About this role
Job summary
The post Holder must coordinate and manage workstream projects as part of the Virtual Health Hub service and supporting work streams. The post holder will support, manage and motivate the team effectively in order to deliver business plans and support the programme through the delivery of professional, efficient and customer-focused services.
The post holder will be required to contribute to the programme plan and strategic planning. The post holder will assist the team in setting the strategic direction of the programme and maximising the quality and effectiveness of aligned commercial activity.
The post holder will aid in educating relevant internal and external stakeholders relevant to the project project/s
Main duties of the job
Virtual Health project implementation in conjunction with project partners.
Lead the implementation programme and change management.
Support communications and engagement strategy, designing and arranging events and activities as needed.
Liaise with the clinical divisions to ensure a robust implementation plan is developed to support an improvement plan embedded into the business culture.
Actively and sympathetically manage in consultation with Estate project lead on all aspects of the project impact on the delivery of core service.
Produce monthly or quarterly reports on all projects to ensure monitoring requirements are complied with.
Ensure project management paperwork is kept up to date and relevant to the programme.
Responsible for the smooth management of all projects assigned.
Monitor and control resources, revenue and capital costs against the Virtual Health budget and manage expectations of all project stakeholders.
Assist in setting quality standards and success metrics to measure performance and improvement.
Establish and maintain effective links with Executive Directors, Divisional Managers, Professional Leads and senior staff to ensure that decision making is prompt and appropriate to meet the agreed levels of service being provided.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Virtual Health project implementation in conjunction with project partners.
Lead the implementation programme and change management.
Support communications and engagement strategy, designing and arranging events and activities as needed.
Liaise with the clinical divisions to ensure a robust implementation plan is developed to support an improvement plan embedded into the business culture.
Actively and sympathetically manage in consultation with Estate project lead on all aspects of the project impact on the delivery of core service.
Produce monthly or quarterly reports on all projects to ensure monitoring requirements are complied with.
Ensure project management paperwork is kept up to date and relevant to the programme.
Responsible for the smooth management of all projects assigned.
Monitor and control resources, revenue and capital costs against the Virtual Health budget and manage expectations of all project stakeholders.
Assist in setting quality standards and success metrics to measure performance and improvement.
Observe complete confidentiality of all information including awareness and adherence to legal requirements of the Data protection Act
The post holder will be required to participate in relevant project and programme meetings.
To establish and maintain effective links with Executive Directors, Divisional Managers, Professional Leads and senior staff to ensure that decision making is prompt and appropriate to meet the agreed levels of service being provided.
Interprets and implement all statutory, legislative and technical guidance for all projects assigned.
Trust Values
Our values help us in what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and use these values throughout your employment with the Trust to define and develop our culture.
The post holder will be:
Inclusive, valuing and celebrating everyones diversity and success.
Compassionate, caring about our patients.
Accountable and responsible, always looking to improve.
Respectful for all and show integrity in everything.
Empowering people to feel confident to act, trusted to make decisions, and able to shape the way we work.
Customer care for patients and/or service users
To ensure all communication with patients, public and staff are responded to in a polite, timely, friendly and courteous manner.
Communicate and liaise with staff across the Trust, suppliers and other external organisations.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of individuals internal and external to the Trust.
Proactively engage and communicate with patients and public where needed as part of the programme strategy.
Communicate with programme partners and division in relation to project messages.
Communication
To be able to communicate and engage with stakeholders at all levels, both internal and externally
To be able to consult effectively as part of the decision-making process
To provide complex and sensitive information to large groups of staff particularly regarding closures of and changes to services directly affecting those staff
Planning and organisation
The post takes the lead on all delegated programme projects and the coordination of actions required by a multi-disciplinary team.
Budgetary and resource management
Responsible for management of delegated budgets for assigned related projects.
Oversight of how project budgets impact overall Virtual Health Budget
Manage programme projects from point of concept through to delivery including analysis of highly complex systems, contractor proposal reviews and arranging complex shutdowns of clinical systems through negotiation.
Manage contractors on site including site induction and day to day liaisons/ planning.
Training and research responsibilities
To undertake research in all aspects of the programme delivery strategy to ensure the programme moves towards a best-in-class delivery against National targets.
To promote behavioural change to improve the overall Trust sustainability performance
Additional Information
This job description is designed to assist post holders with understanding what is expected of them in their role. Hampshire Hospitals may ask them to undertake other duties, as required, which are not necessarily specified on the job description, but which are commensurate with the grade of the post.
The job description itself may be amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder, within the scope and general level of responsibility attached to the post.
All post holders must take responsibility to ensure that they are aware of and adhere to all Trust policies, procedures and guidelines relating to their employment regardless of their position within the Trust.
Appendix A to this Job Description and Person Specification details key information you should be aware of
Person Specification
Training and qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level Project management experience Experience of project analysis
Desirable
Prince 2 or equivalent NHS experience Silver QI
Experience and Knowledge Essential
Experience liaising and negotiating with stakeholders Experience in working towards financial deliverables
Desirable
Experience of QI methodology
Skills andAability Essential
Excellent leadership skills Analytical and judgement skills ability to motivate and influence
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.
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Employer details Employer name Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Hampshire County Hospital
Winchester
SO22 5DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)