Job vacancy: Assistant Project Manager, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Ascot

Job summary

Main area: Project Management
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 151-KS005

Employer: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Greenwood Offices, Heatherwood Hospital
Town: Ascot
Salary: £32,602 - £39,686 pa inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/02/2026 23:59

Assistant Project Manager

NHS AfC: Band 5

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached the job description and person specification for detailed information on the main responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree or equivalent experience in a project management environment
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable criteria

Postgraduate project management qualification, or equivalent experience, or relevant clinical professional registration/qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
Demonstrable successful delivery of project outputs to required time, quality and cost

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to prepare and present concise and insightful reports for a broad range of audiences.
Able to interpret and present complex information to inform robust recommendations for evidence-based practice and decision-making
The ability to work constructively with clinicians and divisional management teams.
Able to manage work of self and others to accommodate competing priorities and meet demands

Desirable criteria

Experience of using NHS information, benchmarking data and hospital information systems.
Understanding of the NHS change agenda and national drivers for change

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.