Job summary
- Main area
- Transformation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-ADM6TRA-01-26
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust with cross cover arrangements at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Transformation Project Manager
NHS AfC: Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Job overview
Transformation Project Manager – Band 6
Permanent Static Post
Full time
Base – Stepping Hill Hospital, minimum 4 days a week with 1 day a week working from home if desired.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Transformation Team supporting acute and community services across Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a dynamic Band 6 Transformation Project Manager who are highly motivated and innovative to join a dynamic team and lead on up to 4 improvement projects at any one time across the Trust.
Successful applicants are required to have experience of projects and change management in a healthcare setting. They will need to be organised, show enthusiasm, demonstrate excellent communication and time management skills to ensure high standards are continuously met.
We have a strong commitment to support all staff members with CPD opportunities. We offer regular supervision and annual appraisal with a regular in-service training and opportunities through personal development plans.
Are you passionate about making improvements to services to provide the best possible patient care through delivering wide scale improvements and changes to services? If yes, you will find the role of our Service Improvement Project Manager fulfilling, challenging and rewarding.
Please note if there is a high volume of applicants, we may close this advert early.
Main duties of the job
The Transformation Project Manager will provide project support to the Stockport Foundation Trust Transformation Team, assisting with the timely, efficient, and effective delivery of projects assigned.
Under the direction of the Senior Transformation Manager, the post-holder will assist with the development and implementation of up to 4 projects and initiatives at any one time, including maintaining appropriate programme documentation, ensuring projects are delivered within time and budget constraints.
The Transformation Project Manager will provide corporate governance assurance, ensuring the effective capturing and tracking of key actions, decisions and risks.
The Transformation Project Manager will also lead on developing and maintaining appropriate documentation/templates in line with information governance requirements etc.
The post holder will act as ambassador for service improvement and promotion of a range of recognised change management models to identify opportunities to support teams to deliver their financial, activity, user experience and clinical and quality outcomes and supporting teams to implement new clinical care pathways which improves health and wellbeing.
The post holder will encourage innovation and maintain a continuous improvement culture amongst staff, leading by example by constantly challenging current practice, whilst identifying opportunities for improvement for the benefit of our patients.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification document.
Person specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work on multiple projects with multiple stakeholders, including senior level stakeholders
- Problem solving and decision-making, consulting and negotiating skills with ability to manage conflict.
- Good verbal and written communication skills including ability to prepare and deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent time management skills, including the ability to manage frequent interruptions and changing priorities
- Ability to prioritise, organise and plan own workload effectively and respond to pressure/change in a positive manner
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex information for use in service improvement decisions.
- Motivational skills to encourage collaborative working to improve services / performance.
- Advanced analytical skills using both statistical information and intelligence to inform decision-making.
- Able to work independently and under pressure, taking ownership and accountability for own projects and workload.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to develop service development plans, care pathways and service specifications.
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Sound knowledge of health service management including change management and service design.
- Project management skills
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable criteria
- Broad knowledge and understanding of the current NHS policy agenda.
- Knowledge of website content management
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of project management in the health, social care or other public sector organisation
- Experience of implementing change through varying approaches
- Experience and evidence of working in partnership to deliver change and service improvement.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Spurr
- Job title
- Senior Transformation Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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