Project Manager
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to join our successful Project Delivery team within the Digital and Technology Services [DATS] Directorate.
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager who will be depended upon to deliver the overall management and optimal delivery of multiple digital projects. They will be responsible for the full project life cycle with a significant focus on change management and service modernisation.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and driven to see projects through to completion with a desire to deliver high standards. A solid understanding of managing technology projects in a large organisation is essential to fulfil the role.
In this role, you will be joining a successful delivery team, working on a variety of challenging and innovative projects that focus on improving patient care and delivering efficiencies throughout the Trust. The role will report to a Senior Project Manager and will work closely with a range of stakeholders.
The Project Manager role is key to the success of the DATS delivery programme and is accountable for the coordination, implementation and control of assigned projects. The role will matrix-manage their project teams to ensure projects are delivered to the agreed quality expectations, on time and within budget.
We are looking for a well-organised, highly innovative candidate with excellent communication skills and a desire to deliver fast-paced change.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the planning and implementation of assigned projects.
- Raise clear and well-defined work packages for delivery teams.
- Identify project risks / issues and determine mitigation or contingency plans.
- Identify and manage project benefits.
- Ensure project completion, acceptance and handover criteria have been met.
- Capture and share lessons learned from project delivery.
- Effectively manage allocated budgets, affiliated procurement exercises, and third-party suppliers.
- Communicate project progress to senior stakeholders across the Trust.
- Ensure that change management and communication of change is effectively delivered.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
The chosen candidate must demonstrate experience in;
- Effective management of projects within time, cost and quality parameters
- Managing projects with an end-to-end view of project priorities and direction
- Developing a pipeline of work, managing project priorities, financial tracking and reporting
- Effective communication with the ability to interact well with colleagues, business groups and external vendors
- Active leadership in areas of quality control, working practices, continuous improvement and coordinating project inter-dependencies
- Managing procurement and contract negotiations
- Direct and effective management of projects as required within time, cost and quality parameters.
- Contribute towards the delivery of the IT Services Programme/Project portfolio and co-ordinate project inter-dependencies.
- To make a significant contribution to the aspects of the IT Services strategy, which enables the Trust to meet its business goals and to achieve statutory and business reporting requirements.
- To ensure the timely and accurate production of programme status reports for senior management.
- Development and delivery of a comprehensive portfolio of work comprising of programmes, projects, technical requests and feasibility studies.
- Client interaction, including developing a pipeline of work from the client, managing programmes/project priorities with the client, financial tracking and reporting, and project tracking and reporting
- Cross-activity relationship management.
- The position will involve a considerable amount of interaction with colleagues, business groups, IT and external vendors.
- To make a considerable contribution to the ongoing development of the Trusts IT Change Framework (structure, processes and controls).
- Promoting the value of the Change Framework within the change community, and driving improvements based on experience gathered from business partners.
- Maturing those disciplines across the organisation ensuring deliverance of aprofessional, high quality service.
- Contributing and developing the Trust Wide Programme Management Operating Plan, maintaining alignment to NHS direction and policy.
- Managing effective interfaces in order to maintain an end-to-end view of programme priorities and direction.
- Feeds into and updates a register of portfolio risks and issues, including mitigation plans. Ensuring that these are escalated and acted upon effectively.
- Experience of managing stakeholders and debate, up to Director level.
Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
- Interview Date Tuesday 22 September 2026
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
- Be educated to degree level or equivalent level of qualification or experience e.g. IT, Business, Health or have substantial experience in a relevant post
SKILLS
- Have experience of managing a team, ideally management of project or service support teams
- Have experience of delivering change management technology
- Have experience of analysing and forecasting staff and budgets
- Have experience of inter-agency working involving multiple and diverse partners
- Have experience of supporting executive level Project Boards
- Be competent with the Microsoft Office Suite
EXPERIENCE
- Have experience of managing multiple complex projects
- Have a good understanding of Trust policies and procedures
- Experience of managing projects in other organisations of similar size and complexity within or outside of the NHS
QUALIFICATIONS
- Hold a current recognised project management qualification, preferably PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent experience in project management techniques
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Regent Point
317 Regent Point
NE3 3HD
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us