KA Senior Project Manager

Overview

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. Our aim is to have a workforce that is truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

Fixed Term for 24 months.

• Project manage the development and implementation of multiple organisational information system/eHealth projects within NHS Lothian, as approved by the Informatics Management Group.
• Lead a team of inter‑related project initiatives, co‑ordinate project activities, set work packages for project staff (analysts, business users, developers and infrastructure technicians) and manage quality assurance testing.
• Apply project management techniques across all aspects of each project, ensuring successful implementation within defined resources, costs and timescales.
• Steer the implementation of a variety of projects from local in‑house solutions to large‑scale commercial products, including deployment and integration of upgrades and version releases for clinical operational systems and management information systems.
• Support the implementation of eHealth systems to meet National (SEHD) programmes of development and National standards.

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