Data Migration Lead
HCRG Care Group
Cardiff (remote with occasional travel), CF10 1EPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
22 November 2026
9 days leftJob description
Package Description: Are you an experienced Project Manager with a strong technical background and a track record of delivering complex data migration...
We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Migration Lead to join our Clinical Systems team at HCRG Care Group. As a leading provider of NHS and community healthcare services, HCRG Care Group regularly welcomes new services into the organisation and supports the transition of existing services. This process often involves migrating large volumes of sensitive patient information between clinical systems, making effective project management, data integrity, and patient safety essential. The role involves planning, coordinating, and delivering data migration projects, ensuring that patient information is transferred safely, accurately, and within agreed timescales. Working closely with the Head of Clinical Systems, the Data Migration Lead will manage the end-to-end delivery of data migration projects, build and maintain strong working relationships, coordinate data extraction, transformation, testing, and migration activities, and ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and safety requirements. It is a predominantly remote role with occasional UK travel.
Are you an experienced Project Manager with a strong technical background and a track record of delivering complex data migration projects? Would you like to use your expertise to support the safe transfer of patient records and help shape the delivery of healthcare services across the UK?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Migration Lead to join our Clinical Systems team at HCRG Care Group.
As a leading provider of NHS and community healthcare services, we regularly welcome new services into our organisation and support the transition of existing services. This often involves migrating large volumes of sensitive patient information between clinical systems, making effective project management, data integrity and patient safety absolutely essential.
Working closely with our Head of Clinical Systems, you'll take the lead on planning, coordinating and delivering data migration projects, ensuring that patient information is transferred safely, accurately and within agreed timescales.
This is a predominantly remote role, offering the opportunity to work with a wide range of clinical systems, technical teams and healthcare professionals across the country. Very occasional UK travel, including overnight stays, may be required, with expenses covered.
As our Data Migration Lead, you'll be part of our valued Clinical Systems team at HCRG Care Group. You'll feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to a range of rewards and benefits, including:
- A competitive salary of up to £50,000 per annum, depending on experience, with access to our group pension.
- Predominantly remote working, offering flexibility in where you work.
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases, including grocery shopping, cashback and voucher offers.
- Access to your wages as you earn them, helping you manage unexpected expenses and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest borrowing.
- Access to a range of wellbeing resources and support.
- Online and face-to-face learning opportunities through our learning and development programmes, supporting your continued professional development and career progression.
You'll also have the opportunity to work on high-profile projects that directly contribute to the safe and effective delivery of healthcare services, gaining exposure to a variety of clinical technologies, systems and service transformation programmes.
As our Data Migration Lead, you'll be responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of data migration projects, working closely with internal teams, external organisations and system suppliers.
- Leading and coordinating data migration projects, developing detailed project plans, timelines and deliverables to ensure successful implementation.
- Managing the safe transfer and transformation of patient records between Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems, ensuring data quality, accuracy and integrity throughout.
- Building and maintaining strong working relationships with internal programme teams, analytics teams, external healthcare organisations, technical specialists and EPR suppliers.
- Coordinating data extraction, transformation, testing and migration activities, ensuring all parties understand their responsibilities and agreed deadlines.
- Identifying, managing and escalating project risks, issues and dependencies, maintaining accurate project documentation, RAID logs and decision records.
- Working closely with Information Governance and Clinical Safety colleagues to ensure data migrations meet appropriate regulatory, security and patient safety requirements.
- Supporting data validation and testing activities, working alongside technical and database teams to ensure information is accurately transferred into destination systems.
- Providing regular project updates, progress reports and presentations to programme boards and senior stakeholders.
- Supporting the planning of new healthcare service mobilisations, providing technical input and advice on data migration requirements, timescales and potential challenges.
- Contributing to the ongoing improvement of migration processes, documentation and project delivery approaches across the organisation.
You'll be a key point of contact throughout the migration process, bringing together different teams and organisations to ensure projects progress smoothly, even when working to challenging deadlines.
We're looking for an experienced and highly organised technical Project Manager who combines strong project delivery skills with a good understanding of data management and migration processes.
You'll be confident managing complex projects, engaging with stakeholders at all levels and translating technical information into clear, practical plans.
- A recognised Project Management qualification or extensive project management experience (minimum five years), ideally within healthcare, technology or large-scale data migration projects.
- A technical qualification or at least two years' relevant experience in data management, SQL Server, database engineering or a similar discipline.
- Proven experience of managing complex projects involving the movement, migration or transformation of data between systems.
- A strong understanding of project management methodologies and experience working across different delivery approaches.
- Good knowledge of data structures, healthcare datasets and relevant clinical coding standards, including SNOMED CT.
- A sound understanding of information governance, data protection and the management of sensitive or special category information.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver against tight deadlines.
- A commitment to continued professional development and keeping technical knowledge up to date.
It would also be advantageous if you have:
- Experience working with healthcare information systems or Electronic Patient Record systems, particularly TPP SystmOne or EMIS Web.
- A background in health informatics, clinical systems implementation or healthcare service transformation.
- Business analysis experience or a relevant qualification.
- Knowledge of software development and delivery principles.
- Previous leadership or management experience.
- An Agile Project Management qualification.
While experience within healthcare would be particularly valuable, we also welcome applications from candidates in other sectors who can demonstrate strong technical project management experience and relevant transferable skills.
Above all, we're looking for someone who can take ownership of complex projects, build effective relationships and bring people together to deliver successful outcomes.
HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading providers of community health and care services. We work in partnership with the NHS and local authorities to deliver high-quality, person-centred care to communities across the country.
Our vision is to change lives by transforming health and care, and our colleagues play a vital role in making that happen.
Everything we do is underpinned by our three values: Care, Think and Do. These values guide how we work with each other, our patients and the communities we serve.
By joining HCRG Care Group, you'll become part of an organisation that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement, with opportunities to make a meaningful difference to the services we deliver.
Please note: This is a single vacancy being advertised across multiple UK locations to reach a wider pool of candidates. If you have already applied for this position under another location, there is no need to submit a further application.
The role is predominantly remote, although occasional travel to HCRG Care Group locations and other sites across the UK may be required.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to providing a fair and accessible recruitment process.
If you're an experienced technical Project Manager looking for an opportunity to lead meaningful data migration projects within healthcare, we'd love to hear from you.
HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading providers of community health and care services, working in partnership with the NHS and local authorities to deliver high-quality, person-centred care to communities across the country. HCRG Care Group's vision is to change lives by transforming health and care, and its colleagues play a vital role in making that vision a reality. Everything they do is underpinned by their three core values: Care, Think, and Do, which guide their interactions with each other, patients, and the communities they serve. By joining HCRG Care Group, individuals become part of an organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement while offering opportunities to make a meaningful difference in healthcare service delivery. HCRG Care Group is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.
Qualifications
Essential
- A recognised Project Management qualification or extensive project management experience, ideally within healthcare, technology or large-scale data migration projects. A technical qualification or relevant experience in data management, SQL Server, database engineering. Proven experience of managing complex data migration projects and a good understanding of project management methodologies. Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and relationship management skills.
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First seen
13 November 2026
Last checked
13 November 2026
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