Project Manager
The closing date is 08 April 2026
Band 7: £49,387 – £56,515 per annum (effective from01/04/2026)
Hours Per Week: 37.5 full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Base: Block 4000, Lakeside North Harbour, WesternRoad, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN
Working as part of the digital programme team, the projectmanager will lead the day-to-day management of all aspects of DigitalTransformation project(s). Under the delegated responsibility of the projectboard, you will take one large scheme or multiple smaller schemes within theDigital Transformation programme through the full project lifecycle frombusiness case, through planning, delivery and ultimately project closure.
Main duties of the job
Specific Core Functions:
- Owning the planning of the project, developing the projectinitiation document and agreeing project milestones, timelines and resources.
- Lead the facilitation of changes to business processes.
- Actively managing relationships with clinical andnon-clinical stakeholders.
- Leading the recruitment of project resources and managing their contribution to project delivery.
- Owning the development of key project documentationincluding project initiation document, risk and issue logs, financial trackerand benefits log.
- Identifying and mitigating issues and, when necessary,escalating them to the project board for support.
- Monitoring plans and overall progress and use of resources,taking corrective action where necessary to ensure that the deliverables of theproject are produced on time, within budget and to the expected quality.
- Applying trust project management methodology (PRINCE2 andAgile) and sharing expertise to support development of junior colleagues.
- Managing the procurement process where necessary, workingwith external suppliers to hold them accountable for delivery of their scope ofwork.
- Identifying dependencies with other projects within andoutside the digital transformation portfolio and working with peer projectmanagers and the programme manager to ensure they are met.
- Communicating project plans, progress and issues throughregular highlight reporting.
About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust andPortsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellencein care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aimsunderpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations.You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required toundertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff acrossmulti-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in personleadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront ofeverything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantasticbenefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for thoselong summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimmingpool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality andDisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe wecan offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring interms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, genderidentity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteransstatus, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationships:
- Responsible for engagement of clinical and non-clinical stakeholders across the organisation and wider health system, managing their potentially conflicting views and priorities.
- Development of communications plans, reflecting the information needs of all stakeholders.
- Responsible for producing clear, concise highlight reports on plans, progress, risks and issues for the project board and exception reports where project tolerances are breached.
- Rapidly building strong relationships with all parties – staff, contractors, suppliers and other project stakeholders – to actively manage their contributions to project deliverables.
- Able to present clearly and persuasively (both formally and informally) to stakeholders within the trust and wider healthcare system the benefits, plans and progress of projects.
- Manage difficult situations and sensitive matters when liaising with operational staff to identify efficiencies and other matters that may lead to an operational change.
- Able to use enhanced communication skills to communicate highly complex and sometimes continuous information which may or may not require negotiation and persuasive skills.
- Analytical and Judgement:
- Required to monitoring the delivery of all elements of schemes, analysing large amounts of complex information, from multiple sources and often under pressure of time, to identify risks and issues that might derail the project.
- Identify and manage interdependencies and prioritise actions to mitigate these, escalating to the project board for support when required.
- Drawing on expert support where needed, analyse, map and review current state processes and pathways across multidisciplinary teams.
- Work with relevant leads to identify benefits from project activities and ensure that these are documented and actively managed.
- Required to use own judgment and to interpret and analyse highly complex facts and undertake research to compare these to different options available.
Planning and organising:
- Responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day reporting of project(s) ensuring the project remains within agreed tolerances for time, budget and scope and, where this is at risk, developing alternative plans and submitting exceptions reports to the project board for consideration.
- Create, launch and execute robust project plans, articulating milestones, timescales, stakeholders etc., using appropriate project management methodologies that consider differing views of project stakeholders.
- Ensuring all risk and issues are documented and those that need them have mitigation plans in place.
Please refer to the full job description before applying for this role.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree or equivalent specialist knowledge.
- Evidence of further professional development.
- PRINCE2 or PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner.
Experience
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to develop collaborative and effective working relationships with all project stakeholders and team members.
- Demonstrable ability to lead large, complex projects.
- Able to identify and apply project and programme methodologies with consideration to the scale and complexity of individual projects.
- Ability to work on own initiative, leading and motivating other staff to deliver set objectives on time and within target.
Additional criteria
- Evidence of further professional development; Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Understanding of healthcare information and information systems.
- Understanding of current Information Governance legislation and policy.
Skills and Knowledge
- Knowledge of benefits planning and management.
- Knowledge of service improvement tools and techniques.
- Knowledge of gathering user requirements and of user-centred design principles.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Understanding of healthcare information and information systems.
- Understanding of current Information Governance legislation and policy.
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
£47,810 a year(effective from 01/04/2026)
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