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A Patient Administration Officer is generally responsible for maintaining and developing patient administration systems, including appointment systems, referrals and record keeping. They will also act as a point of contact for members of the public, clinical staff and other individuals. They may also have involvement in training individuals in the use of information systems.

A Principal Information Analyst is a higher level analyst with advanced technical and professional skills. The role is likely to involve interpreting strategy and policy to identify suitable analytical approaches, carrying out complex analysis, advising informatics teams on current innovations and helping to find solutions to challenges in analytical requirements.

A Principal Project Manager is responsible for managing the successful delivery of a project or a number of related projects. Specifically, the principal project manager will support, facilitate and monitor the performance and progress of project(s) in order to ensure the required outputs are delivered to the required quality and within the constraints of resource, time and cost.

A principal project manager is likely to be involved in managing project managers, project officers and/or project support officers. In this capacity they may also have responsibility for mentoring and training members of the project management team. They are also likely to be responsible for managing the work of external contractors.

A Principal Statistician will lead and develop an efficient information, analysis and reporting service. They will take responsibility for ensuring that quality data and information is available to support health services. The Principal Statistician will have primary contact with internal staff, external organisations and the public on all information issues.

A Programme lead is usually responsible for leading a major initiative, or a designated portfolio of projects. The projects are likely to be complex in nature and may have involvement across a range of organisations and at a National level. The programme lead will also be responsible for a project management team, often made up of project managers, project officers and/or project support officers. They are also likely to be responsible for managing the work of external contractors.

The programme lead will need to ensure that the projects within their area of responsibility are coherent and balanced, with a strong focus on delivery. They will also have responsibility for making the business case for new areas of project activity.

A programme officer will provide support to a programme manager and assist with the overall management and delivery of a programme of work. Specifically, the programme officer will support, facilitate and monitor the performance and progress of a programme, ensuring that quality is maintained, issues are resolved, and risks are identified and managed.

A programme officer is likely to be involved in managing programme support officers and/or programme administrators, as well as monitoring programme budgets.

A project manager is generally responsible for delivering and providing the overall management of a single large project or a number of smaller simultaneous projects. Specifically, the project manager will support, facilitate and monitor the performance and progress of a project or project(s) in order to ensure the required outputs are delivered to the required quality and within the specified constraints of resource, time and cost.

A project manager is likely to be involved in managing project officers and/or project support officers. They may also be responsible for managing the work of external contractors.

A project manager is likely to need knowledge and awareness of the context/subject matter of the project(s), but may not necessarily be an expert in the area.

A Project Officer's main responsibility is to provide project and organisational support to the project manager and project management team. This may be across one or more projects and is likely to involve a combination of administrative activities and some project management. The project officer is likely to assist in managing the project(s) through, for example, setting up and maintaining project documentation, being a useful point of contact for the project(s), carrying out research and development to support the project(s), producing ad hoc reports, and contributing to monitoring progress. They will also need to be able to use Microsoft Office products and Project Management IT products.

A project officer is likely to need knowledge and awareness of the context/subject matter of the project(s), but may not necessarily be an expert in the area.