Project Manager – Financial Improvement Full Time

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) are working towards merging as one organisation from July 2026.

This will create an exciting future that brings together the best of both organisations. As a single, strong and sustainable organisation, we will not only be able to deliver better outcomes for our patients and fairer care for our population, but it will also provide greater opportunities for our people.

Should you join NBT as an employee prior to our organisations merging, your employment will be automatically transferred across to UHBW. Should your employment begin after our two Trusts merge, you will be employed directly by UHBW and therefore UHBW terms and conditions of service will apply

Our job adverts may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Considering this, if you are interested in this role, please do apply as soon as you can.

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Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the newly formed Group Financial Improvement Team — the first finance function to complete its corporate services transformation and now operating as a single, unified service across the Group. Bringing together the strengths of UHBW and NBT, the team combines finance, programme management and improvement expertise to drive better services, better processes and better value for patients and staff. This is not traditional CIP or simple cost reduction; it is about making things work better.

As a Project Manager, you will lead end‑to‑end delivery of improvement projects that support our hospitals and clinical divisions to achieve their cost improvement plans and make best use of limited resources. Working in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment, you will play a key role in delivering programmes that make a real difference to patient care while contributing to a forward‑looking and ambitious team

Main duties of the job

Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of end‑to‑end improvement projects across the Bristol NHS Group, ensuring benefits are clearly defined, tracked and realised.

Work within the Group Financial Improvement Team to support large, cross‑cutting programmes using programme management expertise, operational insight and analytical skills to identify opportunities for improvement.

Provide structured project management, ensuring delivery within agreed time, cost and quality parameters.

Build strong, trusted relationships with clinical and operational teams to support successful implementation of improvement schemes.

Use benchmarking, service information and operational intelligence to identify opportunities to improve service delivery, efficiency and value.

Support divisions and corporate areas to develop and deliver efficiency plans, identifying workforce, financial, quality and process benefits.

Operate effectively within a dynamic change environment, managing competing priorities and engaging a wide range of stakeholders.

Contribute to the wider mission of the Group Financial Improvement Team to embed sustainable improvement and deliver better outcomes for patients and staff.

Working for our organisation

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) are working towards merging as one organisation from July 2026.

This will create an exciting future that brings together the best of both organisations. As a single, strong and sustainable organisation, we will not only be able to deliver better outcomes for our patients and fairer care for our population, but it will also provide greater opportunities for our people.

Should you join NBT as an employee prior to our organisations merging, your employment will be automatically transferred across to UHBW. Should your employment begin after our two Trusts merge, you will be employed directly by UHBW and therefore UHBW terms and conditions of service will apply

Our job adverts may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Considering this, if you are interested in this role, please do apply as soon as you can.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) describes algorithms that can be used to produce new content, including audio, code, images, text, simulations, and videos. It is developing all the time and is now being used as a support mechanism for all kinds of content-based creations. Please note the use of AI is monitored and if applicants have used it then they are required to declare this.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Managing allocated projects from across the Financial Improvement portfolio through their lifecycle from inception to delivery.
• Managing projects on a day-to-day basis. Our current model means it is likely that the postholder will manage projects that will impact across the Trust, however on occasion this may vary should Divisional project support be required.
• Supporting workstreams, clinical and operational teams to develop and plan projects and update documentation describing these plans.
• Supporting the creation of business cases and managing them through the organisational review and approval cycle.
• Identifying and supporting achievement of project benefits realisation.
• Developing and maintaining project plans, forward planners and other documentation such as RAID logs.
• Supporting clinical and operational teams with the delivery
• Organising project boards and ensuring actions are captured and completed.
• Providing routine reporting and communications material for boards and the wider organisation.

In Addition

• Be prepared to step in and provide occasional operational support to programme/operational managers
• Provide focused pieces of work on specific areas, as necessary.
• Provide input into regular summary reports which are submitted to the Trust Board and other groups (including external).
• Recognising some projects will lead to both operational and financial improvement, attend Financial Sustainability meetings as required to provide updates on programme and project development and delivery and to problem solve with colleagues.
• Work closely with accounting pillar of the Financial Improvement Team.

Deputise for the Senior Programme Manager, as required.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of project/programme management, including experience of managing a range of projects that result in pathway improvements
• Knowledge of health and social care issues and priorities
• Experience of undertaking Service Improvement projects
• Specialist knowledge acquired through in depth experience, training or qualification
• Knowledge of change management
• Broad understanding of the NHS, its organisation, roles and responsibilities in a changing Environment.
• Demonstrable skills in dealing with a wide and diverse range of professional and managerial staff and others within a multi-agency setting
• Demonstrable and effective influencing and negotiating skills
• Effective communicator in writing, verbally and in presentation mode
• Has a flexible approach with a commitment to team working
• Sound knowledge and experience of using office-based IT systems
• Able to effectively manage workload and competing priorities
• Able to work under pressure to tight deadlines in the production of high-quality workAble to work under pressure to tight deadlines in the production of high-quality work
• Able to motivate staff and secure their commitment to involvement in planning processes
• Determined and self-motivated.
• Analytical, creative and solution orientated
• Experience of project management in a healthcare setting

Training/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualification in project/programme/ change management e.g. PRINCE 2, MSP, APMP or equivalent
• Educated to Degree level or holds equitable substantial work-based experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Strong, demonstrable experience of project management, working across teams to ensure customer, staff, quality, financial and efficiency benefits are defined and delivered
• Experience of using programme and project management approaches such as PRINCE2 and/ or Managing Successful Programmes (MSP).
• Significant experience of managing stakeholders often with strong competing views, to build and gain consensus to enable decisions to be progressed to boards for approval.
• Experience of developing, tracking and managing both risks and issues and where appropriate flagging and escalating rising risks to relevant Senior Responsible Officer (SRO), boards and senior management.
• Experience of developing Benefits profiles and then managing the project benefits through the project lifecycle
• Experience of the application of change management techniques and best practice through the project lifecycle.
• Experience of establishing, preparing for, running and following up project boards
• Experience of delegating appropriately and management of people and performance. In addition, an appreciation is required for the importance of annual appraisals, objectives and personal development plans and the need to invest time to develop and upskill more junior members of staff

Desirable criteria

• Experience of business process improvement, ideally including benchmarking from analysis of datasets. Experience of data analytics would be advantageous
• Experience of working with financial information
• Evidence of continued professional development.

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The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.