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Programme Manager | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Job details
Posting date: 15 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £50,952 - £57,349 per annum, pro rata
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 15 May 2024
Location: St Leonards - on - Sea, TN37 7RD
Company: ESHT
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6194402/374-SMc011

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Summary


An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Programme Support Office (PSO) at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust to take on a Programme Manager role.

The Programme Support Office is a small team, focusing on delivering financial and non-financial benefits to support the trust’s long term financial sustainability.

In this role you will provide programme and project management support and expertise to senior managers and their teams across the trust’s Productivity portfolio to ensure delivery of the trust’s strategic priorities, which include successful implementation of the cost improvement programme (CIP) and major Trust wide projects that form part of this programme.

This is a varied and challenging role in a complex and dynamic environment, but you will have a real opportunity to make a difference to the trust in securing the financial sustainability of the trust.

You will be a self-motivated, pro-active individual with strong time management, organisational and Microsoft office skills. You will have excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills.

The successful candidate will be involved in the management, training and development of other members of the Trust, as appropriate.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part a team that is pivotal in the financial sustainability of the Trust



Using highly developed improvement and project management skills, lead the delivery of the portfolio of cost and productivity improvement projects ensuring that quality and safety of services are maintained and improved.

Provide ‘hands on’ programme and project management support and expertise to senior managers and their teams across the trust to ensure successful delivery of the programme objectives.

To maintain an overview of all workstreams performance against plan, identifying risks, issues, dependencies and relationships between workstreams; advising on & implementing appropriate mitigating and corrective actions or adjustments to the project plan.

To maintain robust project monitoring and control mechanisms to ensure the projects can be successfully delivered.

To ensure that good practice in project management as set out in PRINCE2 is adhered to and embedded – this will include the need for project teams to meet regularly, keep records of discussions and progress and follow up actions.

Analyse, interpret and present complex data and information from a variety of sources into a format that is consistent, accurate, relevant and appropriate for use by a variety of audiences.

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.





Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.


This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024

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