Job vacancy: Project Manager – Operational Delivery Network (ODN), Barts Health NHS Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Trustwide Cancer
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 10 months (End date 31/03/2026)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 259-7218499GSS

Employer: Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal London Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/05/2025 23:59

Project Manager – Operational Delivery Network (ODN)

Band 7

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Relationships

Relevant programme team, including the Group Director and Manager(s), and colleagues from the BH Group, other clinical academic partnerships, and cross-cutting programmes.

Clinicians and staff within the designated teams from across the network, and as relevant other stakeholders from across primary and community care and public health.

Currently the ODN cover three of the four hospital sites, all operating individual waiting lists and different models of care. The programme will standardise delivery and provide equal access to care for all patients, prioritising the need for high-quality, safe and efficient care delivery.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

For informal discussions please contact: Mark Warren [email protected]

**Although this position is a 10 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 10 months.

Please note: When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS.

Person specification

Knowledge, training and experience

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
Evidence of continued professional development
Experience of managing risks and reporting
Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence
Understanding of the public sector
Experience in a healthcare environment

Desirable criteria

Post-graduate degree or equivalent
Knowledge & experience of using the Somerset Cancer Registry

Communication Skills

Essential criteria

Able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information
Able to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required

Experience

Essential criteria

Ability to analyse complex issues
Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of financial systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement

Planning Skills

Essential criteria

Evidence of planning and delivering programmes, projects and services on time and to budget, adjusting resources accordingly

Autonomy

Essential criteria

Capable of managing own workload and making informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales √

Equality and diversity

Essential criteria

Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity. Being aware of how individual actions contribute to, and make a difference to, the equality agenda

Other

Essential criteria

Effective organizer, influencer and networker
Professional calm and efficient manner

Desirable criteria

Experience of managing a team

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.