Digital Project Manager

We are looking to recruit a Digital Project Manager within our Digital Services Project team.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong technical background and Project Management experience to work on supporting the delivery of a wide array of Digital Technology projects at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB).

This post requires a sound understanding of the Organisation and its business and in-depth knowledge of NHS IM&T policies and procedures.

The post holder will need to be;

• Customer focused and with good communication skills
• In possession of excellent time management skills along with the ability to work on their own initiative with little supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure, to tight timescales.
• Ability to prioritise tasks to ensure successful delivery of the Digital Programme
• Ability to work as part of an effective team.
• Have a clear understanding of Information Technology and the impact this has within the Trust.
  
  

Hours: Full-time Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week with support for Go Lives indicating weekend working.

Based at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, the ideal candidate will be responsible for:-

• Effective scoping, planning, implementation, delivery & monitoring of a range of concurrent projects, on a Trust wide basis.
• Producing accurate and well-structured project documentation (incl. Project Brief, Project Initiation Document, Project Plans, End Stage Reports etc.) in line with PRINCE2.
• Developing work plans, schedules and targets for projects.
• Organising and chairing project planning and progress meetings, creating agendas and completing action logs.
• Overseeing project communication to ensure team members understand their roles and tasks, and key stakeholders are kept informed of project progress.
• Reporting project progress to senior management and advising on options to address project issues, as they arise.
  
  

Closing date of applications: 21 November 2024

Interview date: 5 December 2024

If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tina Melniks Job title: Digital Programme Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07823373770

Kerrie Furness

Email : [email protected]