Project Manager - Sussex Pathology Network

ESHT; England; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Pathology Network Project Manager to drive the Network’s Transformation Programme across Sussex. The role will be hosted by ESHT but based across the Sussex Pathology Network, including ESHT, UHSussex and QVH.

The post requires PRINCE2 and APMP knowledge, with strong leadership and stakeholder engagement across multiple organisations. Salary is £49,387–£56,515 per year, with 37.5 hours per week and a mix of on-site and remote working.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent.
• Evidence of CPD documented to Master’s degree level or equivalent
• PRINCE 2 Foundation Certified
• APMP Introduction

Responsibilities

• Manage the implementation of projects within the Network’s Transformation Programme with Heads of Pathology, clinical and digital teams across Sussex.
• Deliver projects on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
• Coordinate project activities across multiple organisations and stakeholders.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

PRINCE2 knowledge

Change management

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Master’s degree CPD documented to Master’s degree level or equivalent

PRINCE2 Foundation Certified

APMP Introduction

Tools

MS Office

PRINCE2 methodology

Job description

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Project Manager - Sussex Pathology Network

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Project Management Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on-site/remote working) Job ref 374-LC10826

Site East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Town Sussex Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

Job overview

Applications are invited for an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Pathology Network Project Manager.

This is a fantastic and rare opportunity to demonstrate your project leadership skills and deliver key projects within a developing Pathology network.

The role will be hosted by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust but will be based across the Sussex Pathology Network (SPN) which includes three Trusts:

• East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT)
• University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSussex)
• Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (QVH)

Previous Applicants Need Not Apply

Main duties of the job

The post holder will operate within a wider team providing professional portfolio, programme and project management services.

They will be responsible for managing the implementation of projects within the Network’s Transformation Programme, working closely with the Heads of Pathology, clinical and digital and other teams across Sussex.

The post holder will deliver the projects on time, to budget and to agreed quality standards, supporting customer business needs.

The post holder will be expected to manage multistranded projects using PRINCE2 methodology, demonstrating excellent risk management and financial control throughout. The role requires a professional project management approach that involves managing the project team and coordinating all project activities in accordance with the customer needs, supplier capability and local or national standards and requirements.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for the main and key responsibilities of this role

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent.
• Evidence of CPD documented to Master’s degree level or equivalent
• PRINCE 2 Foundation Certified
• APMP Introduction

Experience

• Experience of delivering to PRINCE 2 methodology
• Experience working in a health or local government setting; good understanding of NHS decision-making procedures.
• Understanding of challenges around the national and local drivers for change.
• Experience of successfully implementing change in a complex multi organisational environment with a wide range of stakeholders and professional groups.
• Delivering complex projects with Board level engagement
• Management and delivery of reports at Board level including financial analysis
• Communicating complex information to audiences who have no knowledge of the area
• Experience of working to tight deadlines, achieving outcomes within set time frames and handling several work demands.

Skills

• Ability to work collaboratively across a wide range of organisational and cultural boundaries, maintaining a clear sense of objectives and purpose
• Ability to provide vision and direction in a compelling way to individuals and teams to ensure project team delivers to schedule.
• Ability to analyse and review complex facts and information and develop a range of options to support decision making.
• Ability to facilitate constructive discussion and debate which leads to the formulation of action plans.
• Ability to influence and gain commitment from key stakeholders
• Ability to produce complex written project briefs and reports, with supporting analysis, to support the decision-making functions.

Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Our vision is to be:

• The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.

Our mission is to:

• Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.

Our strategic objectives are to:

• Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
• Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients’ experiences.
• Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.

Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:

• Safe
• Effective
• Caring
• Responsive and
• Well led

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

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