Delivery Manager - Imaging Infrastructure

Southampton Source: WhatJobs

£65,000–£85,000

Job Overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title:: Delivery Manager - Imaging Infrastructure

Contract Type: Permanent

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in Imaging Infrastructure Programme Team and play a key role in delivering some of the Trust's most significant diagnostic and interventional healthcare projects.

As a Delivery Manager, you will support the planning, coordination and delivery of a diverse portfolio of imaging infrastructure programmes across Ultrasound, X-ray, CT, MRI and Cardiac Catheter Laboratories. Working closely with clinical, operational, estates, procurement and supplier teams, you will help ensure that equipment replacement, refurbishment and transformation projects are delivered safely, effectively and with minimal disruption to patient services.

The role offers the opportunity to manage your own projects whilst supporting larger strategic programmes led by the Senior Delivery Manager and Head of Programme for Imaging Infrastructure. You will develop project plans, coordinate stakeholders, monitor risks and project milestones, prepare governance reports and support the successful mobilisation of new imaging facilities and technologies.

Reporting to the Senior Delivery Manager – Imaging Infrastructure, you will work as part of a small, dynamic programme team responsible for delivering major investments that improve patient care, enhance staff experience and support the Trust's long‑term diagnostic and interventional service strategy.

This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious project professional who enjoys working in a complex healthcare environment and wants to make a visible and lasting impact on services used by thousands of patients every year.

Working for our organisation

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 30% lower than London and 17 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the delivery of a diverse portfolio of imaging infrastructure projects and programmes that improve diagnostic and interventional services across the Trust.

Key Responsibilities

Manage assigned projects and workstreams, developing project plans and coordinating activities from initiation through to delivery.
Work collaboratively with clinical, operational, estates, procurement, finance and supplier teams to ensure projects are delivered safely, effectively and with minimal disruption to services.
Monitor project progress, risks, issues, actions and dependencies, providing regular updates, reports and governance documentation to support decision-making.
Support equipment replacement programmes, room refurbishments, service relocations and new facility developments across Ultrasound, X-ray, CT, MRI and Cardiac Catheter Laboratory services.
Facilitate stakeholder meetings, maintain project documentation and help coordinate operational readiness, mobilisation and go‑live activities.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, helping develop project management tools, templates and best practice approaches across the programme.

What Experience and Skills Are Needed?

The Ideal Candidate Will Be Able To Demonstrate

Experience of successfully delivering estates or infrastructure projects within a complex healthcare, public sector or large organisational environment.
Strong project management, organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
Experience of managing project risks, issues, actions and governance requirements, and producing high‑quality reports and documentation.
Degree‑level qualification, equivalent experience, or a recognised project management qualification such as PRINCE2 Foundation or APM.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Teams.

Additional Information

Occasional travel between hospital sites and supplier locations may be required.
The postholder will be expected to work flexibly to support key project milestones, equipment installations and service transitions, which may occasionally occur outside normal working hours.
The role involves regular attendance within clinical, diagnostic and construction environments and adherence to relevant safety procedures.
The successful applicant will be subject to the appropriate pre‑employment checks in accordance with NHS recruitment standards.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a team delivering some of the Trust's largest and most complex healthcare infrastructure programmes.
Gain exposure to major imaging and diagnostic transformation projects that directly improve patient care.
Work alongside senior clinical, operational and programme leaders in a dynamic and supportive environment.
Play a key role in shaping the future of imaging services across one of the UK's leading NHS organisations.

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

Relevant Batchelor Degree (Tech, Business, Change) or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience
Masters or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience
Recognised Project Management qualification to practitioner level or equivalent experience
Knowledge and practical experience of the management and successful delivery of full project lifecycle (including pre-project phases) of medium projects.
Experience of analysing complex datasets and producing reports, dashboards and performance information to internal and external groups
Proven knowledge and practical experience in the development, management, and maintenance of databases, ensuring data integrity and usability.
Project management skills including use of multiple methodologies e.g., waterfall and agile.
Knowledge of the creation, review, update and reporting of standard project artefacts.
Knowledge of how to analyse complex technical information relating to programmes and present to a variety of audiences.
Knowledge of how to identify, source, assimilate and apply relevant (clinical, system, setting) specific and technical knowledge
Knowledge of how to identify complex project risks and issues and develop detailed mitigation strategies
Understanding of relevant legislation and guidance

Desirable criteria

Recognised relevant change management qualifications e.g., relating to risk, benefits, change, business analysis, or continuous improvement
Other project and change management training courses
Staff management training courses
Management and successful delivery of full project lifecycle of medium, small and very small change projects (including pre-project phases) in an Acute NHS Trust, a provider NHS (non-acute) or the NHS.
Evidence of recent further professional development