Project Manager - EPR Estates and Infrastructure

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Health Trust in the UK is seeking an Estates Lead to play a critical role in their digital health programme. The successful candidate will manage the deployment of technical devices across various sites and ensure operational readiness. This position requires solid project management skills and a strong background in managing large-scale IT projects within healthcare. Passion for transforming healthcare infrastructure is essential. The role offers an opportunity to impact patient outcomes significantly.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing large-scale IT projects in a healthcare environment.
• Understanding of ITIL best practice.
• Proven experience in staff and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment of technical devices across all LGT sites.
• Manage the development and oversight of programme workstreams.
• Ensure effective communication with stakeholders and project teams.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Masters degree or equivalent experience

Degree in IT or Health related subject

PRINCE2 Practitioner

Job description

Overview

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in one of the most transformative digital health programmes at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT). As the Estates Lead for the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme, you'll be at the heart of the infrastructure changes required to enable this milestone initiative. Working closely with IT colleagues, external providers, and senior stakeholders, you'll lead the deployment and readiness of technical devices across all LGT sites – ensuring our clinical teams are equipped to deliver care in a digitally enhanced environment. This post is a key dependency for the programme's success, requiring strong project delivery, stakeholder engagement, and operational oversight. Reporting directly to the EPR Technology Programme Manager, with a dotted line to the Head of Estates, you'll help shape the future of digital healthcare at LGT. If you're passionate about infrastructure transformation, thrive in a collaborative environment, and want to make a tangible impact on patient outcomes, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference.

Key responsibilities

Main duties of the job: This job role requires a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual; with excellent project management and organisational skills to assist and supports the works of Trust's Redevelopment Programme Management Office (PMO) by providing comprehensive management of various capital projects that the Trust wish to deliver. The post holder will be required to develop and manage the programme workstream and manage the projects with the support of the project officers and administrative support within the PMO. There are three themes in the Estate Redevelopment Programme, one focussed on QEH, another UHL and also the Community estate. Key requirements for the role include strong communication, presentational and project management skills. Working for our organisation, our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for – the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivating a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations: 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development 2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability 3. Improving the experience of staff with disability 4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development 5. Making equalities mainstream. Able to maintain a high level of performance when faced with competing priorities. Ability to assess the importance and urgency of situations and initiate action, where appropriate. Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload without direct supervision and meet required deadlines for completion.

Qualifications and experience

• Masters degree or equivalent experience
• Educated to degree level in an IT or Health related subject.
• Project Management qualification – PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Evidence of continual professional development

Desirable criteria

• Managing Successful Programmes
• ECDL
• Programme management experience
• EPR deployment experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience at senior management level managing complex and large‑scale IT projects in a health care environment, specifically in the subject matter field.
• Understanding of ITIL best practice.
• Proven experience of staff management
• Experience of budget management – large scale capital projects
• NHS Systems knowledge
• Acute and community health setting experience