Senior Project Manager - Maternity cover | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley (HIOTV) is seeking an experienced and confident Senior Project Manager to provide maternity cover within our Clinical Innovation Adoption (CIA) Programme.

This is a role requiring someone who can step in quickly, work autonomously, and lead complex programmes at pace. The post holder will manage a diverse portfolio of innovation and transformation projects, working closely with clinicians, NHS providers, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), regional and national partners.

As Senior Project Manager, you will lead and deliver programmes that support:
• National NHS prioritiesfor transformation (e.g. Respiratory) and Health Innovation Network national programmes (e.g. Cardiovascular Disease)
• Regional innovation priorities, working with ICSs, ICBs, Strategic Clinical Networks and regional NHS teams
• Local clinical pathway transformation, supporting providers and frontline teams to redesign services and adopt new models of care

Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley (HIOTV) is hosted by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Employees benefit from NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

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Your work will include managing a diverse transformation portfolio, supporting development of new neighbourhood models of care, leading pathway redesign, supporting the adoption of new clinical guidance, analysing evidence and data, and digital, diagnostic, pharmaceutical and technology innovations.

You will also lead on:

• Designing and implementing delivery and evaluation frameworks including real-world data collection systems
• Programme-level reporting and oversight for national, regional, and local boards
• Ensuring clinical, operational, and financial readiness for adoption
• Identifying risks and barriers to implementation and defining mitigation plans
• Supporting business case development, tenders, and scaling decisions
• Engaging across clinical therapeutic areas, particularly respiratory and urology, while being adaptable across other specialties

This role requires someone who can operate strategically while delivering at pace, influencing senior stakeholders and supporting clinical transformation.

General Conditions

Risk Management
The management of risk is the responsibility of everyone and will be achieved within a progressive, honest and open environment.
Staff will be provided with the necessary education, training and support to enable them to meet this responsibility.
Staff should be familiar with the
• Major Incident Policy
• Fire Policy
• Information governance
and should make themselves familiar with the ‘local response’ plan and their role within that response.

Responsibilities for Health and Safety
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all duties and responsibilities of this post are carried out in compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Statutory Regulations and Trust Policies and Procedures. This will be supported by the provision of training and specialist advice where required.

Infection Control
Infection Control is everyone’s responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts’ Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections including MRSA.

All staff employed by OUH have the following key responsibilities:
· Staff must wash their hands or use alcohol gel on entry and exit from all clinical areas and/or between each patient contact.
· Staff members have a duty to attend mandatory infection control training provided for them by the Trust.
· Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.

Child Protection
The post holder will endeavour at all times to uphold the rights of children and young people in accordance with the UN Convention Rights of the Child.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults throughout the organisation. As a member of the trust there is a duty to assist in protecting patients and their families from any form of harm when they are vulnerable.

Information Governance
All staff must complete annual information governance training. If you have a Trust email account this can be completed on-line, otherwise you must attend a classroom session. For further details, go to the Information Governance intranet site.

Data Quality
Data quality is a vital element of every member of staff’s job role. Oxford University Hospitals recognises the importance of information in the provision of patient care and in reporting on its performance. Data quality is therefore crucial in ensuring complete, timely and accurate information is available in support of patient care, clinical governance, performance management, service planning, and financial and resource planning and performance.
All staff should ensure that they have read and understood the Trust’s Data Quality Policy.

This advert closes on Tuesday 12 May 2026

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