• Job Description

  Req#: C9252-25-0179?language=en&page=231&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Join our dynamic Digital team at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, where we are committed to excellence and innovation in health service delivery. We are seeking an experienced Digital Project Manager to lead our Digital Transformation Projects. This is a unique opportunity to drive forward digital transformation initiatives within our organisation and make a real impact on the delivery of healthcare services for patients and communities across Dartford and Gravesham.

  This position will not be supported for visa sponsorship. All applicants are expected to have valid right to work document to work in the UK when applying for this position.

  Please note, this post may close earlier than the given closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

  Previous applicants need not re-apply.

  Main duties of the job

  Lead the overall planning, direction, coordination, and implementation of the Digital Transformation Projects. Responsible for project planning, execution, and delivery within scope, budget, and timelines.

  Implement effective project management governance and provide leadership in digital project delivery.

  Manage and guide the Business Change Analyst team.

  Requirements:

  Proven track record in programme management, preferably within a healthcare setting.

  Strong experience in managing complex projects within healthcare or related sectors.

  Strong leadership and communication skills.

  Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders.

  Relevant qualifications in project management or related field.

  Extensive experience Strong leadership skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.

  About us

  We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you'll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we've achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant Pledge and have a commitment to the Armed Forces Community.

  We are dedicated to using our Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) approach as our shared organisation model of change to enhance our services and ensure excellence in patient care.

  If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all our staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 and are vaccinated annually against Flu, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.

  Details

  Date posted

  05 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £55,877 to £62,626 a year per annum inclusive of allowances

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  252-7115324-A

  Job locations

  Darent Valley Hospital

  Darenth Wood Road

  Dartford

  DA2 8DA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Specific Responsibilities: -

  Project Planning and Strategy

  Clearly define the scope of digital projects, ensuring all stakeholders have a mutual understanding of expected outcomes.

  Create detailed design and requirements, process maps, project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resources needed, to achieve project objectives.

  Identify potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them, ensuring smooth project execution.

  Determine and allocate necessary resources, including personnel and budget, effectively across projects.

  Execution and Monitoring

  Oversee the execution of digital projects, ensuring compliance with the project plan and specifications.

  Regularly check project progress against goals and timelines, adjusting strategies as needed.

  Implement quality control processes to maintain standards in all digital outputs.

  Keep all stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the project lifecycle through well-crafted management reports, including detailed RAID log, scope, plans (milestones, communications, test, training, cutover and handover) and benefits baseline.

  Please see attached job description for more information.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Specific Responsibilities: -

  Project Planning and Strategy

  Clearly define the scope of digital projects, ensuring all stakeholders have a mutual understanding of expected outcomes.

  Create detailed design and requirements, process maps, project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resources needed, to achieve project objectives.

  Identify potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them, ensuring smooth project execution.

  Determine and allocate necessary resources, including personnel and budget, effectively across projects.

  Execution and Monitoring

  Oversee the execution of digital projects, ensuring compliance with the project plan and specifications.

  Regularly check project progress against goals and timelines, adjusting strategies as needed.

  Implement quality control processes to maintain standards in all digital outputs.

  Keep all stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the project lifecycle through well-crafted management reports, including detailed RAID log, scope, plans (milestones, communications, test, training, cutover and handover) and benefits baseline.

  Please see attached job description for more information.

  Person Specification

  Education and Training

  Essential

  • Educated to Masters Level or equivalent knowledge and competency
  • Prince 2 or project management qualification
  • Evidence of recent and ongoing learning / CPD

  Desirable

  • Business Management qualifications preferred
  • Training qualification

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of project management, improvement and business development theory and techniques and knowledge of how this can work within the NHS
  • Knowledge of budget management and cost control, evaluating and monitoring business performance
  • Politically adept with an astute grasp of relevant issues displaying a clear high level understanding of both national and local agenda and how they can be managed
  • Excellent knowledge of business development and current affairs in health related matters
  • Proven ability to communicate in hostile, emotional, antagonistic or complex professional environments
  • Well-developed influencing and negotiating skills
  • Excellent written and verbal skills - communicating and influencing with impact verbally and/or in writing
  • High quality analytical and numeric skills with strong financial management skills - able to analyse data and financial information to determine performance against plan and the actions necessary to keep on track
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills including confidence to work at an individual level, in small groups
  • Effective negotiation skills, ability to develop creative 'win win' solutions and manage a wide variety of situations
  • Ability to influence and engage clinical and non-clinical, internal and external colleagues, directors and the public
  • Ability to use judgement to weigh up diverse information, options and views to identify key issues, where a range of options and the implication of each of these require consideration and action
  • Ability to translate national policy into local strategy
  • Strong organisational skills
  • Demonstrable and effective innovation and leadership skills
  • Adopt a systematic approach to making judgements regarding highly complex situations, including problem solving, using varied sources of information
  • Excellent IT/Keyboard Skills
  • Ability to analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Able to work in a high pressure environment and to tight deadlines

  Desirable

  • Business acumen & commercial awareness; able to assess fixed & variable cost base, profit and loss
  • Understanding NHS Finances, Business Rules and Delegated Authority, Standing Orders / Standing Financial Instructions
  • Ability to train & develop others

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience in a PMO/ Improvement role at a senior level
  • Record of successfully delivering improvement objectives and finding innovative solutions to complex multi-factorial problems
  • Production and adjustment of project/programme management plans for a number of complex projects/programmes
  • Budget management and development of Business Cases for investment / disinvestment to ensure best use of available resource
  • Evidence of leading change in a multidisciplinary/complex environment
  • Experience of business and service planning and development for complex service organisations
  • Significant project management experience at a senior level
  • Proven track record of delivering major complex projects on time

  Desirable

  • Previous NHS experience preferable
  • Experience of working with different clinical professions all of whom have to contribute to the delivery of patient care in an integrated, coordinated, caring and compassionate way
  • Previously worked in an earned autonomy environment whereby results drive less direct scrutiny

  Person Specification

  Education and Training

  Essential

  • Educated to Masters Level or equivalent knowledge and competency
  • Prince 2 or project management qualification
  • Evidence of recent and ongoing learning / CPD

  Desirable

  • Business Management qualifications preferred
  • Training qualification

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of project management, improvement and business development theory and techniques and knowledge of how this can work within the NHS
  • Knowledge of budget management and cost control, evaluating and monitoring business performance
  • Politically adept with an astute grasp of relevant issues displaying a clear high level understanding of both national and local agenda and how they can be managed
  • Excellent knowledge of business development and current affairs in health related matters
  • Proven ability to communicate in hostile, emotional, antagonistic or complex professional environments
  • Well-developed influencing and negotiating skills
  • Excellent written and verbal skills - communicating and influencing with impact verbally and/or in writing
  • High quality analytical and numeric skills with strong financial management skills - able to analyse data and financial information to determine performance against plan and the actions necessary to keep on track
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills including confidence to work at an individual level, in small groups
  • Effective negotiation skills, ability to develop creative 'win win' solutions and manage a wide variety of situations
  • Ability to influence and engage clinical and non-clinical, internal and external colleagues, directors and the public
  • Ability to use judgement to weigh up diverse information, options and views to identify key issues, where a range of options and the implication of each of these require consideration and action
  • Ability to translate national policy into local strategy
  • Strong organisational skills
  • Demonstrable and effective innovation and leadership skills
  • Adopt a systematic approach to making judgements regarding highly complex situations, including problem solving, using varied sources of information
  • Excellent IT/Keyboard Skills
  • Ability to analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Able to work in a high pressure environment and to tight deadlines

  Desirable

  • Business acumen & commercial awareness; able to assess fixed & variable cost base, profit and loss
  • Understanding NHS Finances, Business Rules and Delegated Authority, Standing Orders / Standing Financial Instructions
  • Ability to train & develop others

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience in a PMO/ Improvement role at a senior level
  • Record of successfully delivering improvement objectives and finding innovative solutions to complex multi-factorial problems
  • Production and adjustment of project/programme management plans for a number of complex projects/programmes
  • Budget management and development of Business Cases for investment / disinvestment to ensure best use of available resource
  • Evidence of leading change in a multidisciplinary/complex environment
  • Experience of business and service planning and development for complex service organisations
  • Significant project management experience at a senior level
  • Proven track record of delivering major complex projects on time

  Desirable

  • Previous NHS experience preferable
  • Experience of working with different clinical professions all of whom have to contribute to the delivery of patient care in an integrated, coordinated, caring and compassionate way
  • Previously worked in an earned autonomy environment whereby results drive less direct scrutiny

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

  Address

  Darent Valley Hospital

  Darenth Wood Road

  Dartford

  DA2 8DA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.dgt.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

  Address

  Darent Valley Hospital

  Darenth Wood Road

  Dartford

  DA2 8DA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.dgt.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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