Programme Manager - Transforming Care Digitally

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 09 March 2026

This role is offered on a fixed term/secondment basis for 24 months. The hours are full-time, 37.5 hours per week.

Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment.

The Programme Manager will be responsible for overseeing digital change and transformation, including the identification, monitoring, tracking, and realisation of benefits. This role involves engaging with clinical staff to facilitate user co-design of new processes and ensuring change assurance by aligning change management functions across digital, clinical, and Trust services. The Programme Manager must ensure compliance with NHS technical standards and will have accountability for staff, including line management and professional supervision of digital change delivery staff, as well as occasional matrix management of digital portfolio project staff.

Additionally, the Programme Manager will be responsible for the identification, tracking, and realisation of financial benefits.

To provide Programme Management, ensuring the coordinated implementation of a number of projects that impact across the Trust

Resolve issues that arise as part of the programme management process, handling complex, sensitive and contentious information in an appropriate manner.

Ensure effective stakeholder engagement and communications for managed projects.

Produce progress and expenditure reports as required.

Prepare and present project updates and progress reviews to senior level meetings across the Trust and to other stakeholder groups as required, maintaining Programme Plans, Gantt charts and process maps

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

• Management of interdependencies within projects
• Identification of risks and issues and their effective management
• Contribution to the development of the Digital Strategy
• Leading multiple Work streams and ensuring that programme deliverables and timescales are met
• Providing appropriate support to Project Work streams to ensure the benefits of the investment are realised
• Working closely with managers, clinicians, and operational staff to ensure a wide understanding of, and commitment to, the relevant Programme
• Participation in groups linked to the delivery of the Programme, such as Programme Board, Clinical Reference Group, and the Benefits Assurance Group
• Developing project change control procedures…