• Job Description

  Req#: C9438-26-0046?language=en&page=98&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has created a Programme Management Office (PMO) which is designed to support the organisation to deliver its most complex programmes and projects in an effective and timely manner. The trust has significant challenges in meeting its financial obligations and this role will play a key role in supporting the delivery of this.

  Main duties of the job

  The Senior Programme Manager will support theHead of Programme Management Office in the delivery of major organisational programmes, including the Financial Recovery Programme (FRP) and the Single Improvement Plan (SIP). The post holder will work with the executive team, senior clinical and operational colleagues and corporate teams to ensure the effective implementation and monitoring of these programmes with a focus on clinical and operational excellence in a way that maximises the engagement of individuals and clinical teams across the Trust.

  About us

  As a teaching hospital and an organisation committed to continuous learning, we offer a broad range of education and training to staff and students/trainees/other learners. All post holders are expected to fulfil mandatory training requirements, engage in continuous learning and support education and training of others commensurate to their role.

  Details

  Date posted

  19 February 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8b

  Salary

  £64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum, pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  438-PB3826-A

  Job locations

  Royal Preston Hospital

  Preston

  PR2 9HT

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The Senior Programme Manager will support theHead of Programme Management Office in the delivery of major organisational programmes, including the Financial Recovery Programme (FRP) and the Single Improvement Plan (SIP). The post holder will work with the executive team, senior clinical and operational colleagues and corporate teams to ensure the effective implementation and monitoring of these programmes with a focus on clinical and operational excellence in a way that maximises the engagement of individuals and clinical teams across the Trust.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The Senior Programme Manager will support theHead of Programme Management Office in the delivery of major organisational programmes, including the Financial Recovery Programme (FRP) and the Single Improvement Plan (SIP). The post holder will work with the executive team, senior clinical and operational colleagues and corporate teams to ensure the effective implementation and monitoring of these programmes with a focus on clinical and operational excellence in a way that maximises the engagement of individuals and clinical teams across the Trust.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Education

  Essential

  • Masters Degree in relevant subject or relevant experience
  • Further training for e.g. PRINCE2 / Managing Successful Programmes / AGILE or significant experience in project management, financial and budgetary management or supporting change management processes.

  Desirable

  • Academic or vocational development relevant to Leadership & Organisational / Business Development

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant management experience at a senior level, ideally within a healthcare setting
  • Experience of leading programmes and large scale change
  • Experience of planning and implementing long- term strategy
  • Experience of managing a large budget.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the NHS and key policy areas across health and social care

  Desirable

  • The ability to demonstrate experience of working at a senior level in Shaping service change, managing performance & dealing with teams through change processes
  • Experience in Acute Hospital

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Proven ability to manage change, service activity and development within a large and complex organisation
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to make decisions from results of analysis
  • Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Education

  Essential

  • Masters Degree in relevant subject or relevant experience
  • Further training for e.g. PRINCE2 / Managing Successful Programmes / AGILE or significant experience in project management, financial and budgetary management or supporting change management processes.

  Desirable

  • Academic or vocational development relevant to Leadership & Organisational / Business Development

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant management experience at a senior level, ideally within a healthcare setting
  • Experience of leading programmes and large scale change
  • Experience of planning and implementing long- term strategy
  • Experience of managing a large budget.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the NHS and key policy areas across health and social care

  Desirable

  • The ability to demonstrate experience of working at a senior level in Shaping service change, managing performance & dealing with teams through change processes
  • Experience in Acute Hospital

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Proven ability to manage change, service activity and development within a large and complex organisation
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to make decisions from results of analysis
  • Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams

  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

  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Preston Hospital

  Preston

  PR2 9HT

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Preston Hospital

  Preston

  PR2 9HT

  
  

  Employer's website

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

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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