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Job summary

Main area
PMO
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
241-679CD-26
Employer
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Dowling House
Town
Bolton
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/11/2026 23:59

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Programme Manager

NHS AfC: Band 8a

 


 

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join the Programme Management Office at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, where you will play a key role in supporting colleagues to transform and improve services.

We are interested in receiving applications from individuals with a passion for PMO working, in a complex and fast-paced healthcare provider environment.

If you are excited by the challenge of working in a PMO function, to deliver world class healthcare for patients, and support the organisation to meet its strategic objectives, we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

As Programme Manager within the PMO, you will be responsible for supporting our teams to develop and deliver schemes within the Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) plan. 

You will be responsible for maintaining high levels of governance across the CIP schemes and will work with key stakeholders to manage the creation and delivery of schemes. 

You will need to possess excellent project management skills and have a good working knowledge of finance within the NHS. You will need to be able to analyse and interpret complex financial data and present it clearly so that it is understandable to a wide audience. You must also possess excellent interpersonal skills to be able to work closely with our divisional colleagues. 

Working for our organisation

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values.  

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description.

If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to master’s degree level or equivalent experience in a project management / service improvement field
  • Project / programme management qualification (e.g. PRINCE 2, MSP)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
  • Proven successful track record of leading and sustaining transformational change within a complex organisation
  • Experience of leading, challenging and performance managing teams and individuals
  • Budgetary management experience, including applying financial control and achieving financial savings targets
  • Significant experience of the NHS operational environment, patient care and clinical safety and quality

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to understand and present complex, sensitive or contentious information (relating to finance, performance or change) both formally and informally to small groups and present to large audiences
  • Able to use complex and sometimes conflicting data to draw comparisons and make recommendations on a range of complex project issues, where there may be more than one course of action.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge of project management and significant knowledge of improvement techniques
  • Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare strategy / policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Forber
Job title
Head of PMO
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01204 390390
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