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Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Project Manager

The closing date is 29 January 2026

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Job summary

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust only.

Permanent role based at PHU or IWT

To project manage the delivery of projects within the Trust Digital Transformation Programme.

Main duties of the job

Owning the planning of the project, developing the project initiation document and agreeing project milestones, timelines and resources.

Lead the facilitation of changes to business processes needed to realise the benefits from new digital technology

Actively managing relationships with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders both within the trust and in other partner organisations.

Leading the recruitment of project resources and managing their contribution to project delivery.

Owning the development of key project documentation including project initiation document, risk and issue logs, financialtrackerand benefits log.

Identifyingand 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 the project are produced on time, within budget and to the expected quality.

Applying trust project management methodology (PRINCE2 and Agile) and sharing expertise to support development of junior colleagues.

Managing the procurement process where necessary, working with external suppliers to hold them accountable for delivery of their scope of work.

Identifying dependencies with other projects within and outside the digital transformation portfolio and working with peer project managers and the programme manager to ensure they are met.

Communicating project plans, progress and issues through regular highlight reporting.

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites.For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.For internal applicants the existing primary location will remain unchanged.The staff mobility local agreement will apply.

Date posted

15 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1960Q

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hosp, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham

Portsmouth

England

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working as part of the digital programme team, the project manager will lead the day-to-day management of all aspects of Digital Transformation project(s). Under the delegated responsibility of the project board, you will take one large scheme or multiple smaller schemes within the Digital Transformation programme through the full project lifecycle from business case, through planning, delivery andultimately projectclosure

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters Degree or equivalent specialist knowledge

Desirable

PRINCE2 or PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner

Experience

Essential

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.

Desirable

Knowledge of benefits planning and management; Knowledge of service improvement tools and techniques; Knowledge of gathering user requirements and of user-centred design principles; Understanding of healthcare information and information systems; Programme Management qualification (e.g. MSP); Understanding of current Information Governance legislation and policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Masters Degree or equivalent specialist knowledge

Desirable

PRINCE2 or PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner

Experience

Essential

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.

Desirable

Knowledge of benefits planning and management; Knowledge of service improvement tools and techniques; Knowledge of gathering user requirements and of user-centred design principles; Understanding of healthcare information and information systems; Programme Management qualification (e.g. MSP); Understanding of current Information Governance legislation and policy.

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.