About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to join the Programme Management Office at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, where you will play a key role in supporting colleagues to transform and improve services.
We are interested in receiving applications from individuals with a passion for PMO working, in a complex and fast-paced healthcare provider environment.
If you are excited by the challenge of working in a PMO function, to deliver world class healthcare for patients, and support the organisation to meet its strategic objectives, we look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
As Project Manager within the PMO, you will be responsible for supporting our teams to develop and deliver schemes within the Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) plan.
You will be responsible for maintaining high levels of governance across the CIP schemes and will work with key stakeholders to project documentation is completed to a consistently high standard.
You will need to possess excellent project management skills and have a good working knowledge of finance within the NHS. You will need to be able to analyse and interpret complex financial data and present it clearly so that it is understandable to a wide audience.
About us
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values.
The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description.
If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner level Relevant post graduate qualification MSP
Experience Essential
Experience in managing a varied and demanding portfolio of tasks Experience in managing staff Proven successful track record in leading and supporting the delivery of a complex project(s Proven successful track record in applying financial control and achieving financial savings targets; Proven successful track record in leading, challenging and performance-managing teams and individuals
Desirable
Experience in leading and sustaining transformational change within a complex organisation Experience of using a variety of improvement methodologies to deliver benefits
Skills Essential
Experience of providing and receiving information, which can be highly complex, sensitive, or contentious, requiring persuasion, negotiation, diplomatic and motivational skills Highly developed and effective communication skills. Communication may be oral, and written, in the form of letters and reports, to staff at all levels in the Trust, and external to the Trust.
Desirable
The ability to present complex, sensitive or contentious information both formally and informally to small groups and present to large audiences
Knowledge Essential
Understanding of NHS strategy/policy Detailed knowledge of, and demonstrable experience in, the application of best practice project management methodology. Knowledge and understanding of clinical and corporate governance and risk management systems and processes Knowledge and understanding of emerging national NHS policy.
Desirable
Significant experience of the NHS operational environment, patient care and clinical safety and quality domains
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Address Dowling House
Royal Bolton Hospital
Bolton
BL4 0JR
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)