Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Services - Project Management - Transforming Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed Term Contract)
- Hours
- Full time
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 327-25-773
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Edward Jenner Court
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Project Manager - Transforming Care Digitally
Band 7
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
1x fixed term contract for up to 18 months
*Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*
Management of the delivery of Transforming Care Digitally projects working with clinical, operational, clinical system and digital teams to improve care pathways across Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The Project Manager will convene and manage project teams and provide project management support to the operational and business leads within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust to enable the delivery of the Trust’s Transforming Care Digitally Programme.
To deliver Digital system and service optimisations to support service improvements in line with local strategies and government initiatives which will require a high level of planning, negotiating, analytical and communication skills.
The post holder will support performance improvements across the organisation as required.
Main duties of the job
To formulate, develop and adjust project plans and strategies to be delivered via FBC and PID.
To plan and organise a broad range of complex activities using best practice project management tools and techniques.
To provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information; agreement or co-operation required; present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to groups
To plan and implement new ways of working, facilitate collaborative working, capacity planning
To work collaboratively with operational service staff to ensure their involvement in the development of services.
To monitor all aspects of project and business development and ensure that appropriate risk assessments are undertaken and acted upon.
To ensure that workforce development issues are considered and managed within the business and project development
To ensure that Business As Usual (BAU) Transition, Information Governance and Cyber documentation and agreements are in place prior to go live.
To effectively and efficiently manage budgets in accordance with standing financial instructions.
To analyse facts or situations and develop options and mitigations for consideration.
To be responsible for ensuring the identification, delivery and monitoring including transition to BAU of project Benefits.
To deliver standard Project Management products such as, but not limited to, highlight reports and exception reports.
Working for our organisation
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Work with members of the Transforming Care Digitally Programme Team, Transformation Team and wider Digital Services directorate functions to investigate the causes of any variance from project plans and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
Management of a project register risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.
Deliver monthly reports (or more frequently if required) that are necessary for project governance and TCD Programme monitoring, in a format consistent with the project methodology and reflective of the needs, size, pace of development, and political sensitivities of each project.
Lead and present to large groups related to projects, negotiate with groups and support services involved in delivering the project.
Link work to other change initiatives, monitor and rectify performance related to delivery and targets
Ensure thorough and recorded planning, monitor expenditure and budgets, and where agreed act as signatory, maintain project records and systems, deliver post project evaluations
Write and present reports up-to-and-including Board level - all as agreed with TCD Programme Sponsor or Director, and in accordance with project methodology.
Ensure that a business approach to the delivery of projects is managed within the corporate and service units.
Work with the TCD Programme Team to arbitrate and resolve competing requests in regard to prioritising project development.
To ensure that all relevant Impact Assessments are completed e.g., Quality and Equality, Health & Safety, Information Governance, Cyber, and financial health, in regard to the Trust’s business development for agreed projects.
To have responsibility for and take the lead for nominated tasks, e.g., projects and developments.
Lead specialist on allocated TCD projects including interpretation and incorporation of a range of national and local policies relevant to specific projects
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
- A background in a multi project environment and experience of a wide range of projects, delivered in line with project management methodology.
- A recognized project management qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional and managerial development at post graduate level.
Desirable criteria
- Professional qualification in management.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of hands-on project management, service development, transformation and change management, and/or business planning.
- Evidence of successfully leading and implementing Digital change and innovation projects
- Evidence of effective management.
- A high level of experience of all standard MS Office applications (including O365 and Teams
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using project management software
- Experience in delivering Digital change to large and complex digital systems ideally Electronic Patient Record / Clinical Systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Francis Perrin
- Job title
- Senior Project Manager - TCD
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 421 8100
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