Job vacancy: Senior Project Lead, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley, Camberley

Job summary

Main area: Project Management
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Fixed term: 2 years (2 Posts)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (4 days per week)
Job ref: 151-AS-07

Employer: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Frimley Park Hospital
Town: Frimley, Camberley
Salary: £66,653 - £79,638 Pa inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/04/2026 23:59

Senior Project Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will work closely with the BSPS leadership team and will at times support junior PMO staff, supporting consistent delivery across multiple partner Trusts. This is an opportunity to shape the future of pathology services across a major network — and to leave a lasting, positive legacy for staff, clinicians and patients.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Qualification in service improvement tools and techniques, Lean,Six Sigma

Desirable criteria

Qualification in business process reengineering/redesign.

Experience

Essential criteria

Programme and project management experience and delivery in an acute NHS setting of significant transformation or improvement
Experience of managing risk and reporting by exception.
Budgetary management and financial analysis to model projected benefits.

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

Business case development for significant transformation programmes.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.