Project Manager

Pennine GP Alliance

The closing date is 21 May 2024

Job summary

Do you want to improve and deliver excellent health care?

A driving force behind our growth and success is a highly skilled and dedicated project manager.

Managing an array of exciting and innovative projects in primary care, this integral role requires project management from start to finish, including business case development, project delivery and evaluation. We are looking for a passionate individual with experience of project management and awareness of the health care landscape.

Main duties of the job

Build and develop individuals for maximum performance, providing purpose, direction, and motivation.

Line management and supervision of staff.

Manage projects with a clear and thorough project charter and project plan.

Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.

Monitor project status, adapting project schedules, scope or budget, ensuring successful project delivery.

Establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing excellent and timely communications on project status and KPIs.

Ensuring contractual reporting requirements are met.

Represent PGPA positively and meetings and events.

Collate, manage, understand and communicate complex statistical information.

Use a high level of interpersonal and communication skills to deliver complex information simply.

Developing business cases and applying for project funding.

You will work as part of a team but will also frequently work unsupervised and using your own autonomy.

About us

Pennine GP Alliance is a membership body of 20 General Practices working together to sustain & support the delivery of primary care to the people of Calderdale.

Out & about in Calderdale we are represented by over 90 additional clinical & non-clinical staff from Clinical Pharmacists to Care Co-ordinators. Working across the District delivering services & support to patients, Primary Care Networks & General Practices.

We pride ourselves on being a supportive employer. We encourage everyone in the team to listen, learn & lead in order to create the best outcomes for our GP members & ultimately the people of Calderdale. In addition we are committed to supporting you in your own professional development.

Working with our General Practice members & Primary Care Networks our team works proactively in creating new solutions & delivery methods to support our GPs in responding to the challenges & needs of delivering resilient & outstanding primary care. Creativity & innovation is always at the heart of our delivery as we respond to the ever-changing health & social care needs of our local people. You will play a key part in making this happen.

Employee benefits: Generous salary package & annual leave (min of 27 days plus 8 bank holidays (up to 33 days if previous NHS employment can be evidenced) Good pension scheme (10% employer contribution) Diverse workforce Flexible working Excellent development opportunities Health & wellbeing support Staff discounts & recognition scheme.

Date posted

30 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£43,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0468-24-0008

Job locations

Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre

Hopwood Lane

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX1 5ER


Job description

Job responsibilities

Build and develop individuals for maximum performance, providing purpose, direction, and motivation.

Line management and supervision of staff.

Manage projects with a clear and thorough project charter and project plan.

Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.

Monitor project status, adapting project schedules, scope or budget, ensuring successful project delivery.

Establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing excellent and timely communications on project status and KPIs.

Ensuring contractual reporting requirements are met.

Represent PGPA positively and meetings and events.

Collate, manage, understand and communicate complex statistical information.

Use a high level of interpersonal and communication skills to deliver complex information simply.

Developing business cases and applying for project funding.

You will work as part of a team but will also frequently work unsupervised and using your own autonomy.

To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to the specific client group, mental health, and community care delivery.

To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.

To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.

To comply with all relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information and to be aware of any changes in these.

To comply at all times with the PGPAs Information Governance related policies. Staff are required to respect the confidentiality of information about staff, patients and PGPA business and in particular the confidentiality and security of personal identifiable information in line with the Data Protection Act. All staff is responsible for ensuring that any data created by them is timely, comprehensive, accurate, and fit for the purposes for which it is intended.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Build and develop individuals for maximum performance, providing purpose, direction, and motivation.

Line management and supervision of staff.

Manage projects with a clear and thorough project charter and project plan.

Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.

Monitor project status, adapting project schedules, scope or budget, ensuring successful project delivery.

Establish and maintain relationships with relevant client stakeholders, providing excellent and timely communications on project status and KPIs.

Ensuring contractual reporting requirements are met.

Represent PGPA positively and meetings and events.

Collate, manage, understand and communicate complex statistical information.

Use a high level of interpersonal and communication skills to deliver complex information simply.

Developing business cases and applying for project funding.

You will work as part of a team but will also frequently work unsupervised and using your own autonomy.

To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to the specific client group, mental health, and community care delivery.

To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.

To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.

To comply with all relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information and to be aware of any changes in these.

To comply at all times with the PGPAs Information Governance related policies. Staff are required to respect the confidentiality of information about staff, patients and PGPA business and in particular the confidentiality and security of personal identifiable information in line with the Data Protection Act. All staff is responsible for ensuring that any data created by them is timely, comprehensive, accurate, and fit for the purposes for which it is intended.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Bachelors degree level or demonstrable equivalent experience.
  • Significant demonstrable experience in managing complex projects and successful delivery.

Desirable

  • Project Management qualification, with evidence of the use of project management models, tools and techniques.

Experience

Essential

  • Proven work record of consistently achieving high standards and delivering objectives and priorities.
  • Experience of hands-on delivery and management of complex full lifecycle projects, within the NHS or public sector organisation.
  • Experience of successfully motivating staff and stakeholders to develop and implement service improvements.
  • Experience of using Quality Improvement methodologies.
  • Experience of creating and delivering training workshops.
  • Experience of handling risks, issues, and safeguarding matters.
  • Experience of successfully sourcing funding for projects and resources.
  • Applied knowledge of personalised care and health inequalities.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care.
  • Experience of coproduction with patients/customers/service users.

Other requirements

Essential

  • Flexibility to work outside core office hours.
  • Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
  • Maintain confidentiality at all times.
  • Ability to travel, must be able to visit locations across the organisation.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to use MS Office products to a high degree e.g. Teams and Excel.
  • Evidence of compiling and producing high quality professional written reports and business cases.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to analyse, interpret and resolve issues.
  • Ability to plan multiple concurrent activities, manage project teams, allocate and prioritise resources and meet objectives.
  • Confident communicator, able to establish relationships with staff at all levels and to work with external stakeholders.
  • Ability to convey new requirements, which may contain complex information to both technical and non-technical staff/partners/stakeholders including presentations to large groups.
  • Strong administrative and planning skills, able to plan effectively against deadlines to produce timely outputs and deliverables.
  • Ability to deal with confidential issues in a professional and sensitive manner.
  • An understanding of primary care and general practice, including their contracts and place in the wider health system.
  • Ability to pre-empt and raise concerns to the right people, with thought through reasoning and ideas for solutions.
  • Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.

Desirable

  • Able to use clinical record systems such as SystmOne and EMIS.

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Ability to perform and deliver under pressure.
  • Ability to work independently and think for themselves.
  • Ability to work well with colleagues and be supportive team member.
  • Resilience, and the ability to know when to ask for help.
  • Demonstrates a positive attitude and integrity.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Bachelors degree level or demonstrable equivalent experience.
  • Significant demonstrable experience in managing complex projects and successful delivery.

Desirable

  • Project Management qualification, with evidence of the use of project management models, tools and techniques.

Experience

Essential

  • Proven work record of consistently achieving high standards and delivering objectives and priorities.
  • Experience of hands-on delivery and management of complex full lifecycle projects, within the NHS or public sector organisation.
  • Experience of successfully motivating staff and stakeholders to develop and implement service improvements.
  • Experience of using Quality Improvement methodologies.
  • Experience of creating and delivering training workshops.
  • Experience of handling risks, issues, and safeguarding matters.
  • Experience of successfully sourcing funding for projects and resources.
  • Applied knowledge of personalised care and health inequalities.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care.
  • Experience of coproduction with patients/customers/service users.

Other requirements

Essential

  • Flexibility to work outside core office hours.
  • Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
  • Maintain confidentiality at all times.
  • Ability to travel, must be able to visit locations across the organisation.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to use MS Office products to a high degree e.g. Teams and Excel.
  • Evidence of compiling and producing high quality professional written reports and business cases.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to analyse, interpret and resolve issues.
  • Ability to plan multiple concurrent activities, manage project teams, allocate and prioritise resources and meet objectives.
  • Confident communicator, able to establish relationships with staff at all levels and to work with external stakeholders.
  • Ability to convey new requirements, which may contain complex information to both technical and non-technical staff/partners/stakeholders including presentations to large groups.
  • Strong administrative and planning skills, able to plan effectively against deadlines to produce timely outputs and deliverables.
  • Ability to deal with confidential issues in a professional and sensitive manner.
  • An understanding of primary care and general practice, including their contracts and place in the wider health system.
  • Ability to pre-empt and raise concerns to the right people, with thought through reasoning and ideas for solutions.
  • Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.

Desirable

  • Able to use clinical record systems such as SystmOne and EMIS.

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Ability to perform and deliver under pressure.
  • Ability to work independently and think for themselves.
  • Ability to work well with colleagues and be supportive team member.
  • Resilience, and the ability to know when to ask for help.
  • Demonstrates a positive attitude and integrity.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Pennine GP Alliance

Address

Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre

Hopwood Lane

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX1 5ER


Employer's website

https://penninegpa.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Pennine GP Alliance

Address

Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre

Hopwood Lane

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX1 5ER


Employer's website

https://penninegpa.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Programme Lead

Joanne Grantham

joanne.grantham4@nhs.net

Date posted

30 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£43,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0468-24-0008

Job locations

Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre

Hopwood Lane

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX1 5ER


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