Project Manager

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire); Peldon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) is seeking a Project Manager (Band 6) to lead digital initiatives. The role focuses on planning, coordinating, and delivering change initiatives across a range of digital projects, ensuring delivery within time, budget and quality standards.

You will engage clinical, operational, and technical stakeholders to drive benefits realization and service improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management of projects, coordinating resources and implementing project controls.
• Develop and monitor project plans, updating them for scope and milestones.
• Maintain project governance, including risk, issues and action logs for the project.

Job description

Employer East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) Employer type NHS Site EEC Head Office Town St Ives Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 27/10/2026

Project Manager

Band 6

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.

Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.

By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Please note, our selection processes are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications is monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Please note all new starters will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Drive service and digital change by leading projects that deliver meaningful improvements for patients, staff, and services.

This is a Project Manager role focused on planning, coordinating, and delivering change initiatives across a range of digital projects. You will work closely with clinical, operational, and technical stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered successfully, meeting agreed objectives, timescales, quality standards, and budgets.

You will be involved throughout the full project lifecycle, from initiation and planning through to implementation, benefits realisation, and review. The role centres on project governance, risk and issue management, and ensuring that project outcomes align with digital and organisational priorities and objectives.

We are looking for someone with strong communication skills, experience of managing complex projects, and the ability to bring structure, clarity, and momentum to change initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Before applying for this vacancy, please be aware of the salary threshold required for a Certificate of Sponsorship to be granted. Overseas applicants may not reach the minimum salary threshold required to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Please note; Interviews will be Face-2-Face.

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the vacancy after 12/10/2026

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Digital Product team, the Project Manager is responsible for ensuring projects deliver agreed outcomes to the required quality standards, within approved timescales and budgets.

The postholder will develop, implement and maintain project plans, monitor progress against key milestones, and adapt delivery plans in response to changing priorities or requirements.

They will lead the day-to-day management of projects, coordinating resources, implementing appropriate project controls, and providing advice and recommendations to the Project Sponsor on changes to scope, budgets, schedules and project specifications to support successful project delivery.

The postholder will work with the Digital Product team assisting in key product deliverables to the services and trust.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Please be aware that East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust will never ask applicants to pay fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. All recruitment communications and job applications should only be made through our official careers website and published contact details.

If you receive a suspicious job offer or recruitment-related communication, do not make any payments, share personal information, or provide identity documents. We encourage you to report the matter to your local police or relevant law enforcement agency. Any concerns relating to potential recruitment fraud should also be reported to our Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) as soon as possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To work as part of the Digital Programme Team and be responsible for managing all supporting interdependent projects.
• Develop and monitor project plans ensuring that they are up to date and consistent with the agreed project scope.
• To be responsible for day-to-day decisions relating to the management of the project, including resources and skills required, implementation of project controls, making recommendations on changes to the specifications, budgets and schedules to the Project Sponsor.
• Understand interdependencies between projects and key deliverables and examine causes of delays in meeting planned project targets. Work to resolve the obstacles identified.
• To prepare and deliver regular highlight reports, including detailed analysis of variances with planned expectations for the relevant Project Sponsor.
• Where realignment of baseline project elements is required to prepare and deliver change requests including detailed analysis of variances with planned expectations for the relevant Project Sponsor.
• Maintain project governance, including risk, issues and action logs for the project, and have responsibility for escalating these appropriately to the Project Sponsor and Project Board, providing appropriate mitigation is in place together with options required to address issues.
• Developing and implementing qualitative and quantitative measures to determine and evaluate the benefits arising from the project.
• Ensuring all documents and reports are prepared and delivered as specified in the portfolio management framework and in line with agreed reporting schedules.
• Planning and co-ordinating the activity of project team members, stakeholders and contributors, ensuring that tasks and work packages are completed satisfactorily and on schedule.
• To support Project Board meetings, persuading and negotiating with stakeholders to motivate delivery of the project; assessing progress and addressing issues to ensure project standards are maintained and to achieve agreed objectives
• To prepare and deliver a closure report for the project, identifying lessons learned and reporting on final outcomes/delivery of project objectives and obtain approval to close the project from the Project Sponsor.
• Undertaking post project evaluations to determine whether the project delivered the required outcomes and identify any negative impacts on quality of care, or patient safety.

Communication and relationships

• Develop and maintain strong and effective relationships with the project team members, staff, senior managers and other key stakeholders.
• Report and present complex and contentious information in a variety of different formats, tailored to meet the needs and expectations of different audiences.
• Requirement for regular contact with internal and external stakeholders, including service users; communicating sensitive and complex information, resolving issues and delivering clear and concise information through detailed reports and presentations.
• Acting as a change agent, securing clinical and non-clinical engagement and involving staff in the development and delivery of services and projects.
• Translating complex or sensitive information relating to projects, systems and processes to ensure effective transfer of knowledge and understanding for key stakeholders.
• Responsible for the delivery of projects through persuading, negotiating and influencing staff to engage with projects; motivating others to challenge ways of working.
• To support teams through change, particularly where staff are uncertain or resistant to the proposed change.

People Management

• Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process
• Participate in the trust’s Appraisal process
• Work with line manager to identify and implement an appropriate personal development plan.

Clinical and Practice Governance

• Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
• Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.
• The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes.
• The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
• Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust.
• The post holder must participate in clinical and safeguarding audits as required. The post holder is required to participate in