Programme Director for Urgent and Emergency Care Transformation

Job summary Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (Host Organisation) | Gloucestershire Provider Partnership (GPP) | Band 8d Lead transformational change across Urgent and Emergency Care in Gloucestershire An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional system leader to join Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC) as a host employer for the Gloucestershire Provider Partnership (GPP). The GPP brings together Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire's GP Collaborative to deliver transformational change and greater integration across health and care services across Gloucestershire. Working alongside system partners including the Integrated Care Board, Gloucestershire County Council and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, the partnership is committed to improving outcomes, reducing inequalities and delivering more joined-up, proactive care for local communities. While employed by GHC, you will work on behalf of the partnership, providing system-wide leadership to deliver urgent and emergency care transformation priorities across Gloucestershire. You will work alongside Programme Directors for Mental Health and Neighbourhood Health, and the Director of Transformation and PMO, helping to shape and deliver a shared vision for transformational change across the county. Main duties of the job You will: Lead the implementation of community-based non-elective care plans across Gloucestershire neighbourhoods, supporting the delivery of a Home First approach and future intermediate care models. Drive the development of urgent neighbourhood services, including urgent community response, virtual wards, single points of access and improved integration with hospital front-door services. Lead transformation across urgent care pathways, including Urgent Treatment Centres, integrated flow arrangements and system-wide approaches to patient flow and transfer of care. Provide strategic leadership across a complex programme portfolio, ensuring clear vision, strong governance, effective programme management and delivery of agreed benefits. Work closely with NHS providers, primary care, local authority colleagues, VCSE partners, commissioners and people with lived experience to design and implement sustainable models of care. Develop transformed workforce and service models that improve system productivity, patient outcomes and long-term sustainability. Ensure robust performance, quality, financial and outcome reporting, providing assurance to GPP and wider system governance boards. Champion co-production and inclusive engagement, ensuring that patients, carers and communities help shape service design and delivery. About us We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust. Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that: 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%. This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys. Details Date posted 29 July 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8d Salary £94,356 to £108,814 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working Reference number 327-26-588 Job locations Edward Jenner Court 1010 Pioneer Avenue Gloucester Business Park GL3 4AW United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities The Role This is a high-profile system leadership role accountable for driving the delivery of major transformation programmes across Urgent and Emergency Care. Working across organisational boundaries, you will lead strategic programmes that support people to receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time, while strengthening integrated models of care and improving outcomes for local communities. Why Join Us? If you are an ambitious, collaborative and delivery-focused leader who thrives on creating meaningful change across complex systems, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for an experienced and credible leader who: Has a successful track record of delivering large-scale transformation and service redesign within complex health and care systems. Brings significant experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries. Has extensive experience leading complex change programmes involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. Can build consensus and influence senior leaders Has the strategic thinking, resilience and leadership skills required to deliver transformational change within a complex and evolving environment. Is passionate about improving outcomes for local people through integrated, person-centred models of care. Brings strong programme governance, performance management and delivery expertise, with a focus on achieving measurable benefits and sustainable improvement. Interviews will take place during week commencing 17th August 2026. The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www. gov. uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas Job responsibilities The Role This is a high-profile system leadership role accountable for driving the delivery of major transformation programmes across Urgent and Emergency Care. Working across organisational boundaries, you will lead strategic programmes that support people to receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time, while strengthening integrated models of care and improving outcomes for local communities. Why Join Us? If you are an ambitious, collaborative and delivery-focused leader who thrives on creating meaningful change across complex systems, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for an experienced and credible leader who: Has a successful track record of delivering large-scale transformation and service redesign within complex health and care systems. Brings significant experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries. Has extensive experience leading complex change programmes involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. Can build consensus and influence senior leaders Has the strategic thinking, resilience and leadership skills required to deliver transformational change within a complex and evolving environment. Is passionate about improving outcomes for local people through integrated, person-centred models of care. Brings strong programme governance, performance management and delivery expertise, with a focus on achieving measurable benefits and sustainable improvement. Interviews will take place during week commencing 17th August 2026. The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www. gov. uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas