Senior LIMS Project Manager

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team delivering a multi-million-pound pathology transformation programme in the Kent and Medway Pathology Network. The Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) project is a £23 million project being implemented over 3 years, and your role will be key in delivering transformation in pathology services using the LIMS as a digital enabler.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing a range of aspects of the delivery of the LIMS project. You will be responsible for multi-tasking across the complex workstreams within the project and managing full lifecycle activities to ensure the project is delivered to the highest standard and is within project timescale and budget, providing excellent outcomes for staff and service users and contributing to the overall success of the Programme.

KMPN is therefore seeking a successful and confident project manager who has significant previous experience in managing complex projects implementing change and IT solutions across services and teams within the NHS. Experience of pathology systems would be preferred. Reporting to the LIMS Project Director, the post holder will be supported by the Business Change Manager, Change Analysts and PMO to be able to meet tight project delivery timelines while utilising industry standard knowledge of project methodology and approaches including Prince2 to lead and deliver on all projects.

Main duties of the job

• Proactively lead and manage workstreams within the LIMS project throughout its full lifecycle for the Kent and Medway Pathology Network (KMPN).
• Ensure that the project receives full attention and is delivered on time, within budget, to the required quality level and is within agreed project tolerances and scope
• To lead assigned project teams in all aspects of their responsibilities and project deliverables, ensuring staff are fully supported in order to execute their roles and responsibilities
• Responsible for the leadership, support and matrix management of part of the project team, supporting project staff and sharing knowledge with the wider team including other project managers where appropriate

• Produce, deliver and communicate complex and sensitive project documentation ranging from business cases, briefing documents, network information and requests for funding. This will include the production and management of financial data for programme reporting to be included where appropriate

• Manage the budget for the project, where appropriate, and ensure the budget is agreed, tracked, monitored and spent effectively, and any Network savings requirements are delivered by maximising efficiency
• Proactively monitor, manage and analyse activities, information or situations which involve the highly complex integration factors, and develop the necessary flexible solutions to meet the challenging tasks set by the KMPN requirements and deadlines.

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly?In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.