Senior Project Manager

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Senior Project Manager to join our newly established Digital Patient Pathway Management team. This innovative team is dedicated to supporting, enabling, and optimising digital patient pathway management across the Trust.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will play a key role in leading high-impact digital projects that streamline patient journeys, improve operational efficiencies, and enhance the overall patient experience. This is a strategic leadership role, providing you with the opportunity to work across the NHS Trust and make a lasting difference.

Main duties of the job

• Lead on the development, management and delivery of complex digital transformation projects within the patient pathway management initiative, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget.
• With the Head of Digital Patient Pathway Management team and Digital Change Manager, shape the strategic direction of digital patient pathways, working closely with senior clinical, operational, and IT leaders to align project goals with broader Trust priorities.
• Work collaboratively across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative towards optimisation of patient pathways
• Build and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including clinicians, patients, IT teams, and external digital health partners, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
• Lead on the design and implementation of digital tools and technologies to optimise patient flow and care pathways, reducing waiting times and improving patient outcomes.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with projects, ensuring that issues are promptly addressed to maintain project momentum.
• Provide regular updates to the board and key stakeholders, delivering insights on project progress, milestones, and impact.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level/equivalent
• Post graduate management qualification or equivalent (i.e. professional courses or robust management experience)
• Project/Programme/Change Management qualification, or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Visio or Project Management solutions

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience of working within NHS organisations or equivalent
• Significant experience managing and leading teams in digital transformation
• Experience of managing complex transformation and change with a focus on implementing successful digital solutions within a healthcare provider environment
• Experience of presenting and facilitating at stakeholder groups

Desirable criteria

• Experience of using Cerner and familiar with NHSE Improving Care Coordination Programme
• Experience of supplier management and influencing their marketplace offerings and input into design requirements on behalf of operational requirements
• Previous experience of being part of a GDE programme / team and transformational involvement in GDE projects or equivalent NHS England / Digital programmes

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Detailed knowledge of change and transformation management as a subject matter expert within a complex programme and project environment
• Knowledge of NHS patient pathways
• Coaching and mentoring, developing understanding of change and benefits management skills within own team and applying knowledge across extended teams
• Plan and organise team workload, (change activities,work schedules, planning, prioritisation etc.) Proficient use of MS Office applications

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of clinical reference terminology e.g. ICD10, SNOMED
• Knowledge of NHS Information Standards and data sets
• Awareness of and commitment to delivering excellent Customer service

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 842.1KB)
• Function Requirement Form (PDF, 368.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)