Senior Project Manager -2 Stop Patient pathway/Chemocare Development


Company:	University Hospitals of Leicester
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Leicester, LE1 5WW
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	15 Jul 2026
Closing date:	23 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring, self-motivated individual to join the Pharmacy Team at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS as Senior Project Manager on a fixed term basis. Funded from the East Midlands Cancer Alliance, this post will be instrumental in supporting implementation, scoping and delivery of determined efficiencies across the Pharmacy Aseptic Services and the pharmacy oncology team.

With excellent communication and influencing skills, you will support the review of existing processes and pathways and support implementation of new ways of working to improve the care of patients across UHL Cancer Centre. You will help to support a new electronic system upgrade and streamline the ordering of medicines across different pharmacy locations.

As a suitable candidate, you will be able to demonstrate excellent project management skills, ability to support all aspects of the full project lifecycle, combined with strong leadership and people management experience to be able to support on the key focus area outcomes from the UHL Cancer Centre – working to implement One Versus Two stop for aseptic services.

You will be resilient and adaptable, with a 'can-do' attitude, able to operate in a highly complex, dynamic and fast –changing environment working in collaboration with pharmacy and other colleagues from across Clinical Management Groups to support pharmacy projects as required and provide appropriate assurances to embed sustainable delivery.

The post holder will lead alongside the CMG Lead Pharmacists, Principal Pharmacists and Principal Pharmacy Technicians along with the Pharmacy Leadership Team to support the Pharmacy Service with the projects currently required.

The post holder will be responsible for developing and maintaining detailed action plans. To work alongside the Pharmacy Senior Team to ensure robust mechanisms are imbedded in the service and to provide and maintain appropriate assurance frameworks for sustainable delivery of any actions or recommendations.

The post holder will work alongside the Pharmacy Senior Management Team, key members of the pharmacy team, members of CSI and representatives/stakeholders from relevant Clinical Management Group (CMG) to progress the specific improvement schemes.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,

• being a great place to work,

• partnerships for impact, and

• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,

• we are proud,

• we are inclusive, and

• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk

To develop and maintain detailed action plans, working alongside the Senior Pharmacy Team to ensure robust mechanisms are imbedded in the service and to provide and maintain appropriate assurance frameworks for sustainable delivery of any actions or recommendations.

1. Transformation Change Project

• Undertake appropriate audits, service review and use improvement methodology to inform service development decision making and change management.

• Responsible for developing a project plan to deliver transformational change within pharmacy and associated services.

• Responsible for the development of an action plan, and development of robust mechanisms, to provide assurance to the Senior Pharmacy Team and other key stakeholders.

• Ensure governance arrangements are in place to support transformational projects; project plans including milestones, delivery dates, key performance indicators, risk assessments, and quality impact assessments.

• Provide monthly highlight reports to the pharmacy meetings and/or other groups as identified.

• Ensure the delivery of identified outputs and KPIs.

• Ensure that all necessary communications are undertaken across all stakeholders within the organisation and with healthcare partners to enable successful delivery.

This advert closes on Wednesday 29 Jul 2026

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