University Hospital Southampton NHS FT
Programme Manager
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Programme Manager
** Programme Manager – Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU) & Prehabilitation**
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
### Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity to join the Wessex Cancer Alliance Neighbourhoods and Living With and Beyond Cancer Team as Project Manager.
This role combines responsibility for leading the Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU) programme across Wessex while also supporting the prehabilitation programme. The successful candidate will drive service improvement, aligning delivery with national priorities and ensuring positive patient outcomes.
### Main Duties of the Job
1. Programme Leadership for Personalised Stratified Follow-Up (PSFU)
- Lead the delivery of the PSFU programme across Wessex, facilitating clinical agreement on protocols within tumour-specific groups.
- Manage differing perspectives to achieve consensus on eligibility, stratification, monitoring, and escalation approaches.
- Support implementation of agreed PSFU models, ensuring governance, tracking, and cross-system oversight of risks, progress, and delivery.
- Collaborate with clinical, operational, and digital teams across multiple organisations to:
- Expand PSFU into additional tumour pathways.
- Consolidate existing pathways.
2. Coordination of Prehabilitation Programme
- Support delivery of the prehabilitation programme, partnering with the clinical advisor and wider team.
- Coordinate activity across organisations and sectors to:
- Implement pathway and service changes.
- Enable collaboration between acute, community, and voluntary services to meet objectives.
### Working for UHS
- Career growth at England’s largest acute teaching trust, with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Prime location on the south coast, near London, the New Forest, South Downs, and the Jurassic Coast.
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Our Commitment to Diversity & Flexibility
- Flexible working to support work-life balance, family, and personal wellbeing.
- Anti-racist, inclusive culture where individuality is celebrated and diversity drives excellence.
- Flexible hybrid role (37.5 hours/week) with a minimum of two on-site days (Southampton or Dorchester).
### What You’ll Do
Drive personalised cancer care improvements across Wessex by:
- Leadership & stakeholder engagement: Work autonomously to scope, design, and implement service improvements, navigating complex systems.
- Consensus-building: Facilitate agreement among clinical, operational, and system stakeholders to ensure effective change delivery.
- Strategic oversight: Align programmes with governance processes, ensuring risks are managed, progress is tracked, and outcomes improve.
- Patient-centred design: Embed patient perspectives in pathway redesign, enhancing equity, experience, and sustainability.
### What We’re Looking For
Expertise & Experience
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Essential qualifications & skills:
- Master’s-level education or equivalent experience at a senior healthcare level.
- Membership of a relevant professional body (where applicable).
- Strong project management/improvement skills with a track record of successful change.
- Certification in project management (e.g., PRINCE2 Practitioner) or equivalent credentials.
- Proven spoken presentation skills for diverse audiences (clinical, operational, public).
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Leadership & resilience:
- Experience at a senior level in healthcare or equivalent industry.
- Multi-disciplinary collaboration, influencing behaviour, and managing change.
- High resilience, ability to navigate challenging discussions, and mitigate risks.
- Comfortable with travel across Dorset, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight.
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Team Context
- The Neighbourhoods and Living with and Beyond Cancer Team focuses on prehabilitation, PSFU, and hospital-to-community care transitions to improve:
- Patient experience and outcomes.
- System sustainability.
- You’ll report to and collaborate with the Wessex Cancer Alliance, supporting innovation for cancer care across the region.
### Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Postgraduate qualification or equivalent senior healthcare experience.
- Professional registration (as applicable).
- Demonstrated project/service improvement expertise, with tools like Lean, Agile, or QI methods.
- Proven project management skills, including scoping, planning, and delivery.
- Experience in multisector collaboration (clients, partners, voluntary sector).
- Self-starting autonomy with the ability to take initiative and empower others.
- Ability to analyze complex information and present it clearly to varied audiences.
Desirable Criteria
- Associate membership of the QSIR college.
- Coaching or teaching qualifications.
- Healthcare workplace experience.
- COACHING or behavioural influence techniques capabilities.
Why Apply?
If you’re a passionate programme leader with expertise in cancer service transformation, a desire to drive systemic change, and a commitment to patient-centred care, this role offers an unparalleled opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
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