Programme Manager | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2026 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB22 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7812744/180-F-CVA588 |
Summary
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking an experienced and highly motivatedProgramme Managerto support the delivery of key corporate programmes and strategic priorities within the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) Directorate.
This is a pivotal leadership role at a critical time of transformation across the Trust. CUH is delivering significant organisation-wide change at pace — and we are looking for a confident programme leader who can operate with authority, influence at senior level, and drive sustainable improvement.
As a key member of the CMO team, you will lead and assure delivery of multiple complex, high-impact, interdependent programmes. Oversee projects from initiation through to delivery and formal benefits realisation. Work closely with Executive Directors and senior clinicians across the Trust. Champion large-scale change that enhances patient safety, quality and governance and operational performance. Shape and strengthen governance, reporting and assurance frameworks within the CMO’s Office. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy and professional authority, ensuring strong programme discipline in a fast-moving and sensitive environment.
In this pivotal role, you will lead and assure the delivery of multiple complex, high-impact projects and workstreams from initiation through to delivery and formal benefits realisation, operating with a high degree of autonomy and professional authority. You will work with Executive directors and senior clinicians across the organisation, championing large scale change, embedding sustainable improvements that enhance patient safety, quality workforce effectiveness and operational performance.
This appointment comes at a critical moment for transformation at CUH. The Trust has committed to significant organisation wide change delivered at pace, requiring strong programme management leadership, governance discipline and the ability to operate confidently in a sensitive and fastmoving environment.
You will provide expert programme and project management leadership across the portfolio of complex, high-impact, inter-dependent initiatives supporting quality, safety, governance and the medical workforce. The role will also shape and influence the development of robust governance, reporting and assurance mechanisms to improve the effectiveness of the CMO’s Office.
You will bring a highly developed analytical and strategic mindset, confident leadership style and the resilience required to influence at senior level, make difficult judgements and resolve competing priorities in a pressured environment.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 4th March 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on the 24th March 2026.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Mar 2026