Arts Programme Manager
CUH Arts, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Closing date: Sun, 06 Sep 2026
- Part time
- £40k-£50k
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Job Description
CUH Arts is the Trust's creative health programme, dedicated to shaping care through creativity. We strive to inspire creativity, promote wellbeing and humanise healthcare by providing excellent creative and cultural opportunities for patients, staff, visitors and wider community. Our diverse, person-centred, multi-disciplinary programme of live, participatory and visual arts is delivered by a specialist team of arts professionals and embedded within hospital life through close collaboration with staff.
This is a 12-month fixed term/secondment position, whilst the Head of Arts is on maternity leave. You will work with the interim Head of Arts to manage the programming, implementation and evaluation of a diverse range of creative health activity across the current hospital site.
Job Requirements
Please see the applicant information pack on the CUH Careers website:
https://careers.cuh.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/#!/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/Cambridge_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Division_Corporate_Arts/Division_Corporate_Arts-v8219284?_ts=404
Job Responsibilities
This role will work closely with the Head of Arts (HoA) to realise CUH Arts' ambitious strategic plan, which aims to improve the experience of patient care, support the workforce, and transform healthcare environments through two main strands of regular activity:
Arts engagement (live performance, participation, consultation)
Art and environment (commissions, collection, exhibitions)
This is a highly specialist role, bringing significant skills and expertise in creative health, arts programming, resource and finance management, co-production and socially-engaged arts practice.
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Arts Programme Manager
- Salary: £40k-£50k (pro-rata)
- Hours: Part time
- Role: Curation
- Contract: Contract
- Closing date: Sun, 06 Sep 2026
- Contact name: Rosie O'Donovan
- Contact email: [email protected]
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Location:
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Job: Arts Programme Manager
Job: Arts Programme Manager
Organisation: CUH Arts, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Postcode: CB2 0QQ
Contact Details
- Contact name: Rosie O'Donovan
- Contact email: [email protected]
About CUH Arts, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
CUH Arts is Cambridge University Hospitals’ arts-in-health programme, dedicated to shaping care through creativity. We strive to promote wellbeing, distract from illness and improve the hospital experience by providing excellent creative and cultural opportunities for patients, staff, and wider public.
Embedded within one of the world’s leading hospital trusts our diverse, person-centred, multi-disciplinary programme is led by an expert team of arts professionals, artists and cultural partners.