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Programme Manager – NHS England London Region

Employer: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Salary: £75,328–£86,114 per year (including HCA)
Location: Wellington House, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UG
Job Type: Fixed-term contract
Contract Duration: 5 months
Working Pattern: Full-time
Vacancies: 3
NHS Band: Band 8b
Closing Date: 23 October 2026
Reference Number: 196-COF11260

Visa Sponsorship: Available for eligible applicants. The employer explicitly welcomes applications from candidates who require current Skilled Worker visa sponsorship and will consider them alongside other applicants.

About the Programme Manager Opportunity

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting three Programme Managers to support the Transforming People Services (TPS) programme across NHS England’s London Region.

The programme aims to modernise how People Services are delivered throughout the NHS by replacing fragmented, manual processes with simpler, connected, digitally enabled and user-focused services.

The successful candidates will help turn national workforce transformation ambitions into practical improvements across a complex healthcare system. The three areas of interest are Digital Transformation, Service Design, and People & Change.

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Applicants should confirm which of these three roles they are applying for.

Key Responsibilities

As a Programme Manager, you will lead a major workstream within the TPS programme, ensuring that plans translate into measurable outcomes and benefits.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Leading the planning and delivery of a major programme workstream, keeping objectives, milestones, benefits and dependencies on track.
  • Managing programme governance, risks, issues, assurance, performance and reporting.
  • Building effective relationships with senior leaders, NHS organisations, subject matter experts and delivery partners.
  • Coordinating mobilisation, integrated delivery plans, resources and activities around agreed priorities.
  • Identifying and resolving delivery barriers while maintaining progress in a complex environment.
  • Using data, performance information and insight to inform decisions and monitor programme benefits.
  • Promoting accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement across programme teams.

This is a delivery-focused leadership position. Candidates should be comfortable addressing complex issues, challenging constructively and bringing different stakeholders together to achieve results.

Essential Requirements

Knowledge

Applicants must demonstrate:

  • Experience delivering complex programmes or transformation initiatives within the NHS, healthcare or public sector.
  • Strong knowledge of programme planning, governance, risk management and dependency management.
  • A proven record of achieving successful programme outcomes.

Experience

Candidates should have:

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  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating multiple workstreams, stakeholders and delivery partners.
  • Experience delivering large-scale change at pace.
  • The ability to translate strategic objectives into practical delivery plans and measurable benefits.

Skills

You should possess:

  • Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
  • The ability to manage complexity, prioritise competing demands and maintain delivery momentum.
  • Experience using data, insight and performance information to support decision-making and programme delivery.

Experience in People & Change, Digital Transformation or Service Design is particularly relevant.

Salary and Benefits

The position offers an annual salary of £75,328 to £86,114, including HCA, under the NHS Agenda for Change pay scheme.

Other key employment details include:

  • NHS Band 8b.
  • Full-time working pattern.
  • Five-month fixed-term contract.
  • The opportunity to contribute to major NHS workforce transformation initiatives.
  • Collaboration with NHS organisations, senior leaders and multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Visa Sponsorship and Right to Work

Skilled Worker visa sponsorship applications are welcome.

The job advert explicitly confirms that applications from people who need current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK will be welcomed and considered alongside other applications.

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Applicants who require sponsorship should review the eligibility requirements for the relevant immigration route before applying. Sponsorship eligibility and approval will depend on the applicable immigration rules and individual circumstances.

The advert also states that applicants entering the UK through the Skilled Worker route may need to provide overseas criminal record certificates for countries where they have lived for the specified periods. Adult dependants may also be subject to this requirement.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

The appointment is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will therefore be required to check for relevant previous criminal convictions.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their applications online through the official NHS Jobs website before the closing date.

Applicants must specify whether they are applying for the Digital Transformation, Service Design or People & Change Programme Manager role.

Closing date: 23 October 2026

For questions about the position, contact:

Contact: Jodie Gardiner, Assistant Director of Workforce and OD
Email: jodie.gardiner@nhs.net

Employer: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Job Reference: 196-COF11260

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