NS236331 - Senior Project Manager - USC Improvement Programme

NHS Grampian; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health board in Scotland is seeking a Senior Project Manager for its Unscheduled Care Improvement Programme. This role is vital for reshaping care pathways and improving patient experiences across the system. The ideal candidate will lead complex projects, collaborate with diverse teams, and drive digital transformation. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential. This position offers significant professional development within a supportive and innovative environment.

Benefits

Professional development

Supportive team environment

Culture valuing innovation

Qualifications

• Highly developed leadership and communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, organisational, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams in complex settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver complex projects improving unscheduled care pathways.
• Collaborate with clinical and operational teams for project success.
• Drive innovation and digital transformation across the system.
• Manage stakeholders to align local, regional, and national priorities.
• Ensure effective delivery planning, reporting, risk management.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Influencing skills

Job description

Senior Project Manager Unscheduled Care Improvement Programme

Make a systemwide impact on patient care across Grampian. We’re delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to lead and deliver key projects within our Unscheduled Care Improvement Programme, driving change across integrated health and social care pathways and supporting innovation and digital transformation.

Why this role matters

Unscheduled care is where patients and families most acutely feel the quality and coordination of our services. In this role, you’ll help reshape pathways and improve flow so people get the right care, in the right place, first time. Your work will directly influence outcomes and experiences across NHS Grampian.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and deliver complex projects that improve unscheduled care pathways across the system.
• Collaborate closely with clinical and operational teams to codesign, test, and scale improvements.
• Drive innovation and digital transformationidentifying opportunities, removing barriers, and embedding sustainable change.
• Manage stakeholders across a dynamic environment, aligning local, regional, and national priorities.
• Provide assurance on deliveryplanning, reporting, risk management, benefits tracking, and dissemination of learning.

About You

• Highly developed leadership and communication skillsable to engage, persuade, and motivate.
• Strong interpersonal, organisational, and influencing skills.
• Confidence working across multidisciplinary teams in a complex, fastmoving context. A clinical background may be advantageous, but is not essential.

What We Offer

• A chance to make a real, measurable impact on patient care and service delivery.
• Professional development and systemlevel collaborationlocal, regional, and national.
• A supportive, dynamic Programme Team within the Planning, Innovation & Programmes Directorate, working on a key NHS Grampian priority.
• A culture that values innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

We welcome informal contact from prospective candidates. Please contact Clare Houston, Programme Manager via or Michael Coulthard via for an initial conversation. Interviews will be conducted on 28th January 2026 at NHS Grampian, Summerfield House, Eday Road, Aberdeen, AB15 6RE.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Additional Information for Candidates

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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.