Job overview

Are you an experienced project manager with a passion for delivering digital change that improves care? Join Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and play a key role in delivering digital transformation that makes a difference to people who use our services and the teams supporting them.

Reporting to the Head of Digital PMO, you will lead complex digital programmes and projects from initial planning through to implementation, benefits realisation and handover to business as usual. This includes our SystmOne electronic patient record optimisation programme, working closely with clinical, operational and digital colleagues across organisational boundaries.

You will bring strong project management, stakeholder engagement and leadership skills, with experience of managing budgets, risks, dependencies and governance. Crucially, you will ensure digital investment translates into measurable clinical, operational, workforce and financial benefits.

We are looking for a proactive, collaborative and adaptable individual who can build effective relationships, navigate competing priorities and maintain a clear focus on delivery. The role requires travel across the Trust, including on-site attendance at least once a month and for workshops as required.

Main duties of the job

Suitable for someone who is enthusiastic, self-motivated and proactive to improve the care we deliver to people who use our services. Suitable for someone who has experience of managing digital projects in a complex organisation, working across organisational boundaries to ensure patient (customer), staff, quality, financial and efficiency benefits are
defined and delivered. Suitable for someone who is effective in leading and working with project teams working across organisational and professional boundaries with a proven track record of delivering objectives on time and within budget. Suitable for someone with
adaptability/ flexibility to work in a changing environment. Someone who can be a good team player and lead who is able to interact effectively to build and sustain effective relationships with clinicians and a multi-professional workforce.

Suitable for someone who has the technical credibility to work effectively with network, server, cyber security and endpoint specialists, and who can translate technical delivery into clear messages for senior managers and clinicians. 

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.

We look forward to receiving your application!