Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people and families?
We are looking for an experienced and motivated leader to join our Children and Young People Division in a key role supporting the transformation of Public Health Nursing services.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence how services evolve, working with clinical, operational and system partners to deliver innovative, high-quality care. If you enjoy working collaboratively, leading change and turning ideas into sustainable improvements that make a real difference for children, young people and families, we'd love to hear from you.
- Proposed interview date: 5th August 2026*
You will lead a portfolio of transformation and service development projects across the Public Health Nursing portfolio, managing multiple workstreams from planning through to implementation and evaluation.
Working with operational, clinical and corporate colleagues, you will coordinate programme governance, monitor progress, manage risks and dependencies, and provide assurance on delivery. You will analyse complex information to inform decision-making, prepare reports and business cases, and support delivery of commissioned priorities and quality improvement initiatives.
The role requires close collaboration with commissioners, local authority partners and other stakeholders to embed sustainable change and improve services for children, young people and families.
- If you are looking for somewhere to make a real difference and are passionate about Public Health services for CYP, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At HCT we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
- We are proud to be an organisation which focuses on our people, and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.
- Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture, guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.
- Our patients, their families and carers are at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
- Our staff are proud to be , Pioneering, Caring and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
- We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages
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Leading complex Public Health Nursing transformation programmes from initiation through to implementation and benefits realisation.
Developing and maintaining comprehensive programme plans, milestones, governance documentation, risk registers, dependency logs and benefits tracking.
Coordinating multiple workstreams across operational, clinical and corporate teams, ensuring delivery remains aligned to agreed objectives, timescales and available resources.
Supporting mobilisation of new commissioned services, service redesign and implementation of national policy and best practice.
Establishing effective programme governance arrangements, preparing reports and presenting progress, risks and recommendations to senior leadership groups.
Monitoring delivery against programme milestones, identifying risks and implementing mitigating actions where required.
Working collaboratively with operational leads to embed sustainable service improvements and support delivery of commissioned activity and quality standards.
