Transformation Project Manager

Transformation Unit; Epsom; Remote; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Project Manager (Productivity & Transformation) to lead projects that drive productivity, efficiency and service performance across the organisation. You will work with clinical, operational and corporate teams to deliver service improvements and realise measurable benefits.

The role supports transformation programmes and NHS priorities while maintaining quality, governance and patient safety.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification required.
• Management qualifications advantageous.
• Project management qualifications essential or desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects to improve productivity, efficiency and service performance.
• Manage project plans, timelines and risks across clinical, operational and corporate teams.
• Ensure benefits realisation, governance and patient safety standards are met.

Education

Degree Level Qualification

Any Management Qualifications

Project Management Qualifications

Job description

Employer Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site St Helier Town Carshalton Salary £55,524 - £62,652 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/10/2026 23:59

Transformation Project Manager

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At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

The Project Manager (Productivity & Transformation) is responsible for leading and delivering projects that improve productivity, efficiency, and service performance across the NHS organisation. Working with clinical, operational, and corporate teams, the postholder will manage projects from initiation to completion, ensuring benefits are realised, patient care is enhanced, and organisational objectives are achieved. The role supports the delivery of transformation programmes, capacity improvements, cost efficiencies, and NHS strategic priorities while maintaining high standards of quality, governance, and patient safety.

Main duties of the job

The Project Manager (Productivity and Transformation) leads the planning, delivery, and evaluation of projects designed to improve productivity, efficiency, and patient outcomes across the organisation. The postholder works closely with clinical, operational, and corporate teams to implement service improvements, support transformation initiatives, and realise measurable benefits. They are responsible for managing project timelines, risks, resources, stakeholder engagement, and performance reporting, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and in line with NHS strategic objectives, governance requirements, and patient safety standards.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Project Manager (Productivity and Transformation) is responsible for leading and delivering projects that improve operational efficiency, productivity, and patient outcomes across the organisation. Working with clinical and non-clinical teams, the postholder will support service improvement and transformation initiatives, manage project plans and stakeholder engagement, monitor progress and benefits realisation, and ensure projects are delivered in line with organisational objectives, governance requirements, and NHS priorities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree Level Qualification
• Any Management Qualifications
• Project Management Qualifications

Experience

• Senior NHS Management Experience
• Experience working in similiar project/change management role

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.