Primary Care Digital Project Manager

Job summary

Were looking for a dynamic and experienced Digital Project Manager to join our Primary Care Team at Leicestershire Health Informatics Service (LHIS). This is an exciting opportunity to lead digital transformation projects across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland, supporting GP practices and system partners to deliver innovative, patient-focused solutions.

You'll be responsible for the end-to-end management of digital projects, ensuring robust change management and high-quality delivery. Working closely with ICB colleagues and GP Practices, youll play a key role in shaping and implementing digital solutions that improve care and efficiency in Primary Care.

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience in digital project management, ideally within a healthcare or Primary Care setting.
• In-depth knowledge of Primary Care systems, particularly SystmOne or EMIS Web.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• A proactive, organised, and solution-focused approach.

• Be part of a forward thinking team driving digital innovation in Primary Care.
• Work in a supportive, collaborative environment with opportunities for professional development.
• Enjoy flexible working arrangements.

Main duties of the job

• To manage one or many primarily IT projects with supporting training and change functions within HIS delivering to the client organisations, co-ordinating the service offered by the specialist teams and external suppliers.
• To ensure that projects are delivered seamlessly within a single programme of work along complete care pathways between healthcare sectors to avoid silo working and retrospective project alignment.
• Coordinate activities with the and Locality Systems Engineers to ensure LHIS delivers identified work packages seamlessly.
• To develop and maintain appropriate project documentation for project boards, which must, at minimum, consist of PIDs, Project Plans, Highlight Reports, Risk Logs, Project Issues, and Project Closure reports.
• To perform the Prince role of Project Manager for the HIS on project boards and ensure ample opportunities for project board members to receive agreed actions and risks before the next project board.
• Ensure that all projects adhere to Prince 2 methodology and maintain good record keeping for post-project audit and review.
• To work with key stakeholders within in-flight projects to maintain good communication and engagement, helping to remove barriers to change or success.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.