Job summary
- Main area
- Digital & Data
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 34 months (Fixed term to 31st March 2028. Secondment accepted.)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC134-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Williamstown
- Town
- Williamstown
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Project Manager
Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
This post is offered as a Fixed Term/Secondment opportunity until 31st March 2028 due to funding.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
This role is a highly sought-after opportunity for experienced project managers preferably already working in digital transformation. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of knowledge and skills and be part of an exciting time in the Digital & Data Directorate.
The work is incredibly varied and rewarding and the post holder will work and engage with colleagues and teams from across the organisation such as clinical, technical and administration.
Based in the Digital & Data Directorate, the successful candidate will be an integral member of the newly formed Digital Transformation Team, a friendly and dedicated team of professionals whose whole ethics is based on collaboration, mutual support and passionate about making a difference through the implementation of digital healthcare solutions
Main duties of the job
This post is offered as a Fixed Term/Secondment opportunity until 31st March 2028 due to funding.
Under the guidance of senior Digital Transformation staff, the successful candidate will be expected work collaboratively with operational and clinical colleagues and the wider digital team to support the re-design of services to improve the outcomes of our patients, citizens and families that we serve, as outlined in the Health Board’s strategy CTM 2030.
Candidates will be expected to have significant experience of managing technical and clinical digital transformation projects within a healthcare environment. Skills including; excellent engagement and stakeholder management, leadership and the successful management of projects and directorate resources contributing to project delivery. In particular, the post holder will have specific project management responsibilities at a senior level, often working within tight timescales and competing demands.
As a proactive and positive member of the team, the post holder will play a key role in leading the development and implementation of key transformation projects which will enable and support the vital work of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB).
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Educated to Degree Level plus in-depth specialist knowledge of NHS Digital & Data procedures acquired through both professional qualifications and/or demonstrable equivalent experience.
- Project management, preferably within an NHS environment, including formal PRINCE 2 project management qualifications or an appropriate Post Graduate Diploma or training and experience in project and staff management to its equivalency
Desirable criteria
- MSc
- Excellent Microsoft Skills
Skills & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate confidently with staff at all levels
- Must have excellent presentation and report writing skills
- Skilled in negotiation and influencing techniques including the ability to challenge other’s positions constructively
- Significant experience of applying and adapting Prince2 techniques
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using judgement in projects to differentiate between critical path tasks and non-critical
- Proven ability in sifting through information provided by technical staff, managerial staff and suppliers to extract the important criteria for successful outcomes in managing a project
- Proven ability to engage all stakeholders and include the right tasks in the work breakdown structure of a project plan
Other
Essential criteria
- Self-starter; able to work without direct supervision.
- Energetic, adaptable and enthusiastic
- An appreciation of needs of clinicians in the workplace
- A broad appreciation of the key elements of Data & Digital, its role and influence
- Able to travel to other sites when required in a timely manner
Desirable criteria
- A detailed understanding of the clinical environment, and the associated constraints and opportunities
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Phil Walters
- Job title
- Assistant Programme Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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