare policy and systems delivery
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Credible strategic leader with working examples of influencing alignment and enabling synergy with regional and national teams
- Analytical and problem-solving skills of the important questions and using data to provide proposals for realistic ways of solving these
- Strategic thinking and decision-making abilities
- Programme management skills to coordinate testing and piloting activities, manage timelines, and deliver results
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master's level in a relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area
Desirable
- Membership in professional body in an appropriate field
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry
- Experience in a commercial setting
- A track record in developing and implementing organisational, and preferably system-wide strategies that work across organisational boundaries
- An ability to take complex, multiple-source information and data and turn this into organisational actions
- Expertise in governance and decision-making
- Extensive experience with stakeholder engagement and management, and collaborating with cross functional teams
- An in depth understanding of healthcare policy and systems delivery
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Credible strategic leader with working examples of influencing alignment and enabling synergy with regional and national teams
- Analytical and problem-solving skills of the important questions and using data to provide proposals for realistic ways of solving these
- Strategic thinking and decision-making abilities
- Programme management skills to coordinate testing and piloting activities, manage timelines, and deliver results
Additional information
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).
