Network Business Support Manager | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK seeks a dedicated professional to lead transformation projects within their diagnostic network. Applicants should have relevant qualifications or substantial experience in project delivery. The role primarily involves remote work with occasional travel. Key responsibilities include managing national policy and engaging stakeholders. In return, the organization offers flexible working options, excellent training, and a competitive benefits package including annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working options

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Background in transformation or project delivery is preferred.
• Experience in managing clinical projects is essential.
• Ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide transformation expertise to stakeholders.
• Manage national policy at a network level.
• Lead and manage a portfolio of projects ensuring best value.

Skills

Project management skills

Transformation experience

Stakeholder engagement

Excellent communication skills

Education

Relevant qualifications or substantial experience in healthcare transformation or project delivery

Job description

If you are ambitious, would welcome a challenge and are willing to promote and embrace change across the wider healthcare system come and join our East of England Diagnostic Network Team.

The network team has expanded to include four diagnostic networks: Pathology, Imaging, Endoscopy and Physiological Sciences. Our collaborative approach is key and we proactively support our trusts to progress various value adding projects and clinical innovations.

Diagnostic networks are an advocate in creating an environment to support all our staff to develop and grow, share skills and knowledge, embrace innovation, deliver excellence and value within our activities.

This role predominately supports the Pathology and Physiological Sciences element of the portfolio and there is an option to apply for either a part-time or full-time post. On your application please indicate if you are interested in supporting one/both parts of the portfolio.

The majority of the role will be remote working, with an option to hot desk at Trusts within the East of England if you wish to work onsite.

You will have a background in transformation or project delivery, relevant qualifications or substantial experience.

This post is fixed term until 31st March 2026. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

You will provide transformation expertise to a range of stakeholders, develop projects and pro-actively manage national policy at a network level. You will also support and scope new opportunities to deliver cost and value benefits across the network’s portfolio.

You will attend, participate and present at various events, representing the network therefore need to occasionally travel around the East of England.

Leading and managing a portfolio of projects and clinical priorities, ensuring they represent best value for money and are aligned with national policy. These will be in either pathology or physiological sciences and may include oversight of digital, procurement, clinical or cost saving initiatives.

Assisting the Network Operational Director by providing leadership and management for projects, monthly reporting at Network Steering Groups, providing the technical expertise and knowledge on how to deliver best outcome for our Trust members.

Developing and ensuring efficient and effective project governance, working with a range of senior clinical and non-clinical staff.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Nov 2025.