Job summary
Do you want to make a difference and join an enthusiastic team with ambitious plans to deliver digital transformations which increase operational and clinical effectiveness and help to save and improve lives?
Join NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) organ donation and transplantation to be part of a mission-driven team managing a critical programme aimed at enhancing organ donation and transplantation services.
We are looking for a capable individual who is passionate about making a difference and ready to lead a digital transformation as the Programme Manager.
In this permanent role, you will lead the strategic planning, communication, delivery and benefits realisation of large-scale digital projects that will have a profound impact on transplant services and patients lives.
Collaborating closely with the accountable executive, programme board and product centre agile teams you will have a proven track record in managing change programmes, preferably in digital healthcare or a related field.
You will have an innovative, problem-solving approach, with strong stakeholder management skills and experience in implementing risk management and governance processes. By being part of a passionate, enthusiastic, supportive, and high performing team, you will build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will contribute to life-saving work, where every day promises diversity and excitement.
Main duties of the job
To manage a programme of related digital projects from inception through to completion, to ensure timely and successful product delivery for achieving strategic business benefits through;
- Programme planning, management and support.
- Managing internal resources and external suppliers and consultants,
Ensuring that Programme budget, resources and deliverables are tightly linked to the achievement of strategic benefits
Leading and facilitating on planning, structuring, reporting and execution
- Ensuring adherence to NHSBT programme and project policy and standards
Continuous improvement of the NHSBT Portfolio, Programme and Project Management tools and methods
About us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do.
By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
What we offer:
- NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
- 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
- NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
- We’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 23rd April 2025.
Initial review of applications will take place around 24-28th April 2025.
If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to complete the assessment process of the role which will involve a video presentation submission in the first instance. If successful at video presentation stage, you will then be invited to a Stakeholder Engagement session and final interviews which are anticipate being held on Wed 14th May 2025 - subject to confirmation.
For informal enquiries please contact –
Tara Dunn, NHSBT Recruitment Lead, tara.dunn@nhsbt.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
What we offer:
- NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
- 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
- NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
- We’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 23rd April 2025.
Initial review of applications will take place around 24-28th April 2025.
If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to complete the assessment process of the role which will involve a video presentation submission in the first instance. If successful at video presentation stage, you will then be invited to a Stakeholder Engagement session and final interviews which are anticipate being held on Wed 14th May 2025 - subject to confirmation.
For informal enquiries please contact –
Tara Dunn, NHSBT Recruitment Lead, tara.dunn@nhsbt.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g. business, management, information systems) and Post-graduate level specialist qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience in one of the above specialist areas or similar.
- Practitioner Certificate in PRINCE 2 or equivalent qualification.
- Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Project.
- Thorough knowledge of other Office Automation packages, in particular Microsoft Word, Excel and Visio.
- Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD).
Experience
Essential
- Extensive, practical knowledge of benefits delivery by the formal management of strategic business programmes.
- Extensive experience of formal management of complex programmes, including the use of formal project management tools for the full life-cycle of large scale, complex programmes in a real-world environment.
- Proven experience of benefits management and realisation in the formal programme context.
- Extensive experience of creating outline business cases and programme / project briefs for communication at Board / Executive level.
- Proven experience of line management of staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g. business, management, information systems) and Post-graduate level specialist qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience in one of the above specialist areas or similar.
- Practitioner Certificate in PRINCE 2 or equivalent qualification.
- Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Project.
- Thorough knowledge of other Office Automation packages, in particular Microsoft Word, Excel and Visio.
- Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD).
Experience
Essential
- Extensive, practical knowledge of benefits delivery by the formal management of strategic business programmes.
- Extensive experience of formal management of complex programmes, including the use of formal project management tools for the full life-cycle of large scale, complex programmes in a real-world environment.
- Proven experience of benefits management and realisation in the formal programme context.
- Extensive experience of creating outline business cases and programme / project briefs for communication at Board / Executive level.
- Proven experience of line management of staff.
