Job summary
- Main area
- Strategic Development
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month Fixed Term Contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-AR-EMF20311
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £59,798 - £67,020 Pro Rata Per Annum including HCAS High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Programme Manager – Trust Provider Collaborative
Band 8a
Job overview
Do you enjoy working in a fast‑paced, collaborative and system‑focused environment? We are looking for a highly motivated Programme Manager to join the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Strategy & Partnerships team, working on behalf of the Surrey and Sussex ICB Trust Provider Collaborative (TPC).
This role offers a unique opportunity to work across four NHS providers within Surrey Heartlands, leading complex transformation programmes—particularly within paediatrics—to improve patient outcomes, operational efficiency and clinical sustainability at scale.
We are seeking an individual with strong programme management experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build effective relationships with senior leaders, clinicians and multidisciplinary teams. NHS experience and familiarity with large‑scale transformation is essential.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with the TPC’s Senior Programme Management Team, clinical and operational leaders, you will oversee programme governance, reporting, stakeholder engagement and delivery. You must be comfortable working autonomously across multiple organisations, navigating complexity, and driving progress at pace.
- Lead and deliver TPC transformation programmes, with a key focus on established paediatric workstreams.
- Support Senior Responsible Officers (SROs) to implement programme objectives and deliver against agreed milestones.
- Provide robust programme governance, reporting, risk management and benefits realisation.
- Coordinate programme planning, including timelines, dependencies, resources and performance monitoring.
- Lead working groups and facilitate co‑design and engagement sessions across multiple providers.
- Develop business cases and strategic analyses, including case for change and demand/capacity modelling.
- Support cross‑portfolio initiatives where TPC activity overlaps with Strategy & Partnerships at Royal Surrey.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of the Health Inequalities programme across the Trust and wider TPC.
- Engage clinicians, operational teams and system partners to support collaborative working.
- Support digital innovation opportunities within TPC transformation programmes.
- Ensure compliance with governance, data protection, health and safety and safeguarding standards.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the full Job decription & person specification
- Lead core paediatric and cross‑provider TPC workstreams.
- Produce programme documentation including highlight reports, dashboards and risk logs.
- Support co‑design sessions, collaborative planning workshops and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Monitor, evaluate and report on programme performance and benefits realisation.
- Ensure alignment with provider strategies and wider Surrey Heartlands ICS priorities.
- Support the PMO with portfolio‑level governance and reporting requirements.
- Uphold Trust values and contribute to strategic objectives and system partnership working.
- Support audit, research, evaluation and service development activity where required.
- Provide coaching and mentorship to team members as appropriate.
Qualifications
- Educated to Master’s level or equivalent experience in a healthcare setting
- Formal project/programme management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP)
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- ps and collaborative sessions
If you have the skills, leadership qualities and enthusiasm to support system‑wide improvement, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact us if you would like to discuss the role in more detail or arrange an informal conversation.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience or training in a healthcare setting.
- Formal project/programme qualifications or equivalent experience in programme delivery.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive programme management and PMO experience, including application of principles and techniques/tools.
- Familiarity with the NHS landscape, collaborative working and understanding of the national healthcare agenda.
- Experience of leading large-scale change within complex/collaborative environments
- Experience of stakeholder engagement and relationships management, building effective collaboration
- Experience of engaging diverse teams in service improvement and co-design.
- Experience of developing and delivering benefits realisation plans.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding/experience of the NHS national agenda and context around collaboratives, ICBs, and Places
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Attoe
- Job title
- Group Director of Strategy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 571122
- Additional information
Please contact us if you would like to discuss the role in more detail or arrange an informal conversation.
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