Project Manager

Dorset County Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Dorchester is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a team delivering a broad range of digital projects that transform services and improve patient care. You will work with stakeholders across the organisation to align delivery with priorities and ensure benefits are realised.

You will drive governance tasks, maintain project documentation, and apply Prince2 with an Agile mindset to support rapid, iterative delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience leading project teams to deliver digital projects.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Experience with governance frameworks and benefits delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of project staff across digital projects in the Trust.
• Engage stakeholders to shape ways of working and deliver benefits.
• Manage project governance tasks and ensure documentation is up to date.
• Plan resources with service leads and report progress openly.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Delivery management

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity in our Digital Projects and Programmes team for an experienced Senior Project Manager who will lead a team of project staff to deliver a broad range of digital projects across our Digital Services portfolio. Acting with significant autonomy, you will be responsible for delivering projects that transform services, changing the way that care is provided to patients and enabling the organisation to become more efficient and effective.

If you are a dedicated and experienced leader with an eye for detail and extensive project delivery experience, then this could be the role for you.

The successful candidate will be able to engage stakeholders to transform their ways of working, influencing and negotiating with integrity to ensure our deliverables meet stakeholder needs, improve outcomes for people and deliver the benefits to the services, patients and wider organisation.

Showcasing excellent leadership and communication skills, you will be able to work effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context with the ability to quickly form good working relationships. You know how to make complex and technical information and language simple and accessible for non-technical audiences.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be expected to inspire and motivate staff utilising excellent leadership and communication skills.

You will be accountable for all project management governance tasks, keeping all key project documentation up to date, working within tolerance and utilising Prince 2 methodology with an Agile mindset throughout delivery. You can work in a fast-paced, evolving environment and use an iterative method and flexible approach to enable rapid delivery. You will drive projects forward to achieve expected outcomes, ensuring all work is managed against organisational priorities and aligned to the strategic objectives of the Trust.

You will be expected to adhere to our standardised approach to producing project documentation, supporting governance and engagement activities, and working collaboratively to enhance and develop ways of working.

A major part of this role is resource planning within your direct project team working closely with Service Leads across the organisation to gain commitment to delivery. You will be expected to provide visibility of project work to the organisation, working in an open and transparent way, creating a culture of sharing and reflective learning ensuring continuous improvement., UKVI Sponsorship: This rolemay be available for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). Sponsorship will be determined based on your current situation and on a case-by-case basis., For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.