Senior Project Manager (Digital) - Band 7

Job overview

The successful candidate will be responsible and accountable for the successful delivery of IM&T projects, enabling the Trust to continue its successful Digital Transformation and Journey Towards Outstanding.

You will have a background delivering IM&T projects within healthcare and will be able to bridge the gap between I.T. infrastructure and clinical applications, having a good, high level technical understanding of both areas.  You will be a meticulous planner, a forthright and clear communicator and an extremely proactive individual.

NHS environments are challenging, colleagues have many different interests competing for their time, so in order for the Trust to deliver its strategic aims you will have to actively push and promote the IM&T agenda.  You will anticipate risks and discern issues, own problems and identify viable solutions as part of your project management activities.  You will provide leadership to the project teams you assemble and you will motivate the colleagues that comprise them to deliver their best.  You will ensure that the projects you manage deliver products that the end users are happy to receive and that fulfil their expectations and the needs of the patient.  You will be passionate about the NHS, committed to excellence and you will believe that I.T. can deliver amazing, positive benefits to patient care, now and in the future.

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•    Lead Project Teams towards successful completion of IM&T projects.

•    Work with senior stakeholders to define Project Briefs and create scopes of work.

•    Devise and maintain thorough detailed and relevant project plans, ensuring that projects adhere to these plans.

•    Responsible for building and matrix managing a team of project staff where applicable, these may be resourced from within the I.T. Department, other departments or external agencies. Duties may include training, development and supervision during the project life cycle.

•    Maintain a view and an understanding of the wider IM&T programme, the interdependencies between projects and their impact on the realisation of strategic goals.

•    To identify issues and work with Project Teams to devise imaginative solutions so that projects are delivered within tolerance while delivering the forecast benefits.

•    To be an exemplar and leader within the IM&T Project Team, to demonstrate what excellent project management looks like and provide support and guidance to other members of the team.

•    To manage suppliers, gain best value for the Trust & ensure that the Trust’s requirements are treated as a priority.

Working for our organisation

Gloucestershire Hospitals is one of the largest hospital trusts in England serving a diverse population of almost 620,000 people. We provide acute hospital services from two large district general hospitals, Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Maternity Services are also provided at Stroud Maternity Hospital.

Our people are at the heart of what we do. Our workforce is over 9,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care across a range of clinical areas. We also have exceptional teams of professional services staff underpinning our vision every step of the way.