Job vacancy: ABCAS Programme Manager (band 8b), Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Steeton

Job summary

Main area: Acute Services
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 423-7390797

Employer: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Airedale General Hospital
Town: Steeton
Salary: £64,455 - £74,896 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/09/2025 23:59

ABCAS Programme Manager (band 8b)

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Airedale and Bradford Collaboration of Acute Services (ABCAS) is a joint initiative between Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (AFT) and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT). Please see attached job description.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of the NHS Constitution, NHS policy agenda &‘Understanding the New NHS’
Proven knowledge of designing and managing programmes
Excellent problem solving and high level negotiation skills
Knowledge and experience of healthcare operations within an acute and community setting

skills

Essential criteria

Commitment to working within a values-led, learning environment to support change and transformation
Adopting a positive review and challenge role with senior management and clinicians.
Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required
Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
Able to identify interdependencies and recognise risk within Directorates and Trust wide
Able to maintain high standards of diplomacy and confidentiality
Advanced computer skills
Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Demonstrable evidence of supporting complex programmes of change.
The ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
Demonstrable track record of supporting successful collaborative and partnership working
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Master’s degree/post graduate qualification or significant relevant experience in a complex NHS organisation
Evidence of continuing professional and/or personal self-development
Programme management qualification or relevant experience (for example PRINCE2 or similar)

Experience

Essential criteria

Successful track record of delivering a programme of substantial and sustained improvement in business operations linked to digital systems.
Experience in actively supporting teams with quality improvement activities, including leading and creating process mapping activities.
Documentation of clinical pathways to support optimisation activities
Experience of benefits realisation and development of a benefits strategy
Experience of managing risks and reporting across large scale programmes
Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
Significant experience of analysing complex financial and performance data and draw appropriate conclusions
Producing reports for director level meetings
Working at a strategic and operational level within an acute NHS Trust.
Experience of clinical/hospital systems
Experience in developing and implementing business plans built on sound informatics strategy and financial information.
A track record of delivery within budgets and to deadlines in emergent situations where change is a constant characteristic
High level understanding of NHS information requirements.
Experience of managing and developing a team without direct line management
Considerable experience gained in an information -rich environment, where the information has been used to drive and empower decision making in a commissioning environment (or equivalent)
Track record of innovation with an ability to inspire and lead the implementation of change.
Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Helen Farmer
Job title: Director of Collaboration
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07970 189421

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ABCAS Programme Manager (band 8b)

NHS AfC: Band 8b

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