Elective Reform Programme Manager | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 27 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 December 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 8DY |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7545354/438-PB3723 |
Summary
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is hosting this post on behalf of the L&SC Provider Collaborative.
With autonomy and initiative, the postholder willlead the design, development and delivery of key programmes ofwork withintheLancashire and South Cumbria ElectiveReformProgramme,doing this in full collaboration with Providers and system partnersand ensuring that programmesalign with both national standards and expectations and the unitary work of eachorganisationwhere appropriate.
Keyelements of the role include:
• Development and delivery of improvements and action plans for system-wide agreed priorities and commitments within the electivereformprogramme.
• Working in and engendering a collaborative approach to the design and delivery of the programmes, realising the benefits of working ‘as one’.
• Ensureeffective andco-production and engagement with patients,stakeholdersand partners across theprogrammes of work.
• Build and sustain an effective programme management approach with a focus upon delivery of milestones, demonstrableoutcomesand improvements in health inequalities.
The post holder willwork with both managerial and clinical staff, patients, and the public. The post holder willlead onkey workstreams within theelectivereformprogramme tofacilitatetransformation and promote service sustainabilityin line with theNHS10-year planprioritiesonshifting care to communities, moving from analogue to digital and shifting from sickness to prevention.
Thepostholdermay be asked to lead on, or support,other areasof collaborative portfolio priorityifrequired.
LancashireTeaching Hospital & Learning Organisation
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 continuouslearningand support education and training of otherscommensurateto their role.
Qualifications & Education
• Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area
Knowledge & Experience
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areasacquiredthrough post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent.
• At least 2 years NHS experience in a senior role.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
• Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
• Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes
• Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisationalagenda.
• Member of relevant professional body.
• Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Desirable
• PreviousNHS Operational / Service management experience
Skills & Abilities
• Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense ofhighly complex, sensitive, or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
• Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range ofaudiences.
• Ability toidentifyrisks,anticipateissues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
• Ability to work without supervision,providingspecialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Interpreting national policy for implementation.
• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
• Demonstrable experience developing,managingand motivating teams/individuals to ensuresuccess.
• Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals
Values & Behaviours
• Commitment to and focused on quality, promoteshigh standardsin all they do.
• Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
• Ability tooperatein a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisationalvalues.
• Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects, and learns from the contribution ofothers.
• Values diversity and difference;operateswith integrity andopenness.
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves,respectsand learns from the contribution of others.
• Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and seeks out innovation.
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
• Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
• Values diversity and differenceoperateswith integrity and openness.
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Dec 2025