Job summary
Transforming Healthcare Together: Lead the Change with Us!
Are you ready to make a lasting impact on the future of healthcare? North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a talented and driven Project Manager to lead transformative projects as part of the Hinchingbrooke Hospital Redevelopment Programme. This once-in-a-generation opportunity will shape the delivery of care for generations to come, creating a state-of-the-art, sustainable and digitally advanced hospital.
As a key member of the redevelopment team, you will:
- Lead Innovative Projects: Drive strategic initiatives from concept to completion, aligning with national and local healthcare goals.
- Shape Future Care: Work with multidisciplinary teams to reimagine pathways, introduce cutting-edge digital tools, and develop modern workforce models.
- Collaborate and Influence: Partner with stakeholders across the sector, ensuring seamless integration of new facilities and practices.
We're looking for an experienced leader with a passion for excellence and a track record of delivering complex projects in dynamic environments. If you're ready to build a legacy and drive meaningful change, this is your chance to make a difference.
Main duties of the job
- Lead and deliver projects within the Hinchingbrooke Hospital Redevelopment Programme.
- Define project scopes, develop plans, and manage budgets to achieve strategic objectives.
- Monitor progress, mitigate risks, and ensure compliance with quality and safety standards.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to implement innovative solutions and drive change.
- Facilitate effective communication and stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
- Oversee integration of sustainability and digital advancements into the new healthcare facility.
- Provide leadership and ensure timely delivery of projects aligned with programme goals.
About us
We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.
As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme:
- Flexible working opportunities;
- Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
- Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
- Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
- Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
- On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
- Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
- Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for more details on the vacancy and main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for more details on the vacancy and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level and evidence of masters qualification, or equivalent by virtue of experience
- Evidence of significant continuing professional development
Desirable
- Further specialist training relevant to the role, eg change management or project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in managing major estates / strategic transformational change programmes and projects within the NHS or a comparable large organisation, preferably in a service related environment
- Experience of training and facilitating group development and delivering training, education and development opportunities
- Experience of leading and motivating teams to deliver to a high standard whilst under pressure and when facing changing circumstances
- Experience of providing specialist service change and modernisation advice to a range of professionals and in various environments.
- Experience of managing internal and external stakeholder engagement, including managing relationships and coordinating work between cross-functional teams and third parties
- Experience of influencing staff at all levels to ensure project objectives are owned by all members of the teams including users and stakeholders
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and multiple services
- Proven collaborative relationship engagement skills with both internal and external stakeholders at a senior level, including managing relationships and encouraging collaborative working between cross-functional teams, and with third parties
- Experience supporting teams through a process of change, sensitively managing complex issues and managing where performance has not been met, including where that is unwelcome news
- Experience of developing, monitoring, and managing budgets
- Evidence of successful delivery of financial and/or quality benefits within agreed timescales
- Experience of analysing areas of highly complex and multifaceted activity in relation to current performance to drive opportunities for future improvement
- Experience of report writing
skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate effective analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options, coupled with the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Proven ability to deliver sustainable transformational change rather than just undertaking incremental change
- Able to empathise and build rapport with clinicians, front-line staff, managers and others, to influence, motivate and engage them into adopting new ways of working to improve service delivery
- Demonstrates authoritative and democratic leadership encompassing energy and involvement in planning and managing change.
- Able to receive, process, summarise, interpret and communicate highly complex, sensitive and contentious information where there are barriers to acceptance and resistance to change
- Strength of character to constructively challenge project leads and project managers where areas are not delivering against key milestones and project deadlines
- Effective and adaptable interpersonal and influencing strategies including the ability to persuade others with personal conviction and facts
- Communicate effectively to a range of groups and individuals in both verbal and written form. Excellent facilitation and presentation skills, with ability to manage varying levels of understanding.
- Accurate and advanced IT/keyboard skills including producing high level reports and presentations, with significant VDU use
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Ability to create a clear project plan and prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements
Desirable
- Knowledge and clear understanding of the background to, and aims of current healthcare policy in the NHS, with experience of interpreting and applying national guidance across the local health economy
- Experience in the use of project planning software e.g. MS Project
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level and evidence of masters qualification, or equivalent by virtue of experience
- Evidence of significant continuing professional development
Desirable
- Further specialist training relevant to the role, eg change management or project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in managing major estates / strategic transformational change programmes and projects within the NHS or a comparable large organisation, preferably in a service related environment
- Experience of training and facilitating group development and delivering training, education and development opportunities
- Experience of leading and motivating teams to deliver to a high standard whilst under pressure and when facing changing circumstances
- Experience of providing specialist service change and modernisation advice to a range of professionals and in various environments.
- Experience of managing internal and external stakeholder engagement, including managing relationships and coordinating work between cross-functional teams and third parties
- Experience of influencing staff at all levels to ensure project objectives are owned by all members of the teams including users and stakeholders
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and multiple services
- Proven collaborative relationship engagement skills with both internal and external stakeholders at a senior level, including managing relationships and encouraging collaborative working between cross-functional teams, and with third parties
- Experience supporting teams through a process of change, sensitively managing complex issues and managing where performance has not been met, including where that is unwelcome news
- Experience of developing, monitoring, and managing budgets
- Evidence of successful delivery of financial and/or quality benefits within agreed timescales
- Experience of analysing areas of highly complex and multifaceted activity in relation to current performance to drive opportunities for future improvement
- Experience of report writing
skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate effective analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options, coupled with the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Proven ability to deliver sustainable transformational change rather than just undertaking incremental change
- Able to empathise and build rapport with clinicians, front-line staff, managers and others, to influence, motivate and engage them into adopting new ways of working to improve service delivery
- Demonstrates authoritative and democratic leadership encompassing energy and involvement in planning and managing change.
- Able to receive, process, summarise, interpret and communicate highly complex, sensitive and contentious information where there are barriers to acceptance and resistance to change
- Strength of character to constructively challenge project leads and project managers where areas are not delivering against key milestones and project deadlines
- Effective and adaptable interpersonal and influencing strategies including the ability to persuade others with personal conviction and facts
- Communicate effectively to a range of groups and individuals in both verbal and written form. Excellent facilitation and presentation skills, with ability to manage varying levels of understanding.
- Accurate and advanced IT/keyboard skills including producing high level reports and presentations, with significant VDU use
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Ability to create a clear project plan and prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements
Desirable
- Knowledge and clear understanding of the background to, and aims of current healthcare policy in the NHS, with experience of interpreting and applying national guidance across the local health economy
- Experience in the use of project planning software e.g. MS Project
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
