IT - Digital Project Manager

  • Department IT Department (SBP)
  • Salary £49,387.00 – £56,515 per annum
  • Closing Date 04/08/2026
  • Location The Shrewsbury Business Park
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 7
  • Job ref 223-DPM-584
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Fixed Term/Secondment - 12 months
  • Hours 37.5

Job overview

We are looking to appoint a Digital Project Manager to lead a series of cutovers as part of our Digital Transformation Programme, which aims to digitise the patient record. The role will ensure a consistent approach to all go-lives and enhanced support periods, with a strong focus on both technical delivery and supporting system adoption.

The post is offered on a fixed-term or secondment basis.

The successful applicant will be educated to degree level and hold a PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification, or have equivalent experience. They will demonstrate the ability to solve problems in a logical and structured way, using strong analytical skills to support evidence-based decision making.

There will be a requirement to work out of hours to support go-live and cutover activity.

***This role will be only eligible for sponsorship if you got your certificate of sponsorship for your first Skilled Worker visa before 4 April 2024 and have continually held one or more Skilled Worker visas since then****.

Main duties of the job

  • Plan, coordinate, and manage cutover, go-live, and enhanced support activities across multiple digital projects running in parallel.
  • Ensure each go-live follows a consistent, controlled approach, with clear plans, milestones, readiness checks, and escalation routes.
  • Coordinate adoption activities with clinical, operational, technical, and project teams to support safe and effective system transition.
  • Monitor progress, interdependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and actions across concurrent projects, providing clear updates to the Digital Programme Manager and Project Boards.
  • Produce and maintain key project documentation, including project plans, implementation plans, cutover plans, adoption plans, highlight reports, and risk register.

Working for your organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust's catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. 

Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team —  clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising  individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a  meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

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The well-being of our staff is of the upmost importance to us.  If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete an risk assessment with you.  This will be completed in conjunction with the latest guidance from Public Health England in relation to Covid-19.

By submitting your application to Trac, you are giving your consent for parts of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems. This is to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation. 

If successful, by completing the NHS Jobs application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.

If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
 
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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