Digital Transformation Project Manager

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Digital Transformation Project Manager

The closing date is 19 August 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Digital Transformation Project Manager to join the newly established Digital Transformation Team. As an integral part of the Digital & Data Directorate in CTM, the team have a rapidly expanding portfolio of challenging and interesting projects, including electronic prescribing and medicines administration, transforming patient contact services and several smaller projects supporting direct care.Under the guidance of a Digital Transformation Programme Manager, the successful candidate will be expected work collaboratively with operational and clinical colleagues and the wider digital team to support the re-design of services to improve the outcomes of our patients, citizens and families that we serve, as outlined in the Health Board's strategy CTM 2030.

Candidates will be expected to have experience of supporting technical/ clinical digital transformation projects within a healthcare environment. Skills including; excellent engagement and stakeholder management, demonstrable experience in supportring the whole life-cycle of a project.

For more information, please contact Katherine Lewis, Digital Transformation Programme Manager or Suzanne Rodgers, Assistant Director of Digital Transformation.

Main duties of the job

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT UNTIL OCTOBER 2026 DUE TO FUNDING

As a Digital Transformation Project Manager, the post holder will co-ordinate and manage several projects to support the delivery of a range of digital transformation programmes to ensure quality assurance, risk management and achieving financial balance.

The post holder will be a source of project management and quality improvement knowledge, providing support to clinical and operational colleagues and identified clinical and managerial leads.

The post holder will support the key working groups across a variety of services ensuring that there is join up and collaboration between the teams where appropriate.

The post holder will be able to adapt the approach to ensure that projects remain on track.

Welsh Skills Desirable:This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy--Our Health, Our Future--focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

o We listen, learn, and improve

o We treat everyone with respect

o We work together as one team

CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Job responsibilities

To support and enable services and service leads to develop project plans to improve and develop service and implement change. This will include persuading and negotiating, resource planning, standard setting and performance management in multi-disciplinary teams across Services.

To work with operational teams to help embed the culture of continuous improvement enabled by digital transformation. This will require well developed communication skills in order to successfully challenge current practices and propose change.

To bring new working and project management quality and quality improvement principles to both clinical and administrative teams at every level.

To communicate project development and quality improvements to the services and help leads to assess their impact.

To develop close collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders including other services, corporate functions i.e. Digital Health and Care Wales, Planning and Partnerships, Performance, third sector organisations, local authorities and other relevant networks to ensure wide involvement in developing models of care by conveying complex information.

To participate and facilitate meetings with a variety of audiences.

To negotiate with professionals and managers on issues that have significant impact on the quality and quantity of services, challenging practices and established processes.

Person SpecificationSkills

• Excellent written and communication skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• Leadership and motivation skills.
• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.

Experience

• Experience of managing change
• Experience of planning and delivery of projects in a public sector setting.

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent knowledge and experience.

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.

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