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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Contact
- Address
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Queen Victoria Road
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne and Wear
- NE1 4LP
- Contact Number
- 0191 282 0999 option 2
Arts Curator (Sir Bobby Robson Institute)
Accepting applications until: 26-Jul-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 26-Jul-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Trustwide
- Tref
- 317 Trustwide
- Cod post
- NE1 4LP
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months (from date of appointment)
- Oriau
- Part time - 15 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 6 Equivalent)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- 317 Charitable Funds 620226
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 11/08/2026
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
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FREELANCE ARTS CURATOR - BAND 6 EQUIVALENT
The Arts Curator (Sir Bobby Robson Institute) role is an exciting freelance opportunity to develop a public arts programme for The Sir Bobby Robson Institute (SBRI), a new purpose-built facility for the Freeman Hospital site. The design, finish and feel of the building is to be further enhanced through a series of commissioned and integrated artworks.
This role contributes to applying creativity to enhance the hospital experience and deepen engagement with our local communities.
You will be a motivated self-starter with a passion for creative community engagement, commissioning artworks, and for health and wellbeing. You will support the Head of Arts Programmes, in delivery of the SBRI Arts Plan.
The programme will commission artwork through participatory community and stakeholder creative opportunities, including Newcastle Hospitals staff, patients and families, to enhance the SBRI site; promote health and wellbeing and engage with the wider community.
- Interview Date Tuesday 11 August 2026
- 15 Hours/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
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- Passionate and knowledgeable about the arts and the role of creativity, you will lead delivery of SBRI Arts Plan for Newcastle Hospitals Charity, working in partnership with a range of diverse organisations and community groups.
- You will have experience of managing arts projects and have awareness of best practice of working with artists. You will have excellent organisational management skills and be able to communicate clearly with multiple stakeholders, such as Trust staff, patients, artists, cultural and community partners.
- You will be enthusiastic about the Newcastle Hospital Charity Arts Programme, arts & health, and keen to be a strong advocate for the SBRI Arts Plan across the Trust. You will have specialist knowledge of arts commissioning and will stay informed of current arts practice.
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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- Manage, deliver and evaluate a significant programme of integrated arts projects for SBRI within the arts team for Newcastle Hospitals Charity, including but not limited to large-scale murals through engagement on Trust sites
- Manage, deliver and support any creative freelancers engaged in delivery within the SBRI Public Arts Plan
- With the Head of Arts Programmes, manage SBRI Artist recruitment & appointment, includes drafting and seeking approval of artists’ briefs
- Plan and deliver the artist induction
- Work with Head of Arts Programme, artists and stakeholders to develop consultation / engagement plans for each commission as appropriate
- Manage and embed a full creative workshop engagement programme within the SBRI Public Arts Plan, to ensure wide community representation, and encourage support and visibility for future recruitment to clinical trials
- Ensure visibility of the heritage and achievements of SBRU, linking to potential donated and/or loaned collection items
- Implement and monitor policies, processes and guidance of the SBRI Public Arts
- Oversee the design development and approval process in line with National Arts in Hospitals Guidelines
- Implement and monitor policies, processes and guidance for SBRI arts commissioning programmes to ensure compliance with the standards set out by the Fundraising Regulator, the Charity Commission and the Trust
- Lead on the SBRI Public Arts Plan to identify and develop opportunities to support Charity fundraising
- Represent Newcastle Hospitals Charity and the Trust in internal and public facing forums.
- Working closely with colleagues within the NHS to raise the profile of SBRI campaign through the Public Arts Plan
- Actively contribute, where necessary, to key committees such as the SBRI Design Group, SBRI Project Board, the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation Committee
- Provision of progress reports/presentations and supplementary information to the Charity Committee; the Charity Director, Head of Arts Programmes and key SBRI stakeholders, as required
- With the Head of Arts Programme agree project budgets, artists fees and payment structure
- Work closely with the Charity Finance team and appropriate Trust teams to ensure accurate record and reporting in relation to SBRI Public Arts Plan activities
- Working closely with the Charity Communications team in helping to publicise and raise awareness of the SBRI Public Arts Plan
- Working with the Charity Events and Volunteer Manager to develop suitable events to accompany delivery of the SBRI Public Arts Plan
- Ensure site preparation suitable for installation for SBRI Public Arts Plan liaison with trust Estates, Fire, H&S, and IPC teams
- Coordinate installation method statements, maintenance and cleaning schedules for SBRI Public Arts Plan
- Work with Head of Arts Programmes to ensure all content is appropriate for display within SBRI
- Work with Head of Arts Programmes to ensure that artworks are checked, approved and signed off once installed
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Degree or equivalent professional experience in a similar role
Meini prawf dymunol
- Professional qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Significant post graduate experience of managing/organising/promoting visual arts commissioning programmes
- Expert knowledge of management and delivery of visual arts commissioning programmes
Meini prawf dymunol
- Previous experience of working in a healthcare and/or charity setting
- Experience in arts & health (creative health) and/or public arts programmes
Skills & Abilities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Diplomacy, negotiating skills/abilities, well-developed social skills
- Excellent IT experience, particularly of Microsoft packages
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to communicate and effectively manage contact with a wide range of stakeholders
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Holly Richardson
- Teitl y swydd
- Arts Programme Assistant
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07591433894
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