Project and Programme Management NHS Recruitment Specialist
Providing Permanent, Contract, Interim and Temporary Project Professionals to the NHS
Arras People has a breadth of experience working across many functions within the NHS and the Department of Health where we have supplied programme and project management practitioners. Roles satisfied include those where specialist domain knowledge is required such as the Dementia Strategy Implementation Programme Manager, through traditional back office IT Project Managers and support roles such as Project Administrators.
Personnel provided have included Interims, Contractors, Temps and Permanent hires.
Arras People was awarded supplier status in 2009 to provide programme and project management recruitment solutions for the NHS and the DH through the Commercial Resources Framework.
The agreement offers fixed price Agency Fees for contract / interim project management professionals supplied on a day rate and Payroll Services should you be looking to engage a contractor whom you have already identified; it also includes provision for Conversion to Permanent should that requirement occur.

Project Mgmt in the NHS
Responsible for the planning, delivery and implementation of a new policy, service or site. Good Project Management practices contribute to the successful delivery of change across the NHS.
There is huge demand for Project Management Professionals in the health care sector, within the NHS alone Project and Programme management has been prominent - National Programme for IT (NPfIT), major capital investments and PFI/PPP programmes, performance ratings, clinical guidelines and audit, Foundation Trust status', change programmes, research and patient/carer.
Project management roles have ranged from needing specific specialist healthcare knowledge through to strong best practice Project and Programme management professionals - such as experience implementing Centres of Excellence Programme Management Office providing procedures such as the Gateway Review Process to enable higher visibility, tighter control and better planning.
If you need to complete an NHS project on time, in budget and to technical specifications Arras are here to help. Whether you need a Project Manager with experience of successful implementation through the project lifecycle and application of PRINCE2 (or equivalent methodology) or a Senior Project Manager to implement strategic plans to deliver quality healthcare to a PCT, Arras People can work with you on your NHS staffing solutions.
Benefits Management

OGC Buying Solutions
"Only the most proficient suppliers qualify for inclusion on our frameworks. They have been rigorously assessed by us on price, quality and compliance and can be trusted to deliver value for money"
Arras People provide programme and project management recruitment services to the NHS as an OGC Buying Solutions Supplier
Commercial Resources Framework
The Commercial Resources framework agreement has been transferred from NHS PASA to Buying Solutions and provides an ideal mechanism for organisations throughout the public sector to identify and recruit project management skilled individuals who can be hired on a temporary, interim or contract basis.
They provide skilled programme and project management individuals who have clearly defined objectives and deliverables, specific project skills and competencies and transfer their knowledge to the hiring organisation’s own workforce during the period of the contract.
Quality project management candidates can be available at short notice and NHS organisations can have the confidence that Arras have carried out all the necessary pre-placement checks and assessments.
The Commercial Resources framework agreement can be accessed by either direct call off award or by undertaking further competition.
- For more information, see the Commercial Resources Framework Factsheet (PDF)
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NHS Organisations
Arras People have been placing Project Professional in the NHS and other private healthcare organisations since 2002. We work with all NHS organisations including;
Primary Care Trusts(PCT), Acute NHS Trusts, NHS Ambulance Trusts, NHS Mental Health Services(MH), Strategic Health Authorities(SHA) and The Department Of Health (DH).
A selection of the NHS organisations that use Arras People on a regular basis include;
- Barts and The London NHS Trust
- Barking & Dagenham PCT
- Barking, Havering & Redbridge PCT
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation
- NHS Blood and Transplant
- Camden and Islington NHS
- Croydon PCT
- East Lancs PCT
- Eastern & Coastal Kent PCT
- Guildford & Waverley PCT
- Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
- Health Protection Agency
- Healthcare Commission (Care Quality Commission)
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Lancashire Care NHS Trust
- Lancashire NHS Teaching Hospital
- London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Maidstone & Tunbridgewells PCT
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- NHS London
- NICE
- North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Tameside and Glossop PCT
- Tameside Acute Trust
- St Georges NHS
- Southend NHS
- Sussex PCT
- Department of Health (DH)
- Office of Government Commerce



