Digital Transformation Project Manager B7

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 30 April 2025

Job summary

Are you an experienced Digital and Transformation professional driven by a desire to make a real difference in people's lives? Do you thrive in dynamic, complex environments and possess the skills to inspire, engage, and support teams to achieve sustainable results at pace? Are you eager to play a pivotal role in shaping an innovative digital roadmap that will revolutionise health and care delivery for Royal Surrey patients?

At the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, we are united by our commitment to delivering compassionate, safe care every single day. Our vision is to become a nationally recognized leader in providing community-centred health and care, continuously improving the services we offer to those we serve.

The Digital Transformation Project Manager is responsible for leading in the management of multiple projects; co-ordinating project and workstream activities, including change management. They will combine knowledge & skills of both change and project management to successfully deliver the Digital and Transformation Team's portfolio of work.

While prior experience within the NHS is not a prerequisite, we value the fresh insights and perspectives you may bring. What matters most is your ability to demonstrate a history of delivering significant, measurable benefits in highly complex environments.

Main duties of the job

The Digital Project Manager will be key to the successful delivery of Digital Transformation programmes, including optimisation and ongoing development of the Trust's EPR - Cerner Millenium as well as other digital transformation projects. The Digital Project Manager will be responsible for the delivery of their specific workstream/project which will include coordinating all aspects of the project lifecycle and also contributing to broader project delivery activities, as directed by the Programme Manager.

The Digital Transformation Project Manager will be responsible for leading elements of all aspects of a project, from initial set up through to current state understanding, future state design and implementation of the change.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,270 to £54,931 a year per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

384-AR-EMF18104

Job locations

The Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job description & person Specification

To facilitate the optimisation and digital transformation of the Trusts Digital systems including Cerner Millennium, together with project management on digital projects working with our partner Trust Ashford St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. To lead on the development and maintenance of the allocated projects

o Responsible for end to end planning, management and delivery of allocated Digital projects across the Trusts and manage delegation of task across the project team, including working with our digital change team consisting of NIOs,digital business relationship managers and digital leads

o Responsible for developing and maintaining own project plans, risks actions, Issues and Decision (RAID) logs, highlight reports and stakeholder plan for allocated projects / workstreams

To work closely with other project managers/information leads/IT System Managers and transformation programme managers to identify, analyse and manage the dependencies, interfaces and potential problems of various Digital projects within the Trust

Maintain up-to-date project documents for all initiatives that include user expectations, project goals, work effort, RACI, and deliverables

To provide inputs into overall Digital Optimisation and Transformation Plans and ensure their own project plans are aligned to the overarching strategy.

Manage request for change process for allocated projects and contribute to overarching solution change management process

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job description & person Specification

To facilitate the optimisation and digital transformation of the Trusts Digital systems including Cerner Millennium, together with project management on digital projects working with our partner Trust Ashford St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. To lead on the development and maintenance of the allocated projects

o Responsible for end to end planning, management and delivery of allocated Digital projects across the Trusts and manage delegation of task across the project team, including working with our digital change team consisting of NIOs,digital business relationship managers and digital leads

o Responsible for developing and maintaining own project plans, risks actions, Issues and Decision (RAID) logs, highlight reports and stakeholder plan for allocated projects / workstreams

To work closely with other project managers/information leads/IT System Managers and transformation programme managers to identify, analyse and manage the dependencies, interfaces and potential problems of various Digital projects within the Trust

Maintain up-to-date project documents for all initiatives that include user expectations, project goals, work effort, RACI, and deliverables

To provide inputs into overall Digital Optimisation and Transformation Plans and ensure their own project plans are aligned to the overarching strategy.

Manage request for change process for allocated projects and contribute to overarching solution change management process

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Post graduate level qualification or equivalent training and specialist experience
  • Intermediate level MS Office - Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint, MS Teams,Visio and other cloud based project management tools/workflows/automation
  • Change management qualification
  • Project management qualification
  • QI course / qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience working in a digital transformation programme
  • Previous experience of delivering large-scale project management and administration
  • Experience in a wide range of recognized project management methodologies
  • Experience of change management associated with the introduction of clinical systems
  • Evidence of leading complex change & strategy in a political & sensitive environment
  • Experience of working in and managing benefits in large complex Change Programmes
  • Experience of leading Change projects
  • Experience of acute Trust clinical information systems and processes

Desirable

  • Knowledge & Experience of one or more Cerner modules to a functional usage level
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Post graduate level qualification or equivalent training and specialist experience
  • Intermediate level MS Office - Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint, MS Teams,Visio and other cloud based project management tools/workflows/automation
  • Change management qualification
  • Project management qualification
  • QI course / qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience working in a digital transformation programme
  • Previous experience of delivering large-scale project management and administration
  • Experience in a wide range of recognized project management methodologies
  • Experience of change management associated with the introduction of clinical systems
  • Evidence of leading complex change & strategy in a political & sensitive environment
  • Experience of working in and managing benefits in large complex Change Programmes
  • Experience of leading Change projects
  • Experience of acute Trust clinical information systems and processes

Desirable

  • Knowledge & Experience of one or more Cerner modules to a functional usage level

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Transformation Programme Manager

Craig Peggram

craig.peggram@nhs.net

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,270 to £54,931 a year per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

384-AR-EMF18104

Job locations

The Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


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