Job summary
The key purpose of this position is to support the delivery of a UHT-wide project portfolio. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring project deliverables are effectively managed in collaboration with wider project and stakeholder teams. Working closely with Clinical Service Units, Corporate Services and Finance Business Partners, as well as alongside the existing Service Improvement Office at South Tees, you will build effective relationships to support the delivery of a portfolio of projects.
Main duties of the job
As part of the well-established Programme Management Improvement Office, the post-holder will contribute to ensuring the PMIO delivers the following:
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Implement robust project management processes to improve visibility and support the timely development and delivery of financial and improvement benefits.
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Work closely with operational, corporate and clinical colleagues to ensure compliance with Trust project management processes and readiness for the various stages of project gateway reviews.
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Support Clinical Service Units (CSU) and Corporate Services in delivering programmes of varying complexity to help the Trust achieve its strategic objectives.
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Act as a critical friend and strategic partner to key stakeholders, ensuring clear visibility of project deliverables, risks and mitigation measures.
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Maintain the online repository used for tracking and reporting delivery phases across the project portfolio.
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Support the development of a culture of project management excellence across the Trust through the standardisation of guidelines, tools and templates.
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Work with services to develop benefits registers and realisation plans.
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Track, evaluate and report programme performance, identifying and escalating areas of concern promptly.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.
Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.
We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those whose first language is not English.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities are:
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Support and facilitate the delivery of projects and improvements using a framework that ensures they are well planned, efficiently implemented and predetermined benefits are achieved.
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Deliver projects that are transformational, innovative and/or focused on productivity and efficiency.
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Respond effectively to tight deadlines while managing competing priorities.
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Ensure robust data collection processes are established to support appropriate analysis and create baseline measures for monitoring and reporting actual benefits as indicators of success.
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Effectively agree and communicate project justification, aims, objectives and benefits with all key stakeholders. Maintain communication throughout the project lifecycle, highlighting exceptions and/or risks and ensuring mitigating actions are identified and implemented to keep projects on track.
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Identify appropriate services to support the planning, development and evaluation of methods for gathering complex analyses and interpretations of relevant data.
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Ensure project deliverables are achieved by the project team and aligned with the Trust's strategic aims.
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Apply specialist skills and knowledge to respond to unplanned situations, including quickly realigning project plans as healthcare environments change.
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Track and monitor allocated projects, maintaining an understanding of associated risks and initiating mitigating actions where appropriate.
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Take responsibility for personal learning and development, including identifying areas of learning that could contribute to the knowledge base of the team and its stakeholders.
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Coordinate and facilitate complex information to provide assurance to executive and board-level stakeholders.
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Support the continuous improvement cycle within the PMIO to help the team develop and respond to a changing organisational environment.
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Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
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Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in Project Management or a related field.
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Management and/or Change Management qualification.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. As such, a submission will 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.
From 6 April 2017, Skilled Worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have been required to present a criminal record certificate from each country where they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more during 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.
Employer details
Employer name
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tees
Hardwick Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 8PE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Group Head of Improvement and Project Management
Christina Thompson
Email: cthompson@nhs.net
Phone: 016426124678
Details
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
345-COR8201619-A
Job locations
North Tees
Hardwick Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 8PE
United Kingdom
How to Apply
To apply for the Project Manager position at North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, click the Apply button below and complete your application through the official NHS Jobs application portal.
Closing date: 31 August 2026
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