Job vacancy: Project Manager, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary

Job summary

Main area: 317 Cell Path Non Medical Staff
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (from date of appointment)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 317-2025-31-011

Employer: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Victoria Infirmary
Town: 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/08/2025 23:59
Interview date: 10/09/2025

Project Manager

Band 7

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for a dynamic Project Manager to support our CPGC in streamlining and improving sample pathways, expansion of the service and the provision of operational data to service users and mandatory data sets for NHS England. Applicants must have excellent communication skills as collaboration with other CPGCs and the GLH is essential to be successful in this role. It is an essential requirement that all candidates have a degree level qualification (or substantial equivalent experience) relevant to this post.

The laboratory is open Monday – Friday between the hours of 7am and 6pm, however a flexible/agile approach to working will be supported in this role.

Responsible for the overall management and successful delivery of Cellular Pathology services and strategy projects within the programme portfolio to the required quality and standard. The Project Manager will be responsible for management of the full project life cycle with a significant focus on change management and service modernisation.
The post requires close working with suppliers, clinicians, health professionals and patient forums to ensure anticipated benefits that IT enabling solutions can bring are fully realised.
Deputise for the Lead Project Manager as and when required.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

Degree level or equivalent level of qualification or experience e.g. IT, Business, Health or have substantial experience in a relevant post
Project management qualification, preferably PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent experience in project management techniques

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Have experience of managing a team, ideally management of project or service support teams
Experience of delivering change management technology
Experience of analysing and forecasting staff and managing budgets in previous roles
Experience of inter-agency working involving multiple and diverse partners
Competent with the Microsoft Office Suite
Experience of managing multiple complex projects including supporting executive level project boards

Desirable criteria

Experience of managing projects in other organisations of similar size and complexity within or outside of the NHS
Have a good understanding of Trust policies and procedures

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to reconcile conflicting priorities, with the ability to negotiate and persuade as required to reach the best possible outcome for all stakeholders
Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines , balancing competing demands and prioritising effectively to progress multiple tasks
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills

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. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.