Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Band 8A Operational UEC Project Manager

The closing date is 10 September 2025

Job summary

This role is a fixed term post for 6-months, supporting the Urgent Emergency Care Improvement programme across Royal Free Hospital Health Unit. This post will work with the Operational UEC Improvement Programme Lead and support with allocated workstreams and project plans, cost improvement monitoring and upholding project management processes to ensure successful transformation and improvement.

The post holder will work as part of the Improvement team and will work collaboratively with service leads across the senior management team across the AMEDEC Division and wider Trust.

The post holder will support a few specific and focused projects, assisting with quality improvement initiatives, and applying project management disciplines through the application of service improvement tools and techniques to advance service initiatives from project initiation through to project close.

Main duties of the job

o Balance analytical support and template building, along with ad hoc reporting requests for a variety of programmes and projects.

o Lead and manage the various elements of a project, sometimes balancing the requirements of multiple projects at once.

o Work with service managers and clinical leads from a variety of health services within the Trust as well as with partner organisations.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Details

Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS per rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

391-RFL-7302894

Job locations

Royal Free Hospital

Hampstead

NW3 2QG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level and evidence of post-graduate qualification, or equivalent by virtue of experience
  • Evidence of significant continuing professional development.

Desirable

  • Project management qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge and experience of project management in the design, development and implementation of change management
  • Knowledge and experience of organisational change or continuous improvement
  • Experience of training and facilitating group development and delivering training, education and development opportunities
  • Significant experience of working in an autonomous way, working within defined parameters to meet defined objectives and make rational decisions
  • Experience of providing specialist service change and modernisation advice to a range of professionals and in various environments
  • Experience of working in a change environment with multiple stakeholders, across organisational boundaries and securing their engagement
  • 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
  • Evidence of successful delivery of financial and/or quality benefits within agreed timescales
  • Experience of report writing

Desirable

  • Evidence of the ability to persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to consistently challenge the status quo
  • Experience of developing, monitoring and managing budgets
Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level and evidence of post-graduate qualification, or equivalent by virtue of experience
  • Evidence of significant continuing professional development.

Desirable

  • Project management qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge and experience of project management in the design, development and implementation of change management
  • Knowledge and experience of organisational change or continuous improvement
  • Experience of training and facilitating group development and delivering training, education and development opportunities
  • Significant experience of working in an autonomous way, working within defined parameters to meet defined objectives and make rational decisions
  • Experience of providing specialist service change and modernisation advice to a range of professionals and in various environments
  • Experience of working in a change environment with multiple stakeholders, across organisational boundaries and securing their engagement
  • 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
  • Evidence of successful delivery of financial and/or quality benefits within agreed timescales
  • Experience of report writing

Desirable

  • Evidence of the ability to persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to consistently challenge the status quo
  • Experience of developing, monitoring and managing budgets

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

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hospital

Hampstead

NW3 2QG


Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hospital

Hampstead

NW3 2QG


Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Director of Operations

Rachel Anticoni via Lesley Gabriel PA

lesley.gabriel1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS per rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

391-RFL-7302894

Job locations

Royal Free Hospital

Hampstead

NW3 2QG


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