Job Summary
An exciting 12 month fixed term or secondment opportunity has arisen for a Senior Digital Project Manager to join the EPR Programme team.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has a once in a generation opportunity to transform how care is delivered for patients. The Trust is a front line digitisation trail blazer on the national EPR programme.
Experience of delivering complex IT and infrastructure projects, focusing primarily on infrastructure, is required. Strong knowledge of technical workstreams, including integration, infrastructure and networking, is a key element of this role.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will underpin the care provided with a robust digital infrastructure, comprehensive suite of digital solutions and a wealth of digital intelligence. The digital strategy clearly sets out a great ambition, delivering a progressive and cohesive portfolio of digital solutions to front-line staff.
- Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Job Title: Senior Project Manager
- Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per annum
- Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change – Band 7
- Contract: Fixed term (12 months)
- Job Type: Full-time
- Closing Date: 21 August 2025
Main Duties of the Job
Work within the EPR Programme to achieve a fully integrated EPR solution by 2027, aiming to be “The Best Digital Service in the NHS”.
Report directly to the EPR Principal Digital Programme Manager.
Deliver digital projects with knowledge of every aspect of the project lifecycle.
Provide project management leadership and expert advice to Project Boards, Project Managers and Project teams.
Ensure best practice, standards, tools, and techniques are in place.
Travel across Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust sites, working collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams.
Job Description – Responsibilities
Provide project management expertise and advice within the Directorate/organisation.
Take direct responsibility for a number of projects, from initiation to closure, including high priority/critical projects.
Oversee successful delivery of projects managed by the wider team.
Ensure projects follow PRINCE2 Project Management standards.
Support projects with robust governance structures.
Monitor progress against the original business case and project initiation document.
Adapt plans as needed to deliver on time, to quality, and within budget.
Person Specification
Qualifications – Essential
Masters degree or equivalent.
Formal project management qualification (PRINCE2 Practitioner or MSP Foundation) or substantial project delivery experience.
Qualifications – Desirable
ITIL Foundation qualification.
Experience – Essential
Managing complex, large inter-related projects or substantial clinical experience.
Managing a team.
Using specialist MS Office applications.
Working with colleagues at all levels including clinicians.
Quickly learning unfamiliar technical topics.
Teaching and presentation skills.
Leading change without direct line management authority.
Analysing and interpreting non-routine data.
Experience – Desirable
NHS environment experience.
Understanding of IT systems in patient care.
Knowledge – Essential
Specialist knowledge and substantial experience in a project environment.
Skills – Essential
Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, oral, and written communication skills.
Handling highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information.
Negotiation, motivation, and influencing skills.
Presenting project management tools and techniques.
Explaining technical details to non-technical users.
Delivering presentations to large audiences.
About Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises:
Aintree University Hospital – Single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside; award-winning stroke facility.
Broadgreen Hospital – Elective surgical, diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation services.
Liverpool Women’s Hospital – Specialises in women’s and babies’ health, delivering over 7,200 babies annually.
Royal Liverpool University Hospital – Largest UK hospital with 100% single inpatient rooms, focusing on complex planned care and specialist services.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the merger of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group employs over 16,800 colleagues, serving 630,000 people locally and more than two million across the North West.
Additional Information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: Required under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from Skilled Worker visa applicants are welcome.
From 6 April 2017, Skilled Worker applicants must provide a criminal record certificate for each country lived in for 12+ months in the past 10 years. Adult dependants are also subject to this requirement.
How to Apply
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