Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Project Manager
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-CO05833
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 28/04/2026
Employer heading
Estates - Senior Capital Project Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8b
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
Reporting to the Head of Capital Estates, you will lead the delivery and coordination of a portfolio of complex capital and estates programmes. The role will ensure programmes are well planned, effectively governed and delivered to time, cost and quality, aligned to Trust priorities and wider system requirements.
This will include programmes such as:
- major capital developments and refurbishment schemes
- estates backlog maintenance and compliance programmes
- service reconfiguration and decant projects linked to clinical and operational change
- estates efficiency, sustainability and infrastructure improvement initiatives
You will be responsible for end‑to‑end programme planning, delivery and performance oversight. Working within agreed and established governance frameworks, you will work closely with clinical, operational, finance and corporate colleagues to manage interdependencies, resolve issues and maintain momentum across multiple workstreams.
You will lead programmes and project staff within a matrix environment, ensuring resources are coordinated effectively, priorities are clear, and delivery remains focused on agreed outcomes.
This is a senior role requiring sound judgement and the confidence to work at pace in a complex environment, balancing competing priorities while maintaining assurance and control.
Interview date: 28th April 2026
Main duties of the job
To understand the main duties of this role, please could you refer to attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.
AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a detailed job description and for main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/Higher National Diploma, in Building Studies, M&E or similar related discipline.
Desirable criteria
- Corporate member of an Institute --- RIBA, RICS, IEE, IIE, CIOB, CIBSE etc. Management NVQ4/5 AP in services or willingness to become an AP Prince 2
Experience
Essential criteria
- post qualification experience, or equivalent pre-qualification experience.
Desirable criteria
- Working with NHS capital procurement. Experience working in an Acute hospital environment
- Undertaking design work in a hospital environment
Technical
Essential criteria
- AutoCAD proficient.
- Design skills in given discipline
Desirable criteria
- Building design software packages
- Microsoft project specifically
- Health and safety standards in relation to Building and Construction
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Building Contracts. NEC
- Knowledge and practical experience to complete building projects of varying values.
- Good Knowledge of Healthcare guidance, HTMs, HBNs and others industry specific guidance
Leadership
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an individual or as a team member. Adaptable and imaginative
Desirable criteria
- Lead on the issues that may affect a clinical environment and ensure that all relevant services are aware. Lead at meetings i.e. Design Teams and User Groups and chair where necessary
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Richard Callaghan
- Job title
- Head of Capital Estates
- Email address
- [email protected]
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