We are recruiting a full-time Senior Capital Project Manager to lead the delivery of capital projects across the Trust, ensuring they meet key objectives and support our overall strategic plans.
You'll have responsibility for the design, development and delivery of complex projects across our sites from RIBA Stage 3 onwards, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget and to the highest standards. From modernising healthcare facilities and ensuring compliance with NHS and statutory regulations, to driving innovation in sustainable design and leading project teams, this role offers both challenge and reward in equal measure.
As a senior leader, you will bring proven expertise in construction project management, contract administration and stakeholder engagement. You’ll be confident managing large-scale healthcare schemes, balancing technical detail with strategic oversight, and inspiring those around you to deliver exceptional results. The role involves collaborating with clinical and estates teams to implement solutions for clinical needs, estates development, compliance, and improvement.
This is more than a project management role — it’s a chance to influence the future of patient care by creating safe, effective and inspiring spaces. If you are ambitious, resilient and driven by the opportunity to improve NHS environments, we would love to hear from you.
Senior Project Manager - Main duties of the job
* Lead the design and delivery of capital projects, ensuring compliance with NHS standards, statutory legislation, and Trust policies.
* Manage all stages of project development, including site surveys, design workshops, procurement, and construction.
* Liaise with Quantity Surveyors, design teams, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure effective project delivery.
* Maintain tight control over project briefs, schedules, risks, and budgets.
* Ensure all projects comply with CQC outcomes, health and safety, and environmental standards, including net zero carbon targets.
* Develop and present business cases, progress reports, and financial forecasts.
* Oversee contract administration, including tendering, contract management, and dispute resolution.
* Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and best practice in capital project delivery.
* Engage and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including Directors, Heads of Service, Consultants, and Commissioners.
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Senior Project Manager - Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Essential criteria
* Degree qualified in Estates subject construction management
* Member of the CIOB, RICS or equivalent
* IOSH Health & Safety certificate
* PRINCE 2 or equivalent
* Experience in all aspects of the management of NHS capital schemes
* Leading a design team of building professionals/disciplines.
* Ability to drive and manage a number of capital schemes simultaneously with competing deadlines.
* Full knowledge of contract management with experience in JCT, NEC, LIFT, P23/+, PFI, JV’s etc.
* Experienced in all aspects of the management of capital schemes, including financial management
* Professional knowledge of building legislation and compliance with experience of application
* Knowledge of and experience of working with HTM, HBN and NHS building codes
* Extensive knowledge of the RIBA plan of works and construction phases
Desirable criteria
* Chartered Surveyor, Engineer
* NEBOSH Certificate in construction
Salary description
£57528.00 - £64750.00 per year