Employer: Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Job Title: Quality and Safety Project Manager
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year
Job Type: Full-time & Part-time
Closing Date: 26 November 2025
Job Summary
As a Quality and Safety Projects Manager, you would have a crucial role in delivering Projects across CUH and the campus, supporting the Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officers portfolios.
You would be responsible for supporting and managing the delivery of projects at CUH under the direction of the Chief Nurse that are critical in enabling the organisation to meet its aims and vision and deliver its strategy. The projects may be individual projects, stages of a larger project or work streams of a programme with dependencies on other projects being led by other teams within the Trust.
An expert facilitator, you will play a key role in identifying risks and issues and operate as a skilled negotiator and ‘unblocker’ to drive progress towards delivery. You will be responsive to the changing needs of the health and care system. The role is crucial for creating and maintaining focus, enthusiasm and momentum. The Senior Projects Manager is responsible for the overall integrity and coherence of the programme of work they are allocated.
Main Duties of the Job
Have a crucial role in delivering Projects across CUH and the campus, supporting the Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officers portfolios.
Responsibility for supporting and managing the delivery of projects at CUH under the direction of the Chief Nurse that are critical in enabling the organisation to meet its aims and vision and deliver its strategy; projects may be individual projects, stages of a larger project, or work streams of a programme with dependencies on other projects being led by other teams within the Trust.
As an expert facilitator, play a key role in identifying risks and issues and operate as a skilled negotiator and ‘unblocker’ to drive progress towards delivery.
Be responsive to the changing needs of the health and care system; the role is crucial for creating and maintaining focus, enthusiasm and momentum.
Responsibility for the overall integrity and coherence of the programme of work you are allocated.
About the Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here.
CUH’s values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community. The Trust values differences and supports an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. Applications are welcome regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or socioeconomic background.
Job Description & Responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa unless:
applied for a Graduate visa
or have completed the course and applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date
or the Trust has agreed to Sponsor as a Skilled Worker and studies will be completed within 3 months of the anticipated start date
Applicants at risk of redundancy within NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are prioritised, though interviews cannot be guaranteed.
Advert closes: midnight on 26 November 2025
Interviews scheduled: 10 December 2025
Benefits to You
At Cambridge University Hospitals, development opportunities and a wide range of benefits are available, including:
On-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries
Reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel
Free Park and Ride bus journeys
Subsidised parking for eligible staff
24/7 reduced-cost hot food on CUH campus
New colleague-only café and break space in the Deakin Centre
Flexible working arrangements such as part-time work, job-share, term-time working
Support for good work-life balance
Applications from the Armed Forces are welcome.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Educated to Masters level or demonstrable equivalent knowledge
Evidence of Project Management training or equivalent experience
Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
Managing Successful Programmes / Prince2 Practitioner
Experience
Essential
Experience developing project strategies
Extensive experience managing large scale complex programmes and projects using recognised methodologies
Experience managing risks, issues and dependencies
Experience developing performance indicators
Experience in change management, negotiation and influencing
Experience of project budgets and resource allocation
Experience of benefits realisation
Experience in producing business cases
Experience developing documents and policies
Experience working with multidisciplinary staff
Desirable
Considerable experience in project and programme management
Knowledge
Essential
Project strategy development
Recognised project methodology (e.g. Prince 2)
Change management methodology
Budgeting and resource allocation
Business case production
Desirable
Considerable knowledge of project/programme management
Skills
Essential
Exceptional communication and facilitation skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
Strategic engagement skills
Negotiation and diplomacy
Ability to prepare and present reports
Ability to inspire confidence and create team cohesion
Ability to work autonomously
Strong ICT and project management tool proficiency
Additional Requirements
Ability to reflect Trust values: Safe, Kind, Excellent
Methodical, organised and analytical
Motivated and resourceful
High standards of diplomacy and confidentiality
Ability to build positive relationships
Flexible and adaptable
Self-awareness and willingness to learn
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service submission.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome and considered alongside all others.
Applicants who have lived 12 months or more in any country in the past 10 years must present a criminal record certificate.
How to Apply
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