Job vacancy: Digital Transformation Project Manager - Cancer Services, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Gateshead

Job summary

Main area: Digital Transformation
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term (Secondment considered))
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 297-7900309

Employer: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Town: Gateshead
Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/04/2026 23:59

Digital Transformation Project Manager - Cancer Services

NHS AfC: Band 7

In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible

IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.

All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

Ensure that the project deliverables are met by the project team and are aligned to the Trusts’ strategic aims.
Create, launch and execute robust project plans articulating milestones, timescales, stakeholders etc (Gantt Charts etc) using a plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle or similar.
Co-ordinate marketing with the communication team when needed.
Plan program activities for the entire year, such as Project Boards, meetings, teleconferences, and web seminars and establishes and actively manages these programme timelines.
Schedule and lead all project team progress meetings, pulling in specialists (Finance, IT, etc) as necessary.
Organise and attend regular multi-disciplinary meetings or Project Boards with managers within designated areas within the Trust.
Apply skills and knowledge to react to unplanned situations, for example is able to act quickly to re-align a project plan as health care environments change daily.
Take an active role in developing policies and procedures and proposing changes as and when required to meet project targets.
Contribute to the development and continual improvement of the processes and systems of work within the Digital Transformation team.
Analyse, map and review current state processes & pathways with multidisciplinary teams.
Analyse, interpret and compare complex facts gaining a full understanding of the project in order to fully support project implementation.
Work with relevant lead to identify benefits from project/improvement activity and that these are reported back through the overall Trust Transformation programme.
Intervene as necessary, in order to remain on plan, escalate in a pro-active manner, problem solve or resolve through effective communication.
Generate project specific reports at agreed time points in the projects lifetime.
Be able to perform complex analyses and interpretations to review clinical and project data, including presenting data in a variety of formats, bar charts, statistical process control charts across a range of performance aspects (quality, cost, delivery etc)
Be able to track data continuously to quickly resolve failures to meet project requirements and act accordingly to inform team members as appropriate.
Regularly interrogate and provide data from the information systems within the Trusts information directorate, including appropriate analysis and creating reports as required.
Ensure that all records and information are maintained in a way that allows up-to-date and timely information to be available.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

Project management Qualification e.g. (PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification, Agile etc)
Educated to, or relevant experience at Master’s level

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience of managing and understanding complex projects in a complex organisation (such as the NHS) including the management of external suppliers
Significant experience of managing project risks
Significant experience of managing business change requirements and ensuring systems are in place to realise project benefits
Experience of staff management

Desirable criteria

NHS experience of delivering Digital projects
NHS experience within a cancer setting

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to build relationships and understanding with frontline staff, in order to properly identify and implement business change requirements as part of the project
Excellent, communication, interpersonal, organisational and presentation skills

Applicants who have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date are to assume that their application has been unsuccessful.

Applications from job seekers who require Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications where the post is eligible. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Candidates who require sponsorship are strongly advised to visit the UK Border Agency website and familiarise themselves with what is required. There is a facility on this site to access the points based calculator and work through an example which should assist candidates in their understanding of the process.