Project Manager for Perinatal Pelvic Health Service

Integrated Care System; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Project Manager for the new Perinatal Pelvic Health Service. This role involves project management across various teams to improve care for pregnant individuals. Applicants should have a project management qualification and relevant experience in service improvement. The role offers development opportunities and employee benefits.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience.
• Proven track record of project delivery in service improvement.
• Experience with lean and improvement practice methodology.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of the Perinatal Pelvic Health Service.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team for effective service rollout.
• Write project update reports and track expenditure.

Skills

Project management qualification

Experience in project management methodologies

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

PRINCE2 Qualification or equivalent

Tools

Project management software

Graphical information software

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Project Manager for Perinatal Pelvic Health Service

The closing date is 28 August 2025

This exciting new project manager role has been created to support the implementation of the new Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS) within the UHDB maternity services. This new service is a nationally driven requirement which aims to improve the health and well-being of our pregnant women and birthing people who are at risk of developing or are living with pelvic health issues associated with childbirth.

This role will provide expert project management and improvement knowledge and techniques to support the implementation of this service. As the PPHS will be run by a multi-disciplinary team consisting of midwifery, physiotherapy, obstetric and gynaecology staff, the role will involve working across the divisions to ensure effective and timely implementation.

This is a fixed term role / secondment offered for a 12 month period.

Main duties of the job

Do you have :

• a project management qualification, e.g. PRINCE2 or equivalent practical experience of project management
• experience and significant knowledge of robust project management methodologies
• practical experience of supporting large programmes of change using project management tools, ideally within a people services, strategy or improvement setting
• experience of writing project / programme update reports
• experience and ability to track expenditure against plans and produce reports for various meetings and committee

It would be great (but not essential) if you also have a service improvement qualification, or experience / training in improvement methodologies.

Closing date of applications: 28 August 2025

Date of interview: TBC

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience
• Project management qualification, e.g. PRINCE2 Qualification or equivalent practical experience of project management

Experience & Knowledge

• Proven track record of project delivery in service improvement programmes including demonstrable outputs and project management
• Experience of working with lean and Improvement practice methodology
• Improvement & transformation within acute hospital provider

Skills

• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills. Communicates complex information about improvement projects to clinical and non-clinical groups in a variety of settings
• Knowledge and Use of computer software to write up process maps and other graphical information electronically.

Communication

• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust