Job summary
- Main area
- Digital
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 325-7391062-CORP
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Headquarters
- Town
- Leatherhead
- Salary
- £66,653 - £77,094 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Head of Digital PMO
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Where does my role fit in Digital and SABP?
The Trust’s strategic focus is on creating a digital environment that simplifies processes, enhances collaboration, and ensures that staff can focus on delivering high-quality care without being burdened by unnecessary administrative tasks or inefficient systems.
Our Electronic Health Record (EHR) support services within the Digital division are aligned to establish a more integrated team to improve collaboration and communication between the EHR facing teams and as a result improving the quality of support provided to our frontline
staff.
A Digital Project Management Office (PMO) has been introduced to better manage the numerous, complex projects that are ongoing within the division and support the effective delivery of digital projects and programmes and digital workstreams in Trust projects and programmes.
Main duties of the job
Establish and manage the Digital Project Management Office (PMO) to act as a focal point for all Digital projects and digital workstreams within trust projects and programmes.
Co-ordinate and monitor a wide range of projects to ensure effective delivery on time and to budget. Lead the adoption of a recognised project methodology and practice across the directorate to ensure a consistent approach to delivering project objectives.
Ensure the critical interdependencies between Digital projects and digital workstreams within trustwide transformation programmes and projects are managed effectively. Lead on the performance monitoring and reporting of the various projects against key performance indicators including budgets.
Ensure executives and senior management receive robust, timely, and interpretable project management information to appraise them of project progress and inform their decision-making.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
"Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job."
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Degree level, preferably in a business related subject, or comprehensive business experience.
- Project Management Qualification i.e. Prince2 or Managing Successful Programmes (MSP).
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge and delivery of programme and project management within the NHS or similar.
- Extensive understanding of project management tools and techniques.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of capital and revenue funding streams in relation to digital projects.
- Experience of performance management, monitoring and reporting.
- Substantial experience of leading and managing a project or programme management office within the NHS or similar public sector organisation
- Substantial experience of effectively managing projects/initiatives and delivering service change to time and budget
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Shearn
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Digital
- Email address
- [email protected]
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