Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of people in Cumbria? Do you enjoy working with people, understanding services provided, and supporting them to transform the way they work? Are you passionate about improvement and change? Would you like to be part of a Team leading strategic transformational and digital improvement? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
An exciting opportunity exists for a Senior Project Manager within our Digital Programmes team. The post holder will manage projects, and be a key team member, helping to support a transformational digital modernisation programme.
Are you experienced in project management, looking to join a professional programme team and be supported in the role and with your development by our team of project management professionals? The post holder will join our experienced team of programme, project and benefits & change managers.
If you are enthusiastic, experienced, highly motivated, respond positively to new challenges, and want to be involved in delivery of digital improvements in healthcare in Cumbria and have what we are looking for, we would be delighted to hear from you.
You will benefit from a great annual leave scheme, flexible working, excellent opportunities for development and access to NHS discounts across a range of retailers. If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact us.
Location: Cumbria, United Kingdom
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum Pro Rata
Job type: Full-time
Deadline: 14th July 2025
Roles & Responsibilities
Managing one or more projects independently in complex situations, as well as supervising others applying the competence; including
- empowering and inspiring others to deliver successful projects
- developing and managing teams
- identifying and monitoring risks and issues
- consolidating and documenting the fundamental components of projects
- establishing and maintaining governance arrangements
- business case development
- benefits management and realisation
- financial and commercial management
- Managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests
- Planning and resource management
Eligibility Requirements
- Risk & issue management methodologies and tools
- Keeps up to date with relevant legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements
- Tools and techniques to identify, evaluate and select alternative possible delivery options (options appraisal)
- Capital and revenue budget formats
- Use of tolerances and performance management
- Stakeholder management and communications planning
- Investment appraisal
- Specifying requirements
- Estimation methods for scheduling
Desirable
- Service improvement tools and methodologies
- Healthcare Finance
- Health Records Management
- Contract management
- Tools and techniques used for modelling, prototyping and testing
- Network analysis methods for scheduling
- Quality management processes; metrics for processes and quality standards
- Business process development
- Change management models
- Resource capacity planning tools and methods
- Clinical safety processes and how they apply to NHS IT systems
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Takes responsibility for own learning, development and behaviour – actively seeks to develop and demonstrate own competence
- Ability to clearly communicate and reinforce to team members and stakeholders the vision, values and objectives of a project
- Ability to inspire confidence and trust, command respect and create a sense of community amongst those involved in this area of work
- Ability to negotiate and influence others in a positive manner and confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement
- Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting complex information
- Ability to prepare and present reports to detailed specifications for Trust and others as requested
- Ability to engage others in strategy and planning
- Ability to demonstrate or gain a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of systems of health and social care and the constituent elements of the care system
- The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems
- Ability to think clearly, reach decisions, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
- Encourages a culture of openness and honesty within the workplace
Desirable
- Ability to work across Directorates and organisations, understanding operational and corporate needs.
- Ability to adapt and deal with situations and manage expectations during periods of change and be able to take account of the broader perspective and how it affects other areas.
Other requirements
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
- Ability to travel independently across West North and East Cumbria on a regular basis and occasionally nationally
- Promote equality and value diversity.
About the Employer
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Note
- If you are Currently in the UK and you need help Applying for jobs like these, you can consider joining our Telegram community by CLICKING HERE
- Visa Sponsorship Available to those already in the UK 🇬🇧
Application Process
For more information and Application, please CLICK HERE
