Cutover / Go-Live Planning Project Manager - NHS PAS/EPR Upgrade
Our client a consultancy that provide support to NHS organisations are seeking an experienced Cutover / Go-Live Planning Project Manager to support a major Patient Administration System PAS upgrade programme within an London NHS Trust.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for developing, coordinating and managing the end-to-end cutover and go-live strategy, ensuring that all operational, clinical and technical activities are effectively planned, coordinated and delivered to support a successful system transition.
Working closely with the EPR programme team, clinical leads, operational stakeholders, technical teams and external suppliers, you will ensure the Trust is fully prepared for go-live, with robust plans, clear accountability and effective risk management.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and delivery of the overall PAS cutover and go-live plan.
- Coordinate all technical, clinical and operational activities required for a successful system transition.
- Develop detailed cutover plans, timelines, dependencies, milestones and resource requirements.
- Work closely with clinical, operational and IT teams to ensure readiness across all affected departments.
- Manage cutover rehearsals, dress rehearsals and go-live simulations.
- Identify and manage cutover risks, issues, dependencies and contingency arrangements.
- Coordinate data migration, system integration, testing and validation activities as part of the go-live process.
- Establish clear roles, responsibilities and escalation processes for the cutover period.
- Develop and maintain go-live checklists, command centre arrangements and hypercare plans.
- Provide regular progress reporting to programme leadership and senior stakeholders.
- Ensure appropriate business continuity and rollback arrangements are in place.
- Coordinate post-go-live activities to support a stable transition into business-as-usual operations.
Essential Experience & Skills: Candiates must have experience of working as a Cutover PM/Go Live PM on a NHS PAS/EPR project.
- Proven experience as a Project Manager or Cutover Manager delivering NHS PAS or EPR implementations, upgrades or major system transitions.
- Demonstrable experience of managing complex cutover and go-live planning within an NHS Trust.
- Strong understanding of NHS clinical and operational environments and the challenges associated with major system changes.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams across clinical, operational, technical and programme functions.
- Experience managing cutover rehearsals, go-live readiness assessments and deployment activities.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including engagement with senior NHS stakeholders.
- Excellent planning, organisation, risk management and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-paced NHS programme environment.
- Experience with large-scale PAS/EPR upgrades or migrations.
- Familiarity with major NHS EPR platforms and associated PAS systems.
- Experience of data migration, integration testing and clinical system validation.
- Experience managing command centres and hypercare arrangements during major NHS go-lives.
Inside of IR35 (umbrella company payment)
Flexible Hybrid working