Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (Funded by the ICB)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 344-8404KCH
- Employer
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kent & Canterbury
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/03/2026
Employer heading
Stroke Programme Manager
Band 8a
Job overview
In East Kent Stroke service, we are undertaking
significant improvement works with agreed commissioning in place to build new Hyper Acute and Acute Stroke Units by 2026
and a new Mechanical Thrombectomy centre in 2024. We are delighted to be offering an exciting opportunity for a Programme Manager to join the service on a fixed term contract to support the strategic development of stroke service transformation in East Kent.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone with experience of managing projects, who can communicate effectively to wider groups and has a passion for improving healthcare services in the local area. You will be working as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team and need to be proactive, highly motivated and organised to ensure the programme is delivered.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous project management.
- Demonstrable advanced leadership skills. Politically astute, with the ability to influence and negotiate.
- Effective communication skills including the ability to deliver high quality formal reports, presentations, training sessions and liaise effectively with wider staff at all levels.
- Highly effective change management ‘internal consultancy skills’ with an ability to achieve change with and through others. Effective analytical and research skills. Ability to demonstrate credibility with staff at all levels within and outside the Trust.
- A logical and methodical approach to work with a high degree of attention to details and accuracy.
- High level computing skills including experience in using Windows, spread-sheets, databases, word processing and presentation software.
- Highly effective planning and organisational skills.
- Ability to manage conflicting and complex issues.
Desirable criteria
- Health and social care project management.
- Ability to demonstrates positive assertiveness
- Facilitation skills with groups of varying size
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Educated to a minimum of Degree level or demonstrable equivalent extensive experience. Project Management and Leadership.
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development related to role.
- Project Management and Leadership.
Desirable criteria
- Master’s Degree or prepared to work towards.
- PRINCE or alternative formal project management qualification.
Governance
Essential criteria
- Expert knowledge of models for service improvement tools and techniques.
- Kent and Medway Stroke Service Reconfiguration and existing services. Local strategic context/STP
- Current Health Service priorities.
- National stroke quality standards. National Stroke Service Model and ISDN objectives. National stroke service audit domains and bench marking reports.
Personal & Professional Attributes
Essential criteria
- Dealing with issues that are governed by delivering effective and efficient processes to support change (2+ years).
- Operational management with application of knowledge of service improvement and service efficiency initiatives
- Managing a systemwide complex programme of work; prioritising, planning and organising own workloads.
- Challenging, negotiating and implementing change effectively with a track record of delivering high quality work and the achievement of challenging objectives.
- System wide stakeholder engagement to support service development.
- Local operational and strategic planning. Experience in an operational role in a complex, multi-sited and multi-professional organisation.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Upholds and models the Trust mission, values and behaviours.
- Demonstrates personal integrity, credibility and flexibility.
- High level of self-motivation
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Thom Cowin
- Job title
- General Manager, Renal, Stroke and Neurology
- Email address
- [email protected]
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