Job vacancy: Programme Director NUH Review Response Team, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham

Job summary

Main area: Director
Grade: Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Contract: Permanent: VSM
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 164-7120469

Employer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: QMC & City campus
Town: Nottingham
Salary: PA
Closing: 10/04/2025 23:59

Programme Director NUH Review Response Team

Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The IMR

The Independent Maternity Review (IMR) was launched in September 2022, following the closure of the previous thematic review, to consider the alleged failings in the Maternity Services at NUH for the period 2012 to 2022.

The current review is scheduled to last until September 2026, and will involve the transfer of records of over 2,000 women (plus babies), together with a range of supporting documents.

In addition, there are a number of associated processes, linked to but distinct from the IMR, which require close project management, and it is this growing complexity and variation, which has determined the need for this post.

The IMR Team within NUH is a small one, but has key relationships across the Trust, including at Executive level, as well as with NHSE, contractors and the external review team.

The review is very high profile publicly and has significant reputational implications for the Trust if not managed very carefully, and if key deliverables are not achieved. This post is pivotal in that regard and therefore offers a rare opportunity to contribute to a significant programme of work

Job summary

The Programme Director is responsible for the delivery of the IMR Programme, encompassing the Trust response to the requirements of the external, independent review team, as well those of associated processes – cases out of scope of the IMR, Trust contacts and the forthcoming Police Investigation.

The post-holder will be the main contact point for the Trust with both the external review team and NHS England, as commissioners of the review. Internally, the Programme Director is responsible for co-ordinating the individual and collective endeavours of corporate departments and clinical divisions in meeting the requirements of the IMR.

Person specification

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills and presentation skills

Desirable criteria

Driving advantageous

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree level qualification
Higher level management qualification at masters or equivalent level
· Significant additional role related and personal development training commensurate with a senior manager post

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience at senior manager/director level in the NHS
Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of programme management methodologies or a Prince 2 or managing successful projects practitioner
Significant Experience in an Acute Trust including board presentations
Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed strategic skills
Demonstrates experience of delivering across organisational boundaries
In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following areas: o delivery of organisational change o delivery of performance objectives and improvements o delivery of projects and programme of work of significant size.
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Experience of managing and prioritising a large budget.
Ability to provide clear and informative reporting information on finances and management.
Experience of managing programme and corporate risks appropriately.

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

Experience of performance managing others to ensure organisation delivery and success
Must be a highly credible leader with experience of building relationships with a range of stakeholders
Experience of leading teams within a complex organisation
Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required
Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders, in often pressured and highly political environments
Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and difference audiences
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
Dynamic personality with the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and support networks in pressured environments

Planning and Organisation, Judgement and Analytical Skills

Essential criteria

Experience of managing complexity such as managing numerous work
Experience of leading change management processes from concept to delivery
Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification at Masters level
Significant evidence of continued professional development
Demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment.
Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
Experience of quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques.
Proven experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes at a senior level, in a politically sensitive and complex environment.
Outstanding problem solving skills and an ability to respond to unexpected time pressured demands
Able to make compelling evidence-based arguments to persuade key stakeholders of the need to test new approaches to healthcare delivery.

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
Start an Apprenticeship
Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Tracy Pilcher
Job title: Chief Nurse
Email address: [email protected]
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Programme Director NUH Review Response Team

Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The IMR

Job summary

Person specification

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

Planning and Organisation, Judgement and Analytical Skills

Essential criteria

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

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Applicant requirements

Documents to download

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