Senior Project Manager for Acute Oncology Data | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Liverpool is seeking an experienced Project Manager to enhance cancer services and improve patient outcomes. This role involves overseeing substantial transformation projects, ensuring data accuracy, and collaborating with stakeholders. Applicants should have robust project management skills and experience in healthcare. Competitive compensation and opportunities to impact patient care are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing large-scale transformation projects.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of governance and compliance in healthcare projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage large-scale complex transformation projects.
• Plan projects and set up relevant documentation.
• Identify resources to assure timely delivery within budget.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Communication

Problem-solving

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a passionate, enthusiastic and experienced Project Manager to work as part of our Project Management team. This will involve working with partners across the system to improve outcomes within cancer services, specifically within the urgent cancer care and acute oncology.

The post holder will have a key role in supporting trusts, building strong relationships with stakeholders to support transformation projects. Working with new and established clinical leadership forums, local partners and patients is key to the role. Our core project team needs additional enthusiastic and skilled people to help us in delivering best practice, value, experience and outcomes for patients. The Project Manager post is an excellent opportunity for an individual who is passionate about improving cancer services and reducing health inequalities. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds who have the skills and motivation to join a busy and energetic team.

The base for this vacancy will be Aintree Hospital with an expectation to travel to trusts across the Cheshire and Merseyside region.

Key areas

• Data Alignment: Ensuring consistency and alignment of Somerset data fields across all CMCA teams to facilitate comprehensive and accurate data capture.
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Developing SOPs and educational tools to guide data capture, submission, and reporting.
• Collaboration and Liaison: Working closely with regional business intelligence and cancer performance teams to support accurate data reporting using Somerset.
• Compliance: Assisting local teams in ensuring alignment with Cancer Outcomes and Services Data (COSD) requirements and ensuring governance through local cancer performance teams.
• Oversight and Submission: Ensuring that Acute Oncology (AO) data is submitted to the AO Clinical Quality Group for further oversight, contributing to continuous improvement in data accuracy.

By focusing on these core areas, the project manager will help improve data quality, ensuring that the AO data accurately reflects the scope and scale of interventions. This role will play a key part in the successful development of a regional AO dataset and will contribute to the overall improvement of urgent cancer care services.

About the organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specializes in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

Role responsibilities

• Project management and day to day running of one or more large scale complex transformation projects.
• Setting up and planning of the project(s) including project steering groups, project assurance function, project teams, project documentation using the LUHFT programme management documentation and recognised project management methodologies.
• Identify resources to enable project delivery and assuring delivery on time and to budget.
• Ensure that the project reporting adheres to the programme governance framework.
• Ensure effective communication to all stakeholders.
• Identify and manage the risks associated with each project.
• Manage the change brought about by the project effectively and efficiently.
• Provide expert project management advice and support to other staff and teams within the CA and partner organisations.
• Make a significant contribution to the development of the Programme Management Office (PMO) team as well as leading on specific complex projects.
• Maintain knowledge of local, regional and national projects that are current and pending.

This advert closes on Friday 19 Sep 2025