Warning
This job advert has expired and applications have closed.
Senior Project Manager | NHS England
| Posting date: | 23 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M1 3BN |
| Company: | NHS England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6449424/990-NW-6449424-E |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and professional individual to join the Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire Strategic Clinical Networks (SCN), as Senior Project Manager.
The SCN supports health systems to improve outcomes in local communities by connecting stakeholders across the system to drive improvement. We are guided by best clinical evidence, and by what makes the best sense for the people of our region. We deliver quality and service improvements in the following areas: Maternity; Diabetes; Frailty; Cardiac and CVD; End of Life & Palliative Care; Children & Young People, Respiratory and Long Covid.
In 2022 NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care System (ICS) was established which is a partnership of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in GM. The purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and the wider GM system.
Interviews will be held at our NHSE office (3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester).
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for the role for more details. The ideal candidate will have:
1. Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to work to tight deadlines
2. Good working knowledge and experience of project management techniques
3. Experience of engagement with varied groups of stakeholders, including clinicians
4. A passion for patient involvement and quality improvement
5. The ability to research topics and produce concise written synopses
6. Competent IT skills with good experience using Microsoft Office Software and remote working
7. Some knowledge or interest in clinical networks and/or governance
There is a real opportunity in this role to help make a difference for people and families in Greater Manchester. We value team members who can provide professional support, critical challenge and creative contribution but, above all, we want people who put patients and the quality of care they receive at the heart of all they do. Applicants are also strongly advised to focus their application on the criteria in the person specification and to make it clear how they meet each of the selected essential and ideally desirable criteria.
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
• Manage and deliver agreed tasks in line with SCN principles and practices
• Maintain control over project support and risks utilising the SCN’s PMO tools and functions
• Provide SCN and other project reporting and assurance as required
• Liaise with colleague over project links and inter-dependencies
• Support leads to deliver the overall objectives of relevant programmes
• Work with wider NHS stakeholders to identify potential service enhancement
• Support and inform the targeting of safety resources, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the tasks/projects
• Coordinate regional and national assurance documentation.
• Coordinate Equality Impact Assessments.
• Provide high quality support including complex information and analysis, communications and stakeholder
• Facilitate and administer meetings and groups, that are high level and complex, and often of a sensitive nature.
• Ensure accurate and open communication and co-ordination with a range of organisations and individuals, researching and drafting correspondence and papers
• Ensuring the management of specific tasks, lead report writing and analysis across a range of specialties, functions
• Be a key member of the team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we needthendon'tdelay,applytoday!Wegetlotsofapplicationsforourrolesandso we sometimes have to close our posts early.Don't miss out!
This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Aug 2024
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.