Job requirements
Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to liaise effectively with senior personnel and multi-disciplinary teams, in both the NHS and private sector
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Is innovative and able to contribute to service development
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Self-motivated with the ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Experience of using project management software to detail and track progress
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Experience of using risk management tools and techniques
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Ability to manage multiple projects to a successful conclusion
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Excellent oral and written communications
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Ability to manage multiple competing priorities at any one time and be responsive and receptive to change
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Ability to understand, analyse and interpret complex business issues and facilitate a resolution
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Self-motivated, proactive and innovative with a ‘can do’ attitude
- SKILLS AND ABILITY
Procedural knowledge of project management processes and associated documents and ensure best practice is adhered to
- EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Experience of managing staff
- EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Experience in successfully managing multiple complex projects in a Health Informatics setting
- EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Experience of NHS computing
- EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Experience of dealing with clinical suppliers
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Educated to degree level in relevant discipline or equivalent experience
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Project Management qualification at Practitioner Level e.g. PRINCE2
- Project Management Expereince
Years experience
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Experience of managing teams within the software development lifecycle
- EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Experience of business process re-engineering and change management
- EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Experience of working across organisations and with other agencies
- EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Experience of budget management
- Project Management Expereince
Project Management accreditation
Job overview
The Digital Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day running of Digital projects under their management on behalf of the relevant Project Board and within the constraints laid down by the board.
The Digital Project Manager is responsible for the ensuring that appropriate planning, resourcing and deployment activities are undertaken to ensure safe and timely implementation of relevant projects within the Trust’s Head of Digital Developments Programme to support the Trust’s strategic objectives. This will include the management of projects that facilitate full interfacing/integration with existing clinical systems and/or the replacement of these systems where appropriate.
The post holder will use recognised project management tools and techniques e.g. PRINCE2 to ensure that projects are delivered on time and to budget with expected outcomes monitored and achieved. The use of detailed implementation plans and other associated project products e.g. workstream checkpoint reports, risks and issues logs, will be required to aide this.
The Project Manager’s prime responsibility is to ensure that projects meet the requirements of the clinical services, to the necessary standards of quality, and within the specified constraints of time and cost. The Digital Project Manager is also responsible for the project achieving the benefits defined in the business case.
Main duties of the job
1.Produce and revise all project documentation including Detailed Implementation Plans(DIP) that cover the overall timeframe of relevant projects within the programme;addressing specific periods of key activities (e.g. go live planning).
2.Work closely with Project Executives to manage projects effectively.
3.Plan and allocate resources to projects, from both within and outside the project team.This will require cross-departmental working and negotiation across various departments and organisations.
4.Critically evaluate the quality of project plans and the organisational capability and capacity to achieve the planned outcomes.
5.Manage both the dependencies and the interfaces between other programmes/projects.
6.Monitor overall progress of projects on a day-to-day basis, resolving issues and initiating decisive and corrective action, including escalation, as appropriate.
7.Identify and mitigate any project risks ensuring that the minimum number of risks become issues, to include the provision of a comprehensive Risk log.
8.Manage identified issues within the project risks ensuring that each issue has an owner and corrective action is being undertaken, to include the provision of a comprehensive issue log.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY RELATIONSHIPS:
Internal
- Project Executives, including Executive Directors.
- Programme Directors
- Deputy Directors of Operations (DDOPs)
- Divisional and Clinical Directors
- Directorate Managers•Clinical and Administrative staff.
- Project Managers
- Head of ICT Developments Departments; Information Governance, Information Communications Technology, Information Management. Finance Department
- Procurement Department
External •System suppliers •Local and National Healthcare institutions, NHS and non NHS. •Non Healthcare organisations
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This advert is for Digital Project Manager with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust in Blackburn, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Project manager role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is 18 months (18 Fixed Term Contract). The application deadline is 16 Oct 2026.
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