Job summary
- Main area
- Digital
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid: A minimum of 2-3 days on site each week, across all Trust locations. Increasing at key times, to meet the requirements of this Senior Lead Role)
- Job ref
- 120-AC826-0925
- Employer
- Velindre University NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Velindre NHS Trust
- Town
- Cardiff,
- Salary
- £65,424 - £76,021 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Digital Programme Manager
Band 8b
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre University NHS Trust, which is a committed equal opportunities employer. The Trust welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- Caring
- Respectful
- Accountable
and who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in a Trust that has the ambition to provide world class services and care to patient and donors.
Velindre University NHS Trust holds a special place at the heart of healthcare in Wales. It is also an amazing organisation to work and to develop your career. The Trust comprises of two divisions, Velindre Cancer Centre and Welsh Blood Service. The Trust also hosts on behalf of the Welsh Government and NHS Wales, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) and Health Technology Wales (HTW).
Velindre University NHS Trust provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss their employment opportunity with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Posts may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check and Professional Registration Check.
For more information on our Trust Employee Reward and Benefit’s Package please visit the Velindre University NHS Trust website.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job overview
Are you passionate about how digital can transform healthcare services, for our donors, patients and NHS colleagues? We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Programme Manager to join the Digital Services team, to work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust and wider NHS Wales organisations, to provide critical digital systems and insight-led services that support our transformation. The Trust is entering an exciting period of change, set out in our Destination 2033 vision, which includes the establishment of a new world class cancer centre to extend and enhance specialist cancer treatment and the delivery of cancer care closer to home through new ‘satellite’ sites. For the Welsh Blood Service, there is the opportunity to work on the exciting future of blood and transplant services, both improving our capabilities and resilience alongside developing new services, including plasma for medicines, and expertise to support improved healthcare in Wales. Over the next five years, we will revolutionise the way in which we deliver our services – from co-producing innovative technologies, working on digital inclusion in Wales, to embedding data & insight into our everyday. We can offer a unique opportunity for those who want to further their careers in digital healthcare as part of our great Digital Services team and we are looking for talented and passionate individuals who share our values and can help us realise the ambitions of our Trust and digital strategy.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will:
- Lead the successful delivery of the Digital Strategy and wider portfolio projects, ensuring the delivery of digital products, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost
- Be responsible for the engagement and negotiations with a wide range of digital stakeholders – clinicians, nurses, allied healthcare professional, Digital Health and Care Wales, Health Boards, commercial suppliers, academia and Welsh Government advisory teams
- Be responsible for the delivery of the programme, achieving the benefits defined within the Business Case and the Project Initiation Document
- Provide task and line management, support and mentoring for Digital Project Managers, Digital Support Officers and Project Specialists, across a matrix of people and resources, as priorities change
- Be responsible for understanding, managing and communicating to complex stakeholder groups, balancing priorities
- Agree project quality expectations with stakeholders and manage business processes to ensure the Project meets stakeholders’ needs and expectations.
- Be responsible for leading the production of business cases, programme roadmaps, key project artefacts such as Project Initiation Documents (PIDs), Risk and Issue Logs and complex delivery plans
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Find out more about our Digital Strategy:
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters’ degree level or equivalent experience
- Formal programme management qualification (e.g. MSP or equivalent)
- Evidence of further development – educated to masters’ level or equivalent of working at a senior level in a specialist area
- Specialist project knowledge to post graduate level or equivalent experience (e.g. PRINCE 2 practitioner)
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Expereince
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience at a senior Project/Programme Management level
- Expert knowledge and experience of managing several projects to support large, complex change programmes
- Expert knowledge and experience of delivering digital projects in complex environments
- Extensive experience of negotiating with other Health Care providers and commercial suppliers
- Experience of managing commercial suppliers to pre- approved service level agreements/contracts
- Specific domain/theoretical/ practical knowledge of organisations, processes, policy knowledge relevant to the programme
- Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects, e.g. PRINCE2
- Experience of applying MSP methodology
- Thorough understanding of full project lifecycle
- Demonstrates a proven record of achievement at a senior management level in a project environment, including the ability to provide advice at executive level
- Understanding and knowledge of Agile methodology and service design principles
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrably delivered in a project environment
- Team management skills
- Ability to influence at all levels
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with Project Boards
- Track record of problem solving in a programme management environment
- Competent in the use of desktop applications
- Able to interpret complex problems into easy to understand issues for a variety of audiences
- Prepared to take on challenging and innovative projects
- Ability to negotiate with senior executives across the public and private sector
- Demonstrates a track record of delivering to target
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills when dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to a wide range of stakeholders
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic professional
- Will be required to travel within geographical area
Desirable criteria
- Desirable (but not essential): Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Elin Griffiths
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Digital Programmes
- Email address
- [email protected]
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