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Job overview
Passionate about how digital can transform healthcare, for our donors, patients and colleagues? Do you seek that once in a career opportunity to put everything you have learned to the test? Are you excited by identifying and implementing new digital technologies? We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Delivery Manager to join the Digital Service Team and play a significant role in Digital project at Velindre University NHS Trust.
We have an ambitious Digital Strategy that underpins the digital solutions used to support the opening of our new world class environmentally sustainable cancer centre. Our new home will extend and enhance specialist cancer treatment and supports the delivery of cancer care closer to home at our regional sites.
You will utilise your previous project management experience to deliver critical new and innovative digital systems as part of the nVCC programme, to ensure the alignment of resources and coordination of activities and requirements required are aligned with project timescales and requirements.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for supporting a portfolio of complex clinical and digital projects.
Provide project management support to the Programme Manager, identifying resources/skillset required from the Digital Services department.
Assist Digital colleagues in providing accurate timescales for work to be undertaken so this can be accurately reflected in project plans and inform go-live / project implementation dates.
Work with the Programme Manager to inform the allocation of project resources.
Manage all project plans and be responsible for the updating of plans and all project related documentation.
Provide peer support, guidance and training for project teams and staff throughout the project lifecycle, using agreed project documentation.
Supervise project team staff and work collaboratively with wider project colleagues, across the Trust.
Assist the Digital Programme Team in continually developing both agile and waterfall project management methodologies across the Digital Programme and major programmes, Trust-wide.
Monitor project budgets during the life of the project and ensure alignment with approved expenditure and/or authorised business case as required.
You must be an outstanding communicator and effective negotiator, with excellent project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working in a complex and large-scale project management environment and across organisational boundaries (and by influence).
- Successful change management experience, with a proven track record and demonstrated ability of working collaboratively with a variety of organisational levels to deliver programme goals.
- Experience of service improvement methodologies and applied knowledge of how they can be deployed in different settings.
- Experience in delivering projects to quality, time and budget requirements, preferably within a change programme environment
- Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting information
Desirable
- Significant experience of working within a project/programme environment
- Experience of working within Digital projects
- NHS working procedures and practices
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work to own initiative
- Ability to work in a high-pressured environment and work to deadlines.
- Diplomacy and ability to deal with difficult situations.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to negotiate and influence others in a positive manner and confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of ways.
- Detailed knowledge of budgeting, benefits tracking and resource allocation procedures
- Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a concern for results and achieving goals.
- Ability to think clearly, reach decisions, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Master's degree or equivalent professional/managerial qualification
- PRINCE 2 registered Practitioner or other recognised qualification in project management (e.g. Agile/Lean)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office and various project software
- Knowledge of formal project management methodologies
Desirable
- MSP Practitioner
- Change Management Practitioner
- Knowledge of NHS structures and processes
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This advert is for Digital Delivery Manager with Velindre University NHS Trust in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales. It is listed as a Band 7 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £50,129 - £57,365 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent: Hybrid: A minimum of 2-3 days on site each week, across all Trust locations. Increasing at key times, to meet the requirements of this role.. The application deadline is 22 Jul 2026.
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