Project Manager

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in Leatherhead is seeking a Band 7 Project Manager to mobilise the new Neighbourhood Mental Health teams. This Flexible-Bank role is hosted by Royal Surrey and supports Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, with recruitment and onboarding managed on behalf of the two trusts.

Working pattern is 9:00–17:00, Monday to Friday, at 18 Mole Business Park, Leatherhead.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex NHS project workstreams and governance.
• Ability to produce briefing papers and programme reports for senior decision-makers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement across clinical, operational and corporate teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of projects and workstreams with plans and milestones.
• Maintain action and decision logs and track benefits realisation.
• Produce options appraisals, briefing papers and programme reports for Boards.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Reporting

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Main area Project Manager Grade Band 7 Contract Bank: 6 months (Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 17:00 PM) Hours Flexible working - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9 AM to 5 PM) Job ref 384-SM-Project Manager -B7

Employer Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site 18 Mole Business Park Town Leatherhead Salary £30.35 Per hour Salary period Hourly Closing 19/11/2026 23:59

Project Manager

Band 7

Job overview

Important Information for Applicants: This vacancy is for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SaBP).

This role is offered through Flexi-Bank, a collaborative temporary staffing service delivered in partnership between Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust acts as the host provider and manages the recruitment, onboarding and administrative processes on behalf of Surrey and Borders.

Please note that although Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust branding may appear on this advert and within the recruitment system, successful applicants for this vacancy will undertake bank shifts for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Previous applicants need not apply. Applications received from previous advertisements have already been considered.

Work Location: 18 Mole Business Park, Randalls Rd, Leatherhead KT22 7AD

Why join Flexi ‑ Bank?

Work flexibly – choose shifts that suit your lifestyle and availability

Access more opportunities – pick up shifts across mental health and community

Get paid fairly and on time – competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream

Stay supported – benefit from training, development and guidance from our dedicated Temporary Staffing Team

Main duties of the job

Job Overview

The post holder will be responsible for project managing the mobilisation of the new 13 Neighbourhood Mental Health teams.

Reporting to the AD for Community Transformation, this role provides high-quality project management, delivery leadership and stakeholder engagement across the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme (CMHTP). The post-holder will lead the planning and delivery of complex transformation initiatives across specific workstreams, applying project management methodologies to manage risks, dependencies, governance and benefits realisation. They will build effective relationships across multiple stakeholders and support decision-making through the production of high-quality analysis, options appraisals, briefings, Programme Board papers/Highlight Reports and programme reporting across workstreams, including Training, Estates and Operations.

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday from 9AM to 5PM

Location: 18 Mole Business Park, Randalls Rd, Leatherhead KT22 7AD

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trusts to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Manage the delivery of discrete projects and workstreams, developing and maintaining project plans, risks, issues, dependencies and change controls to ensure delivery against agreed milestones and objectives. Maintain action and decision logs, ensuring actions are owned, tracked and completed. Support benefits realisation, ensuring Project/Workstream objectives can be tracked, achieved and evidenced
• Relationship Management: Build effective relationships with stakeholders across the Neighbourhood Division, Corporate Functions and CMHTP supporting workstreams. Manage complexity and interdependencies across workstreams, proactively resolving barriers and escalating risks where appropriate.
• Writing: Produce high-quality options appraisals, briefing papers, highlight reports and Programme/Delivery Board presentations, ensuring outputs are evidence-based, accurate and suitable for senior decision-making.
• Transformation: Lead or support current-state and future-state analysis, options appraisal, implementation planning and readiness assessments to support successful mobilisation and delivery of transformation initiatives.

Person specification

Qualifications

Experience

• Experience leading or coordinating complex projects/workstreams, including development of project plans, risk management, governance arrangements and production of Programme Board-level reporting
• Evidence of supporting multiple initiatives or projects concurrently with strong prioritisation, pace and attention to detail, delivering to tight deadlines
• Experience influencing and engaging a diverse range of clinical, operational and corporate stakeholders to secure delivery of agreed objectives and outcomes.
• Competent in using project management and visual tools (Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word)
• Demonstrate experience producing analysis such as demand & capacity, activity modelling, benefits modelling & tracking, and translating into clear written recommendations, packs or options appraisal
• Experience working in NHS Mental Health/Community Services or similar complex public sector environments

Knowledge

• Systemone

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.