Job summary
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Programme Manager to support significant transformation programmes in Durham and Tees Valley: the development of a Neighbourhood / Place-Based Model of Mental Health Care and the implementation of a 24/7 Neighbourhood Community Mental Health Centre.
These programmes sit at the heart of our ambition to shift care closer to communities, improve access, reduce inequalities, and deliver more integrated, person-centred mental health support in partnership with primary care, local authorities, and the voluntary and community sector.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role.Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for maintaining programme momentum, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring alignment with national policy, Integrated Care System priorities and Trust transformation objectives. This includes supporting stakeholder engagement and consultation, developing clear reporting for boards and system partners, and ensuring that delivery is evidence-based, outcome-focused and responsive to local population needs. Strong partnership working will be essential, particularly with Primary Care Networks, local authorities, voluntary and community sector partners, and other NHS providers.
We are looking for an individual with substantial experience of managing complex transformation programmes within health or public services, ideally in mental health or community-based care. You will bring strong programme management discipline, excellent communication and influencing skills, and a commitment to co-production, inclusion and reducing health inequalities. This is a unique opportunity to shape a new model of mental health care that improves access, continuity and outcomes for local communities, while contributing to one of the Trust's most ambitious transformation agendas.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Details
Date posted
22 April 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
18 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-TSA-049-26
Job locations
Roseberry Park Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3AF
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide programme leadership and support, translating strategic vision into deliverable plans and ensuring effective mobilisation, governance, and benefits realisation. This will include coordinating multiple workstreams across neighbourhood, place and system levels; supporting coproduction with people with lived experience; and working closely with clinical leaders, operational teams, commissioners, estates, digital, workforce and finance colleagues. A key focus will be supporting the left shift of care into neighbourhood settings, embedding mental health provision within neighbourhoods, and overseeing the development of a communitybased, 24/7 mental health centres.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Highly developed specialist knowledge across a range of procedures (Programmes and Projects) underpinned by theory and experience
2. Knowledge of a range of specific Programme and Project areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training, plus further specialist Programme and Project management knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
3. Evidence of training in programme or project management principles and techniques
Desirable
4. Programme or Project Management qualification
5. Quality improvement qualification, or evidence of training in quality improvement principles and techniques
6. Educated to masters level in a relevant subject
7. The Trust's QIS (Quality Improvement System) for Leaders Certificate (or willing to achieve within agreed timescale)
Experience
Essential
8. Significant experience in developing and monitoring complex programme or project plans
9. Significant experience in producing written reports and relating to complex information and data
10. Significant experience in presenting complex issues to senior management in order to trigger a decision
Job Description
Essential
11. Proficient in use of standard IT packages