Senior Project Manager- Band 7

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Flexible working

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Lincolnshire is seeking a Senior Project Manager (NHS AfC Band 7) to support the Digital Transformation Programme and deliver the EPR project across trust sites.

You will lead governance, manage cross-site teams, and ensure milestones, budget, and benefits are achieved. PRINCE2 qualification and NHS experience are desirable; travel between sites required.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Project Management Qualification e.g. Prince 2 practitioner or equivalent.
• Evidence of professional qualification in leadership and management or experience managing and developing teams.

Responsibilities

• Organise and administer meetings and keep action logs.
• Develop project plans aligned to Trust strategy and EPR programme milestones.
• Deliver projects within cost, time, and quality constraints; KPI measures for benefits.
• Coordinate programme dependencies and resolve conflicts between programmes/projects.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Agile methods

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Prince2 practitioner

Leadership and management qualification

Tools

PRINCE2

Job description

Main area Programme Delivery Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment opportunity available) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Fixed term until 30/09/2027) Job ref 357-LN-805-26-B

Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Trust wide with base at Lincoln, Boston or Grantham Town Lincoln Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59

Senior Project Manager- Band 7

NHS AfC: Band 7

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

• Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for.
• Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment.
• Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Group Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Caring and building a healthier future for all” – stating their ambition for our Trust and the wider group to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So,what is in it for you?

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours - usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours - having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns - to allow for predictability
• NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
• Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there ismore.

• Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
• Health & Wellbeing including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
• Financial support and benefits i ncluding Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
• Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job overview

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) is going through an exciting period of change and development to support the delivery of our vision and strategic objectives. The Senior Project Manager will support the Digital Transformation Programme Manager to deliver the EPR transformation programme and be responsible for managing and delivering specific projects within it.

The successful candidate will be supported through appraisal, meaningful objective setting and personal development to flourish within this role and provide the necessary impact to deliver on a challenging agenda.

The successful post holder will need to work with internal Trust delivery teams as well as third party suppliers and partners whilst representing Digital Services. The position will be required to manage all aspects of project governance using PRINCE2 methodology.

The successful candidates should be highly motivated, possess a current professional qualification (eg, PRINCE2), relevant experience and evidence of delivering IT infrastructure projects plus experience as per the Person Specification. Good organisation and communication skills are essential. The candidate must be willing and able to travel between all Trust sites.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities include:

• Organise and administer associated meetings, keeping up-to-date action logs
• Responsible for the development of project plans aligned to Trust strategy and in particular, the EPR programme, with milestones and outcome KPI measures to achieve agreed deliverables and benefits.
• Responsible for delivery against agreed milestones within programme/project plans, through the effective co-ordination of the programme/project and their dependencies/interfaces, analysing any conflicts between programmes/projects and make recommendations on corrective action to resolve these. This can involve conveying contentious information and negotiating agreements to enable progress
• Responsible for driving the delivery of projects, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality for the overall delivery of the programme/project, demonstrating achievement of outcomes/business change in accordance with the programme plan and governance arrangements.

Working for our organisation

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Qualification

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Project Management Qualification e.g. Prince 2 practitioner or equivalent
• Evidence of professional qualification in leadership and management or experience managing and developing teams

Previous Experience

• Experience of managing multiple concurrent digital projects
• Demonstrable experience in managing and influencing project teams
• Significant experience of communicating and working with staff at all levels
• Experience of budget and staff management
• Experience of managing competing priorities
• Experience of change management / service redesign
• Experience of managing and successfully delivering a Programme
• Knowledge of contract management involving multiple external suppliers
• Experience of large-scale procurement within an NHS environment
• Experience of managing complex digital projects in the NHS.
• Experience of an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) implementation project
• Experience of using or working with NerveCentre system
• Demonstrable knowledge of digital programme and project management
• Effective management, interpersonal and communications skills
• Ability to create a team approach amongst Project Leads
• Good analytical skills and ability to interpret and present data
• Understanding of working with confidential information
• Ability to make sound judgements and decision making

Specific Requirements

• Experience of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling complex digital projects
• Demonstrable evidence of influencing project leads on delivery in relation to the programme / projects
• Ability to identify links with programme and projects
• Committed to continuous improvement and pro-active in problem solving
• Access to car and able to drive between sites when required
• Knowledge of Programmes
• Knowledge of multiple project management approaches

ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.

You are:

• A Veteran
• A Military Reserve
• Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces

All new employees will be subject to a charge for the DBS check that is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by ULTH and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a 3 month period.

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Please note, for applicants with previous NHS service: If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement.

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Name Ian Rushton Job title Digital Transformation Programme Manager Email address [e-mail] Additional information