About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to join the Programme Delivery Team in Digital Services as a Senior Project Manager. We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join a successful and highly motivated team transforming the way we work and driving forward the digital agenda. This is a great opportunity for anyone joining the team delivering key strategic projects that will improve our interactions, safety and care of our patients.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for managing and leading on strategic and trustwide programmes to ensure successful implementation of a portfolio of work involving several projects or workstreams to a high quality standard.
An important part of the role is ensuring the programmes of work are robustly managed, tracked, and monitored with risks and issues clearly identified and mitigated. Reports will be published and provided to key boards where required.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
The postholder will be expected to be skilled in:
Management of large programmes of work involving 3rd parties as well as wider trust representatives and leads. Ensure programmes of work follow appropriate project governance and relevant documentation and highlight reporting. Ensuring clinical safety aspects are fully accounted for working with Clinical Safety Officers throughout the trust. Ensure programmes of work are fully approved with appropriate procurement and financial approval. Ensure risks and issues are managed and mitigated in accordance with any decisions tracked and noted. Work with wider digital services colleagues to track and understand impact of change, engagement and benefits tracking.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration Essential
Highly Developed specialist knowledge across range of project management procedures and techniques underpinned by theory. In-depth knowledge of IM&T Systems and procedures acquired through a combination of specialist training and relevant study to masters degree or equivalent level. Degree or substantial project management experience. Qualification and experience in project management methodology to PRINCE2 Practitioner level or equivalent.
Desirable
Knowledge of ITIL
Experience and knowledge Essential
Have experience in project management techniques. Skills and experience in POISE procurement guidance and processes. Knowledge and practical understanding and experience of Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) procurement regulations. Skills and experience in NHS IM&T business case models. Skills and experience in process mapping utilising relevant software.
Desirable
Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods Skills and experience in process mapping utilising relevant software
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 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub
Avenue Road
Seaton Delaval
NE25 0QJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)