About this role
Job summary
Surrey Hospices Partnership Project Manager Role
Location: Hybrid/any of the 4 hospice sites
Hours of work: 37.5 per week
Salary: £75,000 per annum
Contract: Fixed Term 12 months
We are seeking a Project Manager to undertake a new role supporting the 4 adult hospices in Surrey that provide palliative and end of life care to people living across Surrey. The role is to support Hospices joint vision of working in partnership to provide the best possible support and care. This role will help ensure the hospices have a stronger, collective voice within the wider health and care system and are well positioned to influence future service development and commissioning.
Under the direction of the CEOs, the role will be to:
support the drive for improved data collection and consistent reporting; generate ideas for service improvements; and demonstrate the case for fair funding for all hospices in the collaborative.
Main duties of the job
About You
You will be keen to make a difference and supportive of the work of the hospice sector. You will have a track record of partnership working, being collaborative and understand the complexities of the NHS landscape. You will be analytical, good at working with data and using evidence to build a business case. You will be practical and values-led, able to build trust with a belief in compassionate care, reducing health inequalities, increasing fairness and an ambition to ensure hospices are seen as equal partners in system change.
How the role will work?
The role will be delivered through a fixed term contract for a period of 12 months. You will have a unique position working alongside senior hospice leaders to build strong collaboration, improve outcomes for our population and advocate for our hospice members.
About us
We are 4 independent hospices across Surrey, part of the new Surrey & Sussex Integrated Care System. All 4 Hospices have recently signed an MOU signalling our desire to accelerate and give focus to our partnership working. This is a key priority for us given NHS reforms and the opportunities this presents, along with the emerging Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care.
Benefits
Six weeks paid holiday plus public holidays Continuation of NHS Pension or Phyllis Tuckwell Group Personal Pension Plan (matched contributions up to 7.5%) Health Cash Plan Scheme Employee Assistance Programme Staff Benefit Scheme Blue Light Discount Card Working with a forward thinking and supportive organisation
Interested?
If you want to find out more about the role please contact Sarah Church CEO at Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice via email at [email protected] before the end of July.
Application:
Please apply with your CV and a Proposal covering how you would deliver the role and why you have the skills we need.
Closing date: 12:00pm, Friday 31st July 2026 to [email protected]
Interviews: Friday 14th August 2026.
Job description Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job title: Surrey Adult Hospices Partnership: Project Manager
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The Project Manager role is a new post with responsibility for supporting the 4 Surrey adult hospices to develop partnership ways of working which improve the outcomes for people with palliative and end of life care needs. This role will help ensure the hospices have a stronger, collective voice within the wider health and care system and are well positioned to influence future service development and commissioning.
Reporting to a Board of 4 Hospice CEOs, the focus of the role is to:
improve integrated palliative and end-of-life care outcomes across Surrey through effective collaboration, innovation, and project delivery; develop foundational capabilities needed to operate as a partnership (shared data, ways of working, trusted networks and project capability); identify opportunities and develop initiatives to improve consistency and quality of hospice services across Surrey, including working with NHS partners.
Deliverables in the first year include:
A common data set covering clinical services, finances and income generation and workforce across the hospices. Development of effective ways of working and trusted relationships between staff across the hospices and partner organisations. A case for change/strategy identifying areas where partnership working can deliver greatest benefit, along with a proposed delivery plan. Individual project proposals to deliver improvements to clinical (and other?) services. This could include between hospices, or with NHS, local government or other community partners. Demonstrable early improvements or pilots that evidence the benefit of collaborative working. Support the coordination of hospice input to NHS and system initiatives and consultations, ensuring a consistent and aligned partnership response.
The project manager will be accountable to the 4 Chief Executive Officers of the Surrey adult Hospices. Day-to-day line management and support arrangements will be agreed by the partnership.
They will work collaboratively bringing multidisciplinary teams together to develop creative solutions across organisational boundaries. They will act as the central point of contact for collaboration initiatives.
As a new role, the post is initially funded for 12 months, extendable for at least a further year if KPIs demonstrate benefit is being delivered. There is considerable scope to shape and develop the role as the partnership matures.
The role is likely to suit someone who wishes to work in a hybrid way, with opportunities to work from the 4 partner organisations or from home. Some travel to attend stakeholder meetings and/or attend events outside usual office hours (e.g. Board meetings) might be required.
Responsibilities:
Make the case for Hospice services & collaboration
1. Build and maintain a common data set, identifying common methodologies, tackling inconsistencies and developing a set of KPIs to be agreed by all 4 hospices. Track those KPIs over time.
2. Create a programme of activities to build understanding and trust between the 4 hospices senior leadership teams.
3. Make proposals for light touch governance for how the partnership should work as it starts to develop and mature.
4. Work closely with colleagues in the Sussex Hospice Alliance to ensure (as much as possible) ideas are joined up and aligned.
5. Use data and insight to identify variation, gaps and opportunities, and support evidence-based decision making across the partnership.
6. Build the case for change/strategy document identifying opportunities to improve patient outcomes and organisational sustainability, underpinned by robust evidence and data.
Develop a roadmap and delivery plan
7. Develop a delivery plan with costed project ideas to realise the case for change/strategy, along with a prioritised set of proposals to be agreed by the Hospice partnership.
8. Lead the planning, implementation and evaluation of agreed projects including benefits realisation and measurement of impact.
9. Act as a central point of contact for collaboration initiatives, and facilitate cross-organisational working.
10. Support funding applications, including grants, business cases and partnership investments as required.
Drive effective, targeted change & engagement
11. Produce regular monthly progress reports to keep Hospices and other stakeholders informed and engaged on all activities, including keeping track of any expenditure and financial performance.
12. Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including hospices, NHS and local government partners, primary and secondary care, community and voluntary sector organisations.
13. Prepare and (as required) present reports to senior leadership, boards and external stakeholders.
14. Support coordination of hospice input into NHS initiatives, consultations and system programmes, including drafting responses and ensuring a consistent, aligned partnership position.
This is a unique opportunity to shape a developing partnership and make a tangible difference to palliative and end-of-life care across Surrey.
Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Role holders are required to understand their responsibilities in the safeguarding context, ensuring that the hospice reduces the risk of harm or abuse of adults and children at risk.
You are required to:
adhere to the hospice safeguarding policy which supports the local authoritys multi agency safeguarding policy, the law (Care Act 2014) and Mental Capacity Act 2005 (including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards). inform the appropriate hospice professional where there is concern that an adult or child may be at risk of harm, abuse, or neglect.
We are committed to an Equal Opportunities approach, valuing, and respecting everyone as individuals, with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles, and circumstances.
This job description is underpinned by the hospices philosophy, culture, and core values, which actively embrace diversity and inclusion and promotes total team spirit.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level or equivalent experience or professional qualification. Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
Project management. Leadership and management.
Person Qualities and Other Requirements Essential
Compassionate and values-driven. Collaborative and relationship-focused. Self-motivated, able to work autonomously. Resilient and adaptable. Able to engage others, provide challenge, confidently upwards manage and hold others to account for timely delivery. Politically astute, with the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments.
Skills, Ability and Knowledge Essential
Good understanding of evolving NHS and Local Govt commissioning landscape. Good understanding of hospices. Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills. Ability to network, build and maintain collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders. Ability to analyse numberical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions. Strong organisational, skills to lead and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
Desirable
Experience securing funding or writing business cases. Understanding data, digital and information sharing challenges within health and care.
Experience Essential
Significant project management experience. Experience leading and delivering change and strategy development in a complex environment. Evidence of effective partnership working. Significant experience of working with a range of people at all levels, including senior clinicians / senior management.
Desirable
Strategic NHS/charitable/ healthcare experience. Experience of working across organisational or system boundaries (e.g. ICS / integrated care environments).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice Ltd
Address Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
Waverley Lane
Farnham
GU9 8BL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.pth.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)