HIEM Deputy Head of Programme Delivery

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Site Sir Colin Campbell Building, University of Nottingham Innovation Park Town Nottingham Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

At Health Innovation East Midlands (HIEM), our mission is to save lives, improve patient outcomes, reduce NHS costs, and transform services through innovation. We are seeking an experienced Deputy Head of Programme Delivery to help drive the successful delivery of our growing portfolio of innovation and improvement programmes across the East Midlands and beyond.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with partners across the NHS, academia, industry, and the wider Health Innovation Network, leading programmes that improve clinical outcomes, enhance patient experience, increase efficiency, and support economic growth.

The Deputy Head of Programme Delivery will play a pivotal leadership role within Health Innovation East Midlands (HIEM), providing operational leadership across a portfolio of high-profile programmes operating at national, regional, and local levels.

As part of our expanding Programme Delivery Team, you will lead complex programmes, support stakeholder engagement, and coach colleagues in programme and improvement methodologies. We are looking for a proven leader with significant experience delivering large-scale transformation, innovation, or improvement programmes within the public sector.

This role is offered as full-time, permanent position and will be subject to a six-month probationary period.

Working closely with the Heads of Programme Delivery, the post holder will lead the development, implementation and delivery of complex programmes focused on patient safety, quality improvement, and the adoption and spread of innovation across health and social care systems.

The role will support the identification, evaluation, implementation and scaling of evidence-based innovations that improve patient outcomes and patient and staff experience, while delivering measurable system wide benefits.

A key focus will be building sustainable improvement capability and capacity across partner organisations to strengthen patient safety and support long-term quality improvement and effective use of resources. The post holder will work collaboratively with NHS organisations, local authorities, academia, industry partners and other stakeholders to transform services and promote best practice.

The post holder will also:

• Provide leadership and oversight for a portfolio of complex, high-profile programmes and projects across patient safety, innovation adoption and quality improvement.
• Ensure programmes are delivered to agreed objectives, timescales, budgets and quality standards
• Lead the development and implementation of programme plans, evaluation frameworks and sustainability strategies
• Support the adoption, spread and scaling of proven innovations across health and care systems
• Ensure robust governance arrangements, including risk management, assurance, monitoring and reporting

We are one of 15 Health Innovation Networks around England that operate as the innovation arm of the NHS.

We bring together partners from all sectors involved in health and care including the NHS, social care and public health, patients, research, third sector and industry – to identify, test and spread new technologies and better ways of working.

We save the NHS money, generate economic growth, empower health and care staff, and improve lives for patients.

We work closely with our health and care stakeholders to establish their priorities then provide support. As part of a national network, we import…