IT & Software

Data Migration Lead

National Health Service

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

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Overview

As Data Migration Lead, you will plan, coordinate, and deliver end‑to‑end data migration projects across clinical systems to transfer patient records safely and accurately. You’ll work with the Clinical Systems team and healthcare professionals to uphold data integrity and patient safety while meeting deadlines. The role is predominantly remote, with exposure to a range of clinical technologies and services, and occasional UK travel. You’ll contribute to service transformation and healthcare delivery at scale, shaping critical data migrations for NHS and community care.

Pay / Benefits
  • Remote working
  • Group pension
  • My Reward Hub discounts
  • Wages on demand
  • Wellbeing resources
  • Learning and development opportunities
Responsibilities
  • Lead and coordinate data migration projects with detailed plans, timelines and deliverables
  • Oversee safe transfer and transformation of patient records between EPR systems ensuring quality and integrity
  • Build and maintain relationships with internal teams, external organisations, and EPR suppliers
  • Coordinate data extraction, transformation, testing, and migration activities with clear responsibilities and deadlines
  • Identify, manage and escalate risks, issues and dependencies; maintain RAID logs and decision records
  • Work with Information Governance and Clinical Safety to meet regulatory, security and patient safety requirements
  • Support data validation and testing with technical and database teams
  • Provide regular updates and presentations to programme boards and senior stakeholders
  • Support planning of new healthcare service mobilisations with technical data migration input
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of migration processes and project delivery
  • Be a key point of contact to align cross‑functional teams and keep projects on track
Key requirements
  • Project Management qualification or substantial experience (min 5 years), ideally in healthcare/tech/large-scale data migration
  • Technical qualification or >=2 years in data management, SQL Server, or database engineering
  • Proven ability to manage complex data movement or transformation projects
  • Strong knowledge of PM methodologies and delivery approaches
  • Knowledge of healthcare data structures, datasets, and SNOMED CT
  • Understanding of information governance and handling sensitive data
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and negotiation skills
  • Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities with ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Commitment to ongoing professional development
  • Excellent communication
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Relationship management
  • SQL Server
  • Data management
  • EPR systems knowledge (TPP SystmOne, EMIS Web)

Reference: WJ-747_31292959 · Posted 14 Nov 2026, 12:10 PM

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