Job overview

Two permanent posts, plus one fixed term/secondment post for 12 months due to funding. If you are a Swansea Bay University Health Board employee the fixed term post will only be offered on a secondment basis, and you will need to have gained your line managers approval for the secondment prior to submitting your application.

Digital Services at Swansea Bay University Health Board are seeking to appoint two permanent Senior Project Managers to the Digital Programmes department, plus one fixed term/secondment post for 12 months due to funding.

Reporting to a Digital Programme Manager, the successful candidate will work alongside clinical colleagues, Digital Product Specialists, Systems Developers, IT Trainers, QA Analysts to ensure successful implementations. The post holder will also be required to work closely with DHCW (Digital Health Care in Wales).

The ideal candidate will be passionate about technology and its use to improve the quality of care and patient safety. You will be enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to demonstrate delivery of complex projects using PRINCE2. Post holders will also be required to undertake business analysis, identifying opportunities to streamline processes through the introduction of digital technology.

Previous experience of using, administering and/or project managing implementations of clinical information systems would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

Lead, manage and ensure the successful delivery of projects, or work streams of moderate complexity and risk, ensuring that projects produce the required products, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost.  Project areas include: 

Projects identified as part of the Health Board’s Digital Strategy, which will involve planning a broad range of activities and new ways of working and implementing in-house developed and/or externally procured products

Collaboration on Nationally led projects with Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) and other Health Boards

Support of service modernisation through the implementation of technology

Business change management

Provide an expert project management framework for project teams

Provide mentoring and training for the Project Team including Project Officers and Product Specialists as appropriate

Responsible for the production of plans, documentation, support, guidance and training for project teams and staff within and across sites throughout the project lifecycle 

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. 

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.