Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Transformation Team, providing high ‑ quality project and administrative support across a wide range of transformation, productivity and Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) initiatives.
You will take the lead on tracking, monitoring and reporting transformation and CIP projects, maintaining robust documentation, coordinating meetings, taking minutes and actions, and supporting governance processes. By providing this dedicated support, you will enable project managers and clinical and non ‑ clinical leads to focus on hands-on delivery and achieving improvements at pace.
The role will work flexibly supporting multiple workstreams, contributing to service redesign, operational and workforce transformation, and wider improvement activity across the Trust.
You will be highly organised, confident working with data and documentation, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast ‑ paced environment. You will have excellent attention to detail, strong IT skills (particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and the confidence to work with a wide range of stakeholders.
Previous experience of working in the NHS and supporting projects or programmes is essential. An interest in transformation, improvement or productivity work would be an advantage.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Virtual interviews and additional dates for interview will not be available.
Providing comprehensive administrative and project support to transformation and productivity programmes
Maintaining project documentation, trackers, reports and central information repositories
Supporting the production of highlight reports, programme updates and governance papers
Coordinating meetings, workshops, training sessions and rapid improvement events
Supporting risk and issue tracking and monitoring progress against milestones
Working closely with clinical and non‑clinical teams to support effective delivery of change
The Trust’s services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.
The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery.
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
