Project Manager – Prevention & Transformation

Employer information

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust are looking for a talented, motivated and ambitious individual to take up the role of Project Manager for Prevention and Transformation across our medical services within North East London.

The purpose of this role is to manage a programme of projects in disease prevention and service transformation that improve patient care, service efficiency and deliver long term healtcare cost benefit. The post holder will work closely with the programme lead (band 8C) to jointly produce feasibility studies, strategic cases, business cases as well as managing service transformation, the establishment of new ways of working and the evaluation of change. The post holder will be pivotal in operationalizing programmes of work and taking them from an approved business case to part of business as usual.

The post holder should have a passion for innovation and a drive to improve healthcare services on a popualtion health level. The post is seen as critical for delivering North East London's disease prevention stratergy which centres on the FIND project.

The "FIND" prevention project aims to utilize automated case finding technology to identify local North East London residents at risk of long term medical conditions (Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Liver Disease etc). Once identified these residents will be risk stratified and have appropriate intervention to minimize their risk of disease progression and the risk of needing long term medical care.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to manage a programme of projects in disease prevention and service transformation that improve patient care, service efficiency and deliver long term healthcare cost benefit. The post holder will work closely with the programme lead (band 8C) to jointly produce feasibility studies, strategic cases, business cases as well as managing service transformation, the establishment of new ways of working and the evaluation of change. The post holder will be pivotal in operationalizing programmes of work and taking them from an approved business case to part of business as usual. In particular, they will be responsible for the rapid delivery of the technical and commercial workstreams, as well as an evaluation, within 26/27.

The prevention and transformation projects involve a multitude of clinical teams and stakeholders, across multiple sites and organizations.

The primary project under the remit of the project manager will be the roll out of the "FIND" prevention project which aims to utilize automated case finding technology to identify local Northeast London residents at risk of long term medical conditions (Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Liver Disease etc). Once identified these residents will be risk stratified and have appropriate intervention to minimize their risk of disease progression and the risk of needing long term medical care.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to deliver national, regional, or local health programmes involving digital tools, clinical algorithms or decision-support software (rules-based and/or AI-enabled), working directly with clinicians to embed these into pathways.
• Ability to take health technology products from pilot to commercial scale, including skill in partnership/licensing negotiations, Intellectual Property (IP) arrangements, and navigating regulatory routes to market (e.g. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)/UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) medical device approval).
• Ability to translate national clinical guidance (e.g. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)) into evidence-based pathways, and to support their adoption to reduce variation in care across a health system.
• Ability to interpret and work effectively with outputs from Structured Query Language (SQL)/Python-based data pipelines, clinical algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled tools (e.g. AI agents supporting administrative tasks or triage of clinical documentation), engaging credibly with technical teams and suppliers on their outputs, limitations, and governance.
• Understanding of evaluation methodology (including logic models, quasi-experimental evaluation techniques, and benefits realisation frameworks) and health economics skills, including health impact modelling and cost-avoidance analysis linked to delaying or preventing progression of long-term conditions (e.g. delayed need for renal replacement therapy).
• Ability to identify systemic barriers to equitable care, translate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles into programme strategy, and embed inclusion into governance and policy review - for example, ensuring case-finding algorithms and pathway design do not create or widen health inequalities across a diverse population such as North East London.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of chronic disease management, clinical pathways, and evidence-based prevention and treatment optimisation strategies.
• Understanding of National Health Service (NHS) information governance requirements (e.g. Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), data sharing agreements, Caldicott principles, and controller/processor responsibilities under data protection law) in multi-organisational data programmes.
• Understanding of the research and innovation funding environment, including the ability to apply cohort identification/case-finding tools to support research recruitment, and to work closely with academic partners on research collaborations (e.g. Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)).

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification in a relevant business, health, or life science discipline, or equivalent demonstrable capability gained in a health-related setting.

Additional employer information

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

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Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Documents to download

• JD/PS (PDF, 887.6KB)
• Our Values and Behaviours (PDF, 334.9KB)
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 92.0KB)
• Candidate Information Pack (PDF, 549.5KB)