Digital Transformation Senior Project Manager

Oxleas; Dartford; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Digital Transformation Senior Project Manager (Band 7) to lead the Trust-wide digital maturity programme across mental health, community, forensic and prison services. You will work with clinical, operational and digital teams to assess capability, identify priorities and deliver technology-enabled change that improves service quality and staff experience.

This full-time role requires at least 3 years of project management experience, NHS familiarity, and

Qualifications

• 3 years’ experience of project management, staff engagement and change management.
• NHS experience preferred.
• Able to work autonomously and engage with peers internal and external to the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of the digital maturity programme across multiple services.
• Manage governance, project plans, milestones, risks and dependencies.
• Coordinate internal teams and external partners to deliver technology-enabled change.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Communication skills

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

PRINCE2 training

Tools

PRINCE2

Job description

Digital Transformation Senior Project Manager

Band 7

Main area Corporate Grade Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 277-8319609-CORP

Site Pinewood House Town Dartford Salary £55,524 - £62,652 pa inc Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Fulltime: 37.5 hours per week

Agile working (minimum 2 days in the office)

The Digital Transformation Senior Project Manager will lead the development and delivery of a Trust-wide digital maturity programme, building staff confidence and capability in the effective use of digital tools and data across mental health, community, forensic and prison services. Working closely with clinical, operational and digital teams, the post holder will assess current capability, identify priorities for improvement and deliver technology-enabled change that improves service quality, productivity, staff experience and patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The post holder willlead the development, implementation and delivery ofthe Trust-wide digital maturity programme. Working collaboratively with clinical, operational and digital teams, they will assess digital capability, identify learning and development needs, andstrengthen workforce confidence inusing digital tools and data effectively. They willdesign, coordinate and oversee tiered learning, digital coaching, workshops, self-assessment and Train-the-Trainer programmes, while providing specialist advice and implementation support to promote safe, consistent and effective digital practice across the Trust.

Our Senior Project managers are accountable for managing digital projects throughout the full lifecycle, from discovery and planning through to implementation, handover and benefits realisation. This will include establishing proportionate governance; developing and maintaining project plans; managing milestones, risks, issues and dependencies; coordinating internal teams and external partners; and ensuring that learning resources remain current and fit for purpose. Using assessment findings, performance information and staff feedback, they will monitor delivery, evaluate outcomes, support consistent practice and drive continuous improvement. They will ensure that digital solutions align with clinical priorities, Trust strategy and sustainable business-as-usual arrangements.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Project Management

• Designing specific areas of the Digital Transformation working agenda, developing and implementing the changes and proactively monitoring progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate
• Assisting with the definition of governance arrangements for specific projects
• Develop comprehensive project plans for each project
• Managing third party contributions to each project, to include primary care and other external partners (e.g. Local Authority, Public Health, Third Sector, Commercial)
• Working with manager to manage both the dependencies and the interfaces between different projects
• Support line manager and service managers to scope out change to clinical pathways to improve quality and productivity, defining policies, procedures and supporting documentation (eg process maps and guidelines) for proposed changes.
• Working with clinical staff, motivating and encouraging them to review their working practices and how they deliver services as a result of proposed changes
• Managing risks to each projects successful outcome
• Initiating extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps identified or issues arise
• Supporting and encouraging behavioural change to meet the Trusts aims and objectives
• Ratifying baselines set at project initiation and ensuring that project are delivered to time, cost and with quality.
• Where there is extra demand, support the optimisation team in preparing project materials in preparation for Clinical Design Authority sign off.
• Ensuring that at handover to BAU there are methods to track expected benefit and ensure that they are realised

Staff Engagement

• Help develop a staff engagement plan for implementation of specific projects and the broader clinical transformation strategy
• Undertake training and development for staff as appropriate to ensure the successful delivery of projects.

Resource Management

• Facilitating the involvement of individuals to the project delivery team as required. Ensuring that staff engagement is an integral part of the programme so that the new systems get quickly embedded into practice
• Ensuring that the delivery of new services from the projects is to the appropriate levels of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the programme plan and programme governance arrangements

Communication

• Develop a communications strategy for the individual projects that the post holder has responsibility for in conjunction with line manager
• Day to day responsibility for the communications with stakeholders directly involved with the implementation of the projects
• Lead on broader digital transformation communication plans setting up appropriate communications as required.
• Develop and undertake presentations to a wide audience and to a high standard. The job holder will particularly build relationships and communicate with:-
• Business Manager and Business support officers
• All project leads and stakeholders to ensure a smooth implementation of change/project deliverables
• Staff and Managers
• Internal and external stakeholders, GP practices & ICB’s, Local Authorities, Public Health, third sector, internal and external suppliers

Person specification

Person spec

• 3 years’ experience of project management, staff engagement and change management. Experience of Procurement Experience of demonstrating benefits realised by change
• NHS experience
• Able to work autonomously in own role, accomplishing non routine activities and decision making
• Ability to engage with peers internal and external to the Trust

Education

• Degree or equivalent experience Fully PRINCE2 or alternative methodology trained

Skills

• Strong communication and relationship skills, able to apply appropriate methods to persuade, train and remove barriers to acceptance for new technology

Skills

• Able to deliver to time and be able to effectively prioritise and re-prioritise work on a regular basis

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

If you have declared you are part of the armed forces community, you may be asked to provide evidence during the recruitment process. If you misrepresent this information, your offer may be withdrawn. For Armed Forces specific support, see our webpage: https://oxleas.nhs.uk/armed-forces-community/

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.