Job summary An exciting 12 month fixed term or secondment opportunity has arisen for a Senior Digital Project Manager to join our EPR Programme team. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has a once in a generation opportunity to transform how care is delivered for our patients. We are a front line digitisation trail blazer on the national EPR programme. Together we will underpin the care that our hospitals provide with a robust digital infrastructure, comprehensive suite of digital solutions and a wealth of digital intelligence. Our digital strategy clearly sets out our great ambition, which delivers a progressive and cohesive portfolio of digital solutions to front-line staff. Main duties of the job The EPR Programme comprises a multidisciplinary team of professional staff concerned with driving forward our ambition of having a fully integrated EPR solution by 2027. The aim of the service is to be 'The Best Digital Service in the NHS' and the Post Holder is required to contribute to this competence. Reporting directly to the EPR Principal Digital Programme Manager, the Post Holder will focus on the delivery of our EPR Programme's Digital projects with knowledge of every aspect of the project lifecycle. The Post Holder will be part of an integrated project team and provide Project Management leadership and expert advice to Project Boards, Project Managers and Project teams throughout the organisation to ensure that best practice, standards, tools, and techniques are in place. The Post Holder will be expected to travel to site across LUHFT working collaboratively with both clinical and non- clinical teams. About us Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page. Date posted 27 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum Contract Fixed term Duration 12 months Working pattern Full-time Reference number 287-CEF-518-24 Job locations Liverpool Innovation Park Edge Lane Liverpool L7 9NJ Job description Job responsibilities Provide project management expertise and advice within in theDirectorate/organisation Have direct responsibility for a number of projects, for the full lifecycle frominitiation to project closure, taking a lead role on high priority/critical projects. Oversee the successful delivery of a number of projects managed bymembers of the wider project team. Ensure that all projects are managed in accordance with PRINCE2 ProjectManagement standards. Ensure that each project is supported by a robust governance structure. Monitor the progress of the project against the original business case andproject initiation document, ensuring where necessary the project is able toadapt to changing requirements and that plans are adjusted accordingly sothat the deliverables are on time, to specified quality and within budget. To analyse and evaluate many highly complex and diverse conflicting issuesassociated with the completion of a project, which requires the analysis interpretation and comparison of a range of options and decide howresources are to be used. Including within this is the management of keyinterdependencies with other projects. Be responsible for developing and tracking the progress of project plans, including resource planning, using approved software. Ensure regular reports are provided to appropriate stakeholders as defined within the programme governance. To identify and manage risks and issues associated with the project(s), including the development and implementation of contingency plans. Ensure all system implementation plans are synchronised with training and infrastructure commitments and include post implementation review plans Ensure that appropriate business re-engineering activities take place, where appropriate, to support the successful delivery of the key outputs of theproject Ensure that appropriate plans, documentation and procedures are in places when handing a project over to business as usual as part of project closure. Where required, to work with other managers and attend meetings with other organisations, to discuss project priorities and progress. To make routine presentations, covering complex issues to groups of staff on topics associated with programmes/projects and to demonstrate systems tousers when necessary. Represent other departmental managers at meetings, events, seminars, or progressing tasks where this is appropriate. The postholder will be required to contribute to the development and implementation of Key Performance Indicators and Critical Success Factorswithin the Directorate The postholder will be required to monitor and manage delivery against these targets and produce regular management update reports detailingperformance levels and provide supporting information to explain improvements or degradation in service and action taken to resolve situationsand to achieve progress. The postholder will liaise with others to ensure they are briefed and up to date on any performance issues. The post holder will work to achieve agreed directorate objectives and is given freedom to do this in own way working within broad professionalpolicies. Provide full support for internal and external audits of their project(s) and act on recommendations as appropriate. Ensure that Post Implementation Reviews and Lessons Learned activities are initiated on completion of projects and are acted on to inform all future work. Dedicate the required concentration required to collate, analyse, check and Job description Job responsibilities Provide project management expertise and advice within in theDirectorate/organisation Have direct responsibility for a number of projects, for the full lifecycle frominitiation to project closure, taking a lead role on high priority/critical projects. Oversee the successful delivery of a number of projects managed bymembers of the wider project team. Ensure that all projects are managed in accordance with PRINCE2 ProjectManagement standards. Ensure that each project is supported by a robust governance structure. Monitor the progress of the project against the original business case andproject initiation document, ensuring where necessary the project is able toadapt to changing requirements and that plans are adjusted accordingly sothat the deliverables are on time, to specified quality and within budget. To analyse and evaluate many highly complex and diverse conflicting issuesassociated with the completion of a project, which requires the analysis interpretation and comparison of a range of options and decide howresources are to be used. Including within this is the management of keyinterdependencies with other projects. Be responsible for developing and tracking the progress of project plans, including resource planning, using approved software. Ensure regular reports are provided to appropriate stakeholders as defined within the programme governance. To identify and manage risks and issues associated with the project(s), including the development and implementation of contingency plans. Ensure all system implementation plans are synchronised with training and infrastructure commitments and include post implementation review plans Ensure that appropriate business re-engineering activities take place, where appropriate, to support the successful delivery of the key outputs of theproject Ensure that appropriate plans, documentation and procedures are in places when handing a project over to business as usual as part of project closure. Where required, to work with other managers and attend meetings with other organisations, to discuss project priorities and progress. To make routine presentations, covering complex issues to groups of staff on topics associated with programmes/projects and to demonstrate systems tousers when necessary. Represent other departmental managers at meetings, events, seminars, or progressing tasks where this is appropriate. The postholder will be required to contribute to the development and implementation of Key Performance Indicators and Critical Success Factorswithin the Directorate The postholder will be required to monitor and manage delivery against these targets and produce regular management update reports detailingperformance levels and provide supporting information to explain improvements or degradation in service and action taken to resolve situationsand to achieve progress. The postholder will liaise with others to ensure they are briefed and up to date on any performance issues. The post holder will work to achieve agreed directorate objectives and is given freedom to do this in own way working within broad professionalpolicies. Provide full support for internal and external audits of their project(s) and act on recommendations as appropriate. Ensure that Post Implementation Reviews and Lessons Learned activities are initiated on completion of projects and are acted on to inform all future work. Dedicate the required concentration required to collate, analyse, check and Person Specification Qualifications Essential Masters Degree or equivalent Formal project management qualification (PRINCE2 Practitioner or MSP Foundation) or ability to demonstrate substantial experience and success in delivering projects Desirable ITIL Foundation qualification Experience Essential Specialist experience of managing a series of complex, large inter-related projects or substantial clinical experience for those projects requiring clinical expertise Experience of managing a team Substantial experience of using specialist Microsoft Office applications Working with colleagues at all levels including clinicians Working on unfamiliar topics requiring rapid assimilation of new technical knowledge Teaching and presentation skills Experience off affecting change in an organisation with no direct line management responsibility Analyses of non routine data, interpretation and resolution Desirable Experience of working in a NHS environment A good understanding of the application of information and IT systems to support patient care Knowledge Essential Specialist knowledge and indepth Substantial experience of working in a project environment Skills Essential Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills Excellent oral and written communication skills Experience of dealing with and communicating highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information to large groups of Staff or Public Negotiation, motivation and influencing skills Ability to present project management techniques and tools Ability to discuss project management technical details with non technical users Ability to delivery presentations to a large audience Person Specification Qualifications Essential Masters Degree or equivalent Formal project management qualification (PRINCE2 Practitioner or MSP Foundation) or ability to demonstrate substantial experience and success in delivering projects Desirable ITIL Foundation qualification Experience Essential Specialist experience of managing a series of complex, large inter-related projects or substantial clinical experience for those projects requiring clinical expertise Experience of managing a team Substantial experience of using specialist Microsoft Office applications Working with colleagues at all levels including clinicians Working on unfamiliar topics requiring rapid assimilation of new technical knowledge Teaching and presentation skills Experience off affecting change in an organisation with no direct line management responsibility Analyses of non routine data, interpretation and resolution Desirable Experience of working in a NHS environment A good understanding of the application of information and IT systems to support patient care Knowledge Essential Specialist knowledge and indepth Substantial experience of working in a project environment Skills Essential Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills Excellent oral and written communication skills Experience of dealing with and communicating highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information to large groups of Staff or Public Negotiation, motivation and influencing skills Ability to present project management techniques and tools Ability to discuss project management technical details with non technical users Ability to delivery presentations to a large audience 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 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Address Liverpool Innovation Park Edge Lane Liverpool L7 9NJ Employer's website https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)