Job vacancy: Business Analysis & Project Lead, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Darwen

Job summary

Main area: Business & Projects
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 438-PB4502

Employer: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: ELFS Business Services
Town: Darwen
Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/09/2026 23:59

Business Analysis & Project Lead

Band 6

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Requirement to become very familiar with the products and applications currently utilised by ELFS Business Services
Responsible for uncovering business issues that need to be addressed and using analytical skills to evaluate all available data / information related to the project
Working with departmental managers and process leads to design solutions based on user requirements, seeking enough information to understand the circumstances before responding to a situation or drawing any final conclusions
Manage end to end project lifecycle, maintaining internal project management documentation/ systems
Identify opportunities for increasing efficiencies by streamlining and standardisation including introducing new ways of working, systems, and technologies to ensure the organisation remains at the forefront of innovation providing effective service delivery
Champion continuous improvement by constructively challenging existing practices, introducing improvements where appropriate in order to deliver a recognised high-quality service
Help upskill and identify training needs for team members to upskill where knowledge gaps exist
Work in partnership with ELFS Business Systems Team to Develop digitalisation across the organisation, focusing on improving the efficiency through the introduction of technology
Apply leading practice end to end process expertise in order to adapt and implement new re-engineered processes, guiding the teams through the agreed re- designed processes
Analysing any new requirements identified internally (colleagues) and externally (ELFS clients) and translating this into functional specifications for product developers; making sure requirements map to the business needs, have quality standards embedded and have relevant stakeholder buy in
Collaborate with team members to create detailed functional and/or technical specifications
Leadership activities will be required to ensure that changes to systems, procedures or processes are managed with relevant internal and external customers
Motivate staff to enhance the performance of the department, standardised processes and align opportunities to support the organisations strategic objective

Please see the full description in the attached document.

Person specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working with staff at a senior level l in a busy environment.

Desirable criteria

Project management qualification / expertise

Knowldege and experience

Essential criteria

Ability to engage effectively with a range of colleagues both internally and from external organisations
Ability to analyse and problem solve complex issues, and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures and deadlines
Experience of taking responsibility for multiple projects with minimal supervision
Experience of communicating with a range of audiences
Experience of preparing reports and providing advice

Desirable criteria

Experience within an NHS healthcare environment

Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly.

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post. Our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders is available Here

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