# Commercial Programme Lead

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- **Location:** Croydon University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Programme manager
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £72,719 - £83,505 Per Annum, pro rota, Inc HCAS
- **Contract type:** 2 years (Fixed Term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-10T23:59:59.999Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-27T11:20:55.580Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Commercial/Commercial-v8380306
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8380306?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

### Commercial Programme Lead- Fix term 2 years

The post holder will be the Trust’s lead specialist for commercial development within Imaging, accountable for establishing, growing and managing a private and commercial imaging service across all modalities, from identifying opportunities and building business cases through to contract negotiation, implementation and ongoing performance management.

### Main duties of the job

- The post holder will work across clinical, operational and corporate teams to develop opportunities, support delivery, and ensure alignment with organisational priorities, governance and NHS policy.
- The post holder will engage with both, insurer and local businesses to market, and negotiate billable service opportunities to meet the needs of the population of Croydon and the local health economy.
- This post is intended to work closely with imaging leads to facilitate the creation of dedicated private patient/commercial patient access to across all imaging modalities as part of a strategic development to broaden the access to local imaging beyond traditional NHS pathways.
- Income ambition: £1m per annum from private and commercial imaging within five years. The post holder will be accountable for establishing the commercial service and delivering agreed annual income targets towards this. The post holder will hold delegated budgetary responsibility for commercial activity within the Radiology budget, and authority to approve expenditure, pricing and contractual commitments in line with the Trust’s Scheme of Delegation and Standing Financial Instructions for the post.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the included detailed job description for all responsibilities and person specifications.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Substantial experience in a senior management role (NHS or equivalent)
- Substantial experience in delivering private patient or independent sector health care services incl. commercial/income generation
- Substantial knowledge of NHS structures, governance, service improvement, finance, contracting & procurement incl. knowledge of the private patient market

**Desirable**

- Experience of partnership working with external organisations (e.g. industry, academia, third sector) and experience of working across multiple organisations or at system level

### Leadership & Behaviour

**Essential**

- Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams and influencing without direct line authority
- Demonstrates resilience and adaptability in a complex environment

**Desirable**

- Experience of line managing staff

### Education & Qualifications

**Essential**

- Masters Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
- Project Management qualification or equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- Formal training in service improvement methodologies

## Documents

- [chs accomodation (pdf, 676.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725)
- [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414)
- [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972)
- [onboarding roadmap (chs) (pdf, 92.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2449)
- [commercial programme lead (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10709054)
- [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974)

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