About this role
Job summary
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The Children and Young People Integrated Neighbourhood Team Project Manager for Bexley is an exciting new role that offers the right candidate a fixed term or secondment opportunity for 1 year.
Working closely with ICB, community, primary, acute, education and social care colleagues you will support the development and implementation of Bexley's Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) for Children and Young People (CYP).
This role would suit someone with experience of leading change and coordinating projects, who can work with a number of different stakeholders to take this plan forward and help improve outcomes for children and young people in Bexley.
Although your base will be Memorial Hospital the post holder will work across a number of different sites flexibly, as well as some time where working from home would be an available option.
Main duties of the job
Nationally, ICB areas are tasked with implementing INTs in 2026/27 to priority cohorts. The post holder will work alongside partners in the ICB, community, primary, acute health services as well as education, social care and the voluntary sector to co-produce and implement Bexley's CYP INT model. Your work will help create joined-up, person-centred services that tackle health inequalities and genuinely improve outcomes for local people- as set out in the NHS 10-year plan.
About us
Oxleas - About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care
Job description Job responsibilities
Strong programme and project management skills, with the ability to manage priorities in a complex environment; oversee the working group, task and finish group, own the project plan, risk log, and ensure continued progress against deliverables
Confidence working across organisational boundaries and influencing without direct authority
Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex ideas clearly to a wide range of audiences
Working with primary care to develop and deliver standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Experience working with data and insight to support planning, decision making and improvement
The ability to stay calm, constructive and solutions-focused when navigating challenge or disagreement
A collaborative mindset, with a genuine commitment to a person and community centred approach
Have experience delivering complex programmes, service change or transformation involving multiple partners
Understand (or excited to learn about) neighbourhood working, integrated care and place-based and people centred approaches
Have experience working in or knowledge of CYP services and demonstrated passion to improve outcomes for CYP
Translate national policy and strategy into practical local delivery
Enjoy bringing structure to ambiguity and helping teams move from ideas to action
Ensure that reducing inequalities and improving outcomes for communities is embedded throughout planning, delivery and evaluation.
Attend meetings across the system
Acting as the key lead to escalate risks or concerns
Leading on data collection and evaluation
Organising or commissioning training as needed
Setting up, maintaining and developing project documentation
Work with partners to coordinate budgets and the best utilisation of investment, ensuring there are no duplication of resources
Collaborate with the Leadership Team to explore ideas and develop business cases for future developments within the Bexley CYP INT programme, and what they mean in practice for people, time and resources
Look ahead at activity and demand to help plan and shape future initiatives
Monitor how services are running, spotting risks or issues early and working with partners to address them
Support clear decision-making and accountability, helping neighbourhood work stay focused and well-governed
Help teams across primary care, social care, community services and hospitals work as one around peoples needs
To undertake some routine administrative tasks as required by the role e.g. Assisting with the organisation of meetings and events
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities Essential
Able to influence across professional and organisational boundaries Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Desirable
Exceptionally strong communication and relationship building skills, able to apply appropriate methods to motivate and remove barriers to acceptance
Education and knowledge Essential
Degree or equivalent experience PRINCE2 or alternative project management methodology trained
Experience Essential
Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
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 Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address Memorial Hospital
Shooters Hill
Woolwich
SE18 3RG
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)