Senior Programme Manager
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- Band
- Band 8
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Hybrid working
- Hours / week
- 36
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a key national role within Screening Oversight and Assurance Scotland (SOAS) to provide expert national coordination for Scotland’s Pregnancy and Newborn Screening Programme. The post holder will lead and coordinate all elements of the programme, shaping and strengthening it to improve outcomes for mothers, babies, and families. It requires strategic thinking, operational insight, and the ability to influence across complex systems within a healthcare or public health setting.
Key responsibilities
- Provide high quality, expert national coordination across Scotland’s Pregnancy and Newborn Screening Programme.
- Deliver oversight, governance, and coordination of national screening programmes.
- Provide expert advice to the Scottish Government on screening programmes.
- Lead the planning and management of national screening programme strategy and service change.
- Play a key role in shaping and strengthening Scotland’s national pregnancy and newborn screening programmes.
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in programme management within a healthcare or public health setting
- Strong skills in quality assurance, clinical governance and service improvement
- Experience working across organisational boundaries and influencing at a national level?
- An ability to build effective relationships and collaborative partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders: from maternity and laboratory services to public health leads and policy leads within Scottish Government
- Strong analytical skills, including data interpretation and reporting
- An ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced and evolving environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 8 at £53,755 – £60,504 a year, across England.
This advert: £65,125 – £70,303 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job reference:
250209
Salary:
Band 8A (£65,125 - £70,303)
Job closing date:
30/09/2026
Job Type:
Senior Managers
Location:
Glasgow / Edinburgh
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
36
Job posted date:
16/09/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
Public Services Delivery Scotland
Department:
Clinical
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Job Advert
Senior Programme Manager
On 1 April 2026, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.
As part of this transformation, NSS and NES have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.
About the Organisation:
PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.
We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.
Screening Oversight and Assurance Scotland (S
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