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Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Project management experience
- Experience
Experience influencing staff at all levels to ensure project objectives are owned by all members of the team including users and stakeholders.
- Experience
Evidence of the ability to involve teams in analysis of situation and solution development; persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to constructively challenge the status quo
- Experience
Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
- Experience
Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities.
- Shared Commitments
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Shared Commitments
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to create a clear project plan and prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements.
- Skills and aptitudes
Good leadership skills – with the ability to direct, challenge and facilitate in order to deliver results
- Skills and aptitudes
Strong analytical skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Able to solve problems or pre -empt problems by employing appropriate measures and processes
- Skills and aptitudes
Advanced communication skills both written (complex report writing) and orally including presentation / facilitation skills.
- Personal Qualities & attributes
Self-motivated
- Personal Qualities & attributes
Team player
- Personal Qualities & attributes
Ability to analyse and interpret complex data both numerical and verbal
- Personal Qualities & attributes
Ability to thrive under pressure.
- Personal Qualities & attributes
Adaptable, flexible, and innovative approach to work.
- Personal Qualities & attributes
Politically aware, able to form alliances and influence others
- Education & professional Qualifications
Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Education & professional Qualifications
Evidence on ongoing CPD activity
- Education & professional Qualifications
Project management and/or change management training or qualification
- Education & professional Qualifications
Relevant Masters qualification or significant experience as an operational or strategic manager in a relevant field
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of financial recovery and turnaround
- Education & professional Qualifications
Quality Improvement training or qualification
Job overview
The Efficiency and Clinical Productivity team supports achievement of the Royal Free London’s group-wide goals and governing objectives through the delivery of a portfolio of major programme and change activity. The team drives the group-wide efficiency and clinical productivity programme to ensure the financial sustainability of the RFL Group.
RFL Group refreshed its Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP) in January 2026 setting out its plan to deliver financial sustainability over the coming years. The Efficiency and Clinical Productivity team supports this through a focus on improving productivity and sustainability through core activities such as FIP delivery and efficiency plans, and the successful delivery of major change programmes that will deliver multi-year productivity improvement.
The Programme Manager – Efficiency and Clinical Productivity role supports the delivery of this portfolio by working as part of a business partnering team aligned to one of the Group’s health units or Corporate unit, which also takes on responsibility for cross cutting Group-wide projects and programmes. The role will enable the delivery of the health unit’s efficiency and productivity plan both through supporting the identification and scoping of opportunities and directly leading priority workstreams and programmes of work.
Main duties of the job
As a Programme Manager – Efficiency and Clinical Productivity, you will lead change programmes by ensuring that the core principles of programme management are adhered to whilst maintaining a focus on continuous improvement, efficiency and value, which underpin our approach.
You will need to strategically as well as operationally lead the delivery of priority areas of the Corporate or Health Unit’s efficiency and productivity plan as well as group-wide programme(s), working closely with SROs. You will be required to work across departments and all levels of the organisation to diagnose, design and deliver these improvement programmes. As well as being technically competent in driving change and project/programme management, you will need to possess excellent interpersonal and communication so you can work effectively with multiple groups of stakeholders across the organisation.
As a Programme Manager – Efficiency and Clinical Productivity you will have a high level of autonomy, self-drive, and will be able to manage multiple priorities and provide direction to others to achieve the plan set out. You will need to demonstrate effective leadership skills, not only in working with a range of stakeholders to deliver change, but in playing a senior role in a business partnering team. Confidence with handling large datasets and working with senior Finance stakeholders is key.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
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This advert is for Band 8B Programme Manager - Efficiency and Clinical Productivity with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Programme manager role. The advertised salary is £75,328 - £86,114 per annum, inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is 1x permanent , 2x 12 months Fixed Term Contract. The application deadline is 11 Oct 2026.
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