Project Manager

The EPR Project Manager is responsible for delivering defined workstreams within the Trust's Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Programme. The post-holder will manage all aspects of project planning, delivery, assurance, and benefits realisation to ensure successful implementation of EPR functionality and related digital transformation.

Although hybrid working is in place and available across the team, as this role will be key to the EPR programme there will be a requirement to be on site at Sherwood Forest Hospitals a minimum of 3 days per week.

Interviews w/c 9th November 2026

Main duties of the job

Working closely with clinical, operational, and technical teams, the post-holder will ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within scope, and in alignment with Trust priorities, using recognised project management methodologies. They will be accountable for ensuring that clinical safety, data quality, operational readiness, and user adoption are embedded into every project stage.

This role requires strong stakeholder management, excellent communication, and the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams in a complex and fast-moving environment.

About us

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Please see below link for the DSFS website.

DSFS - Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited | DSFS

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Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£48,007 to £55,706 a year

per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

20 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

166-DSFS-8351914

Job locations

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mansfield Rd

Sutton In Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job description and Person Specification. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.

Job responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job description and Person Specification. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience; formal project management training

Desirable

• PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, Agile certifications

Experience

Essential

• Leading digital/clinical system projects; managing stakeholders; delivering to deadlines

Desirable

• NHS digital project experience; EPR programme involvement

Knowledge

Essential

• Project methodologies; governance; risk management; digital transformation

Desirable

• Clinical workflows; ICS digital strategies; EPR supplier experience

Skills

Essential

• Communication; planning; facilitation; analysis; report writing; relationship management

Desirable

• Workshop design; complex user engagement

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Proactive, calm under pressure, credible with clinical staff, resilient, collaborative

Desirable

• Passion for digital innovation and transformation

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience; formal project management training

Desirable

• PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, Agile certifications

Experience

Essential

• Leading digital/clinical system projects; managing stakeholders; delivering to deadlines

Desirable

• NHS digital project experience; EPR programme involvement

Knowledge

Essential

• Project methodologies; governance; risk management; digital transformation

Desirable

• Clinical workflows; ICS digital strategies; EPR supplier experience

Skills

Essential

• Communication; planning; facilitation; analysis; report writing; relationship management

Desirable

• Workshop design; complex user engagement

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Proactive, calm under pressure, credible with clinical staff, resilient, collaborative

Desirable

• Passion for digital innovation and transformation

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mansfield Rd

Sutton In Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mansfield Rd

Sutton In Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job description and Person Specification. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience; formal project management training

Desirable

• PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, Agile certifications

Experience

Essential

• Leading digital/clinical system projects; managing stakeholders; delivering to deadlines

Desirable

• NHS digital project experience; EPR programme involvement

Knowledge

Essential

• Project methodologies; governance; risk management; digital transformation

Desirable

• Clinical workflows; ICS digital strategies; EPR supplier experience

Skills

Essential

• Communication; planning; facilitation; analysis; report writing; relationship management

Desirable

• Workshop design; complex user engagement

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Proactive, calm under pressure, credible with clinical staff, resilient, collaborative

Desirable

• Passion for digital innovation and transformation