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East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Digital Senior Project Manager

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Job summary

The Imaging Network Board is a collaborative partnership across the three ICSs of Surrey, Sussex & Frimley, ensuring alignment in service delivery across all health and care organisations in the region:

  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT)
  • University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSx)
  • Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (QVH)
  • Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT)
  • Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH)
  • Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust (RSFT)
  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH)
  • Surrey Heartlands ICB
  • Sussex Healthcare ICB
  • Frimley Health and Care ICB

Main duties of the job

The Senior Project Manager will lead the delivery of the Imaging Network's RIS Reprocurement Project across multiple NHS Trusts and other Radiology projects as required. This includes overseeing procurement, implementation, and transition to a new Radiology Information System (RIS), ensuring alignment with the Network's strategic objectives and digital roadmap.The post holder will be responsible for the end-to-end project lifecycle, including development of outline business case, fullbusiness case, delivery of projects, risk management, project plans, reporting, procurement (ITT), supplier engagement, contract award, mobilisation, and implementation across all participating organisations.The role requires senior-level leadership, stakeholder management, and project governance, ensuring delivery to time, cost, quality, and benefits realisation.

  • To lead the strategic planning, coordination, and delivery of the RIS Reprocurement project across the Imaging Network
  • To provide expert project / programme management advice to the Digital Diagnostics Programme Director, Managing Director, Network Board, and partner Trusts
  • To ensure the project delivers measurable improvements in diagnostic services, interoperability, and patient outcomes
  • To establish robust governance, risk management, and reporting frameworks across the project
  • Significant BC building and finance modelling working with finance colleague.
  • Project Scope: Multi-million-pound, multi-organisational RIS reprocurement and implementation project across 6+ Trusts
  • Act as a senior project manager to lead other Radiology or strategic projects.

About us

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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Details

Date posted

14 May 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,582 to £77,368 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

374-LC6726

Job locations

Sussex

Eastbourne

BN21 2UD

United Kingdom


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience
  • Prince 2 practitioner or PMP or Agile PM or equivalent experience and knowledge is required

Desirable

  • MSP practitioner

Experience

Essential

  • NHS procurement processes, experience of business case development, financial modelling, benefits realisation, change management, stakeholder engagement and governance. and financial modelling.
  • An understanding and knowledge of the workings of the NHS, the challenges it faces and of the reform agenda
  • Extensive specialist knowledge of managing/delivering Diagnostic services
  • Specialist knowledge of designing and delivering project, and in doing so working across organisational boundaries and with multi-professional teams
  • Proven experience in procurement, tender evaluation, and supplier management.
  • Experience managing high profile, complex digital change projects

Desirable

  • In depth understanding of RIS, PACS, imaging workflows, and interoperability standards. Change management methodologies and service redesign.
  • Multi Trust digital transformation environments.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience
  • Prince 2 practitioner or PMP or Agile PM or equivalent experience and knowledge is required

Desirable

  • MSP practitioner

Experience

Essential

  • NHS procurement processes, experience of business case development, financial modelling, benefits realisation, change management, stakeholder engagement and governance. and financial modelling.
  • An understanding and knowledge of the workings of the NHS, the challenges it faces and of the reform agenda
  • Extensive specialist knowledge of managing/delivering Diagnostic services
  • Specialist knowledge of designing and delivering project, and in doing so working across organisational boundaries and with multi-professional teams
  • Proven experience in procurement, tender evaluation, and supplier management.
  • Experience managing high profile, complex digital change projects

Desirable

  • In depth understanding of RIS, PACS, imaging workflows, and interoperability standards. Change management methodologies and service redesign.
  • Multi Trust digital transformation environments.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Sussex

Eastbourne

BN21 2UD

United Kingdom


Employer's website

http://jobs.esht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Sussex

Eastbourne

BN21 2UD

United Kingdom


Employer's website

http://jobs.esht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Managing Director

Oliver Mckinley

oliver.mckinley@nhs.net

07731006519

Details

Date posted

14 May 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,582 to £77,368 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

374-LC6726

Job locations

Sussex

Eastbourne

BN21 2UD

United Kingdom


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