Project Manager (Sponsorship Available) at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen to join the Programme Management Office at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, where the successful candidate will play a key role in supporting colleagues to transform and improve services.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is interested in receiving applications from individuals with a passion for PMO working in a complex and fast-paced healthcare provider environment.

If you are excited by the challenge of working in a PMO function to deliver world-class healthcare for patients and support the organisation in meeting its strategic objectives, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust looks forward to hearing from you.

Job Details

• Employer: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

• Job Title: Project Manager

• Location: Bolton, England, UK

• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year

• Job Type: Full-time

• Closing Date: 12 November 2026

Main Duties and Responsibilities

As Project Manager within the PMO, the successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Supporting teams to develop and deliver schemes within the Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) plan.

• Maintaining high levels of governance across the CIP schemes.

• Working with key stakeholders to ensure project documentation is completed to a consistently high standard.

Applicants will need to possess excellent project management skills and have a good working knowledge of finance within the NHS.

The successful candidate will need to be able to analyse and interpret complex financial data and present it clearly so that it is understandable to a wide audience.

About Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

At Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, patients are at the heart of everything the Trust does. The Trust ensures patients receive the highest quality of care and is guided by its Trust Values.

The aims of the Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population it serves and ensure that its staff have joy and pride in their work.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities it serves. The Trust values its staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development.

The Trust is keen to reflect its local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.

Job Description

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description.

If you have any further questions regarding this role, please contact Bolton NHS Foundation Trust using the information provided in the job advert.

Working at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

The vision of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work.

The Trust is striving to attract, recruit and retain high-calibre skilled staff who reflect its communities.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an inclusive employer that trains and develops its staff in a positive learning environment.

The Trust thrives on cultivating cultural architecture. If you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with the Trust values, the Trust welcomes and appreciates the diversity you bring to the organisation.

Staff Benefits

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust offers a wide range of staff benefits.

For more information, see Staff benefits – Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk).

Important Information

From time to time, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust may need to close a vacancy early when it receives a sufficient number of applications.

Applicants interested in this post who wish to be considered are strongly advised to complete and submit their applications as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

– Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner level.

• Relevant postgraduate qualification.

• MSP.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in managing a varied and demanding portfolio of tasks.

• Experience in managing staff.

• Proven successful track record in leading and supporting the delivery of complex project(s).

• Proven successful track record in applying financial control and achieving financial savings targets.

• Proven successful track record in leading, challenging and performance-managing teams and individuals.

Desirable

• Experience in leading and sustaining transformational change within a complex organisation.

• Experience of using a variety of improvement methodologies to deliver benefits.

Skills

Essential

• Experience of providing and receiving information, which can be highly complex, sensitive, or contentious, requiring persuasion, negotiation, diplomatic and motivational skills.

• Highly developed and effective communication skills. Communication may be oral and written, in the form of letters and reports, to staff at all levels in the Trust, and external to the Trust.

Desirable

– The ability to present complex, sensitive or contentious information both formally and informally to small groups and present to large audiences.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of NHS strategy/policy.

• Detailed knowledge of, and demonstrable experience in, the application of best practice project management methodology.

• Knowledge and understanding of clinical and corporate governance and risk management systems and processes.

• Knowledge and understanding of emerging national NHS policy.

Desirable

– Significant experience of the NHS operational environment, patient care and clinical safety and quality domains.

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.

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 in 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.

How to Apply

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