Digital Project Manager

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. Working for your organisation

• 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.
  
  

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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