Project Manager – NHS Wales | Cardiff (Hybrid)

JR United Kingdom; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS Wales as a Project Manager to lead a critical digital project aimed at enhancing Community Pharmacists' access to essential resources. This role involves collaboration across digital systems and clinical governance, shaping the future of patient care in Wales. If you are a driven professional with strong project management skills, help modernize healthcare delivery and improve services at scale.

Qualifications

• Strong project management experience in healthcare, digital or government settings.
• Practical project delivery experience across digital/clinical environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead national-scale digital projects with complex technical and clinical elements.
• Engage directly with stakeholders to ensure successful project rollout.
• Oversee project governance, risk management, and reporting.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Data interpretation

Communication

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Tools

PRINCE2 Agile

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Project Manager – NHS Wales | Cardiff (Hybrid), Newport, Wales

Location: Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 4

Posted: 10.06.2025

Expiry Date: 25.07.2025

Job Description:

Contract: 3 months (rolling)

Are you an experienced Project Manager ready to make a national impact?

Join NHS Wales at the heart of digital transformation. Building on recent investments in healthcare technology, this opportunity is within a pioneering department responsible for delivering large-scale, high-impact programmes that shape the future of patient care across Wales.

About the Role

You’ll take over an in-flight project aimed at enabling Community Pharmacists’ access to the Welsh Clinical Portal (WCP) — a critical move in supporting the safe prescribing of Sodium Valproate for women of childbearing age.

This is a technical proof of concept project, requiring coordination across digital systems, clinical governance, and multi-agency stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver national-scale digital projects with complex technical and clinical elements
• Engage directly with clinicians, pharmacists, and programme teams to ensure successful rollout
• Oversee project governance, RAID management, timelines, and reporting
• Support programme boards, manage communications, and brief key leaders
• Ensure operational readiness, service transition, and post-project evaluation
• Guide and supervise the input of project support and administrators

What You’ll Need

• Strong project management experience in healthcare, digital, or government settings
• Expertise in project planning, delivery, and assurance (PRINCE2 Agile preferred)
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Proven track record of managing risk, cost, quality, and performance metrics
• Ability to interpret data, write reports, and influence change
• Familiarity with NHS Wales or wider health systems
• Understanding of the regulatory and strategic healthcare landscape in Wales

Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent experience
• Practical project delivery experience across digital/clinical environments

Be part of something bigger — help modernise how care is delivered in Wales.

Apply now to join a vital mission improving health services at scale.

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