NMGH New Hospital Digital Design & Coordination Lead: Sponsorship Available

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has ambitious plans to transform healthcare in North Manchester through the North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) Redevelopment Programme that will deliver a new hospital and health campus at the existing North Manchester General Hospital site. This major investment will support the transformation of how we deliver our services and create modern facilities that support world-class clinical care for our communities.

This role provides a unique opportunity to be part of one of the largest public sector health transformation programmes being delivered across Manchester.

Main duties of the job

The NMGH New Hospital Digital Design & Coordination Lead will play a key role in the New Hospital Project and specifically in delivering the work of the Digital Workstream contributing to the design and implementation of future-ready healthcare infrastructure aligned to national standards and intelligent hospital design principles. The role will support the integration of Intelligent Hospital Capabilities (IHCs) including the:

  • digital empowerment of our patients through accessible interoperable systems;
  • delivery of Smart Buildings designed with embedded digital infrastructure to support real-time data, automation and predictive maintenance;
  • design and implementation of technologies that will support clinical efficiency and patient focused decision-making; and
  • the delivery of hospitals without walls that promote integrated care across physical and virtual environments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master’s Degree and/or equivalent level job-related experience in management
  • Formal project management qualification such as PRINCE and/or Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) practitioner
  • Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

  • Vast knowledge and experience of project/programme management including planning, risk management and benefits realisation.
  • Demonstratable experience at a senior level in an NHS acute trust or equivalent experience in a healthcare setting.
  • Experience of managing large scale change projects and track record of successful engagement with a variety of stakeholders
  • Success in achieving substantial organisational change and implementing highly complex projects
  • Experience of collaborative/partnership working within and across organisations
  • Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise. Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of option
  • Financial awareness and business acumen
  • Analysis and presentation of highly complex data

Desirable

  • Experience within an acute hospital setting.
  • Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries
  • Experience of developing complex business cases.

Skills

Essential

  • Knowledge of NHS and regional health care policy, performance and management systems, current issues, NHS values
  • Able to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities, on multiple and complex projects, including reporting and tracking of plans and actions
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture
  • Proven ability to deal with wide range of data and information and take appropriate decisions from it, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances
  • A proven ability to come up with flexible and creative solutions to difficult problems.
  • Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to motivate, challenge and engage individuals and teams
  • Demonstrable experience of delivering results through the development and management of teams to ensure success and use a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility
  • Political astuteness, understanding what can and cannot be delivered at senior level
  • Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships and a proven ability to influence and change those groups
  • Demonstrable highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on complex matters and in difficult situations.
  • Able to write high-quality reports, present confidently and persuasively to a variety of stakeholders including Executive Directors, senior clinicians and independent contractors
  • Holding to account others to ensure they deliver to their targets and dealing effectively with performance
  • Being able to manage own emotions and be resilient in a range of complex and demanding situations.
  • A strong commitment to openness, honesty inclusiveness and high standards in leadership.
  • Advanced IT Skills i.e. in Excel, MS Teams, PowerPoint and Word.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 19 October 2026

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