Project Manager (SWASH)

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

NHS Band 6 Salary:  £39,959 - £48,117 per annum

Hours per Week:  Full time 37.5 hrs

Contract type:  Permanent

As a key member of the SWASH+ Service Management Team, the Project Manager will take ownership of the day-to-day management and delivery of Digital Radiology projects. Acting under the delegated authority of the project board, the post holder will be responsible for driving one major scheme or several smaller initiatives through the entire project lifecycle—from initial business case development and detailed planning through to implementation and project closure.

The Project Manager will play a central role in ensuring that all assigned projects are delivered efficiently on time, and within budget. This includes coordinating resources, managing risks, engaging stakeholders, and adapting to emerging needs. In addition to structured projects, the role will also involve the planning and execution of ad hoc change initiatives within SWASH+, ensuring agile and effective responses to service demands and digital transformation goals.

Key Responsibilities,

• Owning the planning of the project, developing the project initiation document and agreeing project milestones, timelines and resources.
• Coordinate with Clinical and Non-clinical staff the facilitation of changes to business processes needed to realise the benefits from new digital technology.
• Actively managing relationships with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders both within the trust and in other partner organisations.
• Managing project resources and their contribution to project delivery.
• Owning the development of key project documentation including project initiation document, risk and issue logs, financial tracker and benefits log.
• Identifying and mitigating issues and, when necessary, escalating them to the project board for support.
• Monitoring plans and overall progress and use of resources, taking corrective action where necessary to ensure that the deliverables of the project are produced on time, within budget and to the expected quality.
• Applying trust project management methodology (PRINCE2).
• Supporting the procurement process where necessary, working with external suppliers to hold them accountable for delivery of their scope of work.
• Identifying dependencies with other projects within and outside the SWASH+ Consortium and working with other members of the SMT and PACS Managers to ensure they are met.
• Communicating project plans, progress and issues through regular highlight reporting.

For full job details and person specifications, please refer to enclosed job description.

Essential

• Master’s degree or equivalent specialist knowledge. 
• Evidence of further professional development
• PRINCE 2 Foundation or PRINCE 2 Practitioner certificate

Experience

Essential

• Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to develop collaborative and effective working relationships with all project stakeholders and team members.
• Able to identify and apply project and programme methodologies with consideration to the scale and complexity of individual projects.
• Ability to work on own initiative, leading and motivating other staff to deliver set objectives on time and within target.

Desirable

• Demonstrable ability to lead large, complex projects.
• Previous experience of patient workflows, patient care and working within the NHS.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of benefits planning and management.
• Knowledge of service improvement tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of gathering user requirements and of user-centred design principles.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Understanding of diagnostic imaging services and systems (Specifically PACS & RIS).

Desirable

• Understanding of healthcare information and information systems.
• Project Management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2).
• Understanding of current Information Governance legislation and policy.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026