Programme Director | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced transformation leader with a strong track record of delivering large-scale change within complex healthcare environments? We are seeking an exceptional Programme Director to join the Group Transformation Office and lead major transformation programmes across Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group.

This is a senior leadership opportunity where you will focus on operational recovery, pathway redesign, quality improvement, cost improvement and major service transformation across all three Trusts.

As Programme Director, you will provide strategic and hands-on leadership across complex programmes, ensuring delivery of measurable outcomes, benefits realisation and strong programme governance. You will work closely with senior clinical and operational leaders to design and implement sustainable improvements that support patient care, operational performance and workforce transformation.

The role requires an agile and adaptable leader who can move across programmes and Trusts as priorities evolve, bringing consistent methodology, pace and delivery discipline. You will oversee programme governance, manage risks and dependencies, support operational readiness and ensure transformation initiatives are both ambitious and deliverable within frontline healthcare settings.

This Group-level role is primarily based in Norwich but requires regular travel across all three Trusts, including Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver transformational change at scale, working collaboratively across the Group to improve services, strengthen operational performance and support better outcomes for patients and staff.

The newly formed Norfolk & Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG) is placing people and culture at the heart of its transformation.

By working as one system, the Group is strengthening workforce development, improving staff experience and creating consistent, supportive leadership across all three hospitals. This unified approach enables better training, enhanced well-being support, and a stronger culture rooted in compassion, flexibility and continuous learning.

Focusing on people also supports national priorities - ensuring the workforce is skilled, adaptable and ready for the future models of care - and strengthens NWUHG's overall performance by improving qualify, resilience and sustainability.

Together, this creates a Groupwide commitment to making NWUHG a great place to work, with clear benefits for staff including:

Flexible working hours

Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site

Discounted Gym memberships

Generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement

Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it

Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site

Free 24 hour confidential counselling support

On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane

On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane

Support in career development

Flexible staff bank

Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

The Programme Director is a senior leadership role within the Group Transformation Office, responsible for leading and delivering complex, large-scale transformation and change programmes across Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group. The postholder is an agile resource, deployable across any of the Group's three Trusts and across the full range of transformation and improvement priorities as they evolve over time.

The immediate and primary focus of the role is the One Recovery portfolio - the Group's flagship transformation programme - which spans operational recovery, pathway redesign, quality improvement, cost improvement and major service transformation across all three Trusts. The postholder will lead one or more of the One Recovery programmes, holding accountability for delivery outcomes, benefits realisation and robust programme governance. As the One Recovery portfolio matures and transitions to business-as-usual, the Programme Director's focus will flex to support subsequent Group transformation priorities as directed by the Group Transformation Director.

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jun 2026