Project Manager – Prevention & Transformation

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a talented, motivated, and ambitious individual to take up the role of Project Manager for Prevention and Transformation across its medical services within North East London.

The purpose of this role is to manage a programme of projects in disease prevention and service transformation that improve patient care, service efficiency, and deliver long-term healthcare cost benefits. The post holder will work closely with the programme lead (band 8C) to jointly produce feasibility studies, strategic cases, business cases, as well as managing service transformation, the establishment of new ways of working, and the evaluation of change.

The post holder should have a passion for innovation and a drive to improve healthcare services on a population health level. The post is seen as critical for delivering North East London's disease prevention strategy, which centres on the FIND project.

The "FIND" prevention project aims to utilise automated case-finding technology to identify local North East London residents at risk of long-term medical conditions (Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Liver Disease, etc.). Once identified, these residents will be risk-stratified and have appropriate intervention to minimise their risk of disease progression and the risk of needing long-term medical care.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to manage a programme of projects in disease prevention and service transformation that improve patient care, service efficiency, and deliver long-term healthcare cost benefits. The post holder will work closely with the programme lead (band 8C) to jointly produce feasibility studies, strategic cases, business cases, as well as managing service transformation, the establishment of new ways of working, and the evaluation of change. The post holder will be pivotal in operationalising programmes of work and taking them from an approved business case to part of business as usual.

In particular, they will be responsible for the rapid delivery of the technical and commercial workstreams, as well as an evaluation, within 26/27.

The prevention and transformation projects involve a multitude of clinical teams and stakeholders, across multiple sites and organisations.

The primary project under the remit of the project manager will be the rollout of the "FIND" prevention project, which aims to utilise automated case-finding technology to identify local Northeast London residents at risk of long-term medical conditions (Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Liver Disease, etc.). Once identified, these residents will be risk-stratified and have appropriate intervention to minimise their risk of disease progression and the risk of needing long-term medical care.

Job responsibilities

• Ability to deliver national, regional, or local health programmes involving digital tools, clinical algorithms, or decision-support software (rules-based and/or AI-enabled), working directly with clinicians to embed these into pathways.
• Ability to take health technology products from pilot to commercial scale, including skill in partnership/licensing negotiations, Intellectual Property (IP) arrangements, and navigating regulatory routes to market (e.g., Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)/UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) medical device approval).
• Ability to translate national clinical guidance (e.g., National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)) into evidence-based pathways, and to support their adoption to reduce variation in care across a health system.
• Ability to interpret and work effectively with outputs from Structured Query Language (SQL)/Python-based data pipelines, clinical algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled tools (e.g., AI agents supporting administrative tasks or triage of clinical documentation), engaging credibly with technical teams and suppliers on their outputs, limitations, and governance.
• Understanding of evaluation methodology (including logic models, quasi-experimental evaluation techniques, and benefits realisation frameworks) and health economics skills, including health impact modelling and cost-avoidance analysis linked to delaying or preventing progression of long-term conditions (e.g., delayed need for renal replacement therapy).
• Ability to identify systemic barriers to equitable care, translate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles into programme strategy, and embed inclusion into governance and policy review -- for example, ensuring case-finding algorithms and pathway design do not create or widen health inequalities across a diverse population such as North East London.

Benefits

• Salary: £75,328 to £86,114 per annum
• Agenda for Change pay scheme
• Band 8b
• Fixed-term contract for 24 months
• Full-time working pattern