Job summary
Are you passionate about how digital can transform healthcare services, for our donors, patients and NHS colleagues? We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Programme Manager to join the Digital Services team, to work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust and wider NHS Wales organisations, to provide critical digital systems and insight-led services that support our transformation. The Trust is entering an exciting period of change, set out in our Destination 2033 vision, which includes the establishment of a new world class cancer centre to extend and enhance specialist cancer treatment and the delivery of cancer care closer to home through new 'satellite' sites. For the Welsh Blood Service, there is the opportunity to work on the exciting future of blood and transplant services, both improving our capabilities and resilience alongside developing new services, including plasma for medicines, and expertise to support improved healthcare in Wales. Over the next five years, we will revolutionise the way in which we deliver our services - from co-producing innovative technologies, working on digital inclusion in Wales, to embedding data & insight into our everyday. We can offer a unique opportunity for those who want to further their careers in digital healthcare as part of our great Digital Services team and we are looking for talented and passionate individuals who share our values and can help us realise the ambitions of our Trust and digital strategy.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will:
- Lead the successful delivery of the Digital Strategy and wider portfolio projects, ensuring the delivery of digital products, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost
- Be responsible for the engagement and negotiations with a wide range of digital stakeholders - clinicians, nurses, allied healthcare professional, Digital Health and Care Wales, Health Boards, commercial suppliers, academia and Welsh Government advisory teams
- Be responsible for the delivery of the programme, achieving the benefits defined within the Business Case and the Project Initiation Document
- Provide task and line management, support and mentoring for Digital Project Managers, Digital Support Officers and Project Specialists, across a matrix of people and resources, as priorities change
- Be responsible for understanding, managing and communicating to complex stakeholder groups, balancing priorities
- Agree project quality expectations with stakeholders and manage business processes to ensure the Project meets stakeholders' needs and expectations.
- Be responsible for leading the production of business cases, programme roadmaps, key project artefacts such as Project Initiation Documents (PIDs), Risk and Issue Logs and complex delivery plans
About us
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Find out more about our Digital Strategy:
https://velindre.nhs.wales/destination-2033/how-we-will-achieve-our-vision/sub-strategies/digital-data-strategy/
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Find out more about our Digital Strategy:
https://velindre.nhs.wales/destination-2033/how-we-will-achieve-our-vision/sub-strategies/digital-data-strategy/
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters' degree level or equivalent experience
- Formal programme management qualification (e.g. MSP or equivalent)
- Evidence of further development - educated to masters' level or equivalent of working at a senior level in a specialist area
- Specialist project knowledge to post graduate level or equivalent experience (e.g. PRINCE 2 practitioner)
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Expereince
Essential
- Substantial experience at a senior Project/Programme Management level
- Expert knowledge and experience of managing several projects to support large, complex change programmes
- Expert knowledge and experience of delivering digital projects in complex environments
- Extensive experience of negotiating with other Health Care providers and commercial suppliers
- Experience of managing commercial suppliers to pre- approved service level agreements/contracts
- Specific domain/theoretical/ practical knowledge of organisations, processes, policy knowledge relevant to the programme
- Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects, e.g. PRINCE2
- Experience of applying MSP methodology
- Thorough understanding of full project lifecycle
- Demonstrates a proven record of achievement at a senior management level in a project environment, including the ability to provide advice at executive level
- Understanding and knowledge of Agile methodology and service design principles
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrably delivered in a project environment
- Team management skills
- Ability to influence at all levels
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with Project Boards
- Track record of problem solving in a programme management environment
- Competent in the use of desktop applications
- Able to interpret complex problems into easy to understand issues for a variety of audiences
- Prepared to take on challenging and innovative projects
- Ability to negotiate with senior executives across the public and private sector
- Demonstrates a track record of delivering to target
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills when dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to a wide range of stakeholders
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic professional
- Will be required to travel within geographical area
Desirable
- Desirable (but not essential): Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters' degree level or equivalent experience
- Formal programme management qualification (e.g. MSP or equivalent)
- Evidence of further development - educated to masters' level or equivalent of working at a senior level in a specialist area
- Specialist project knowledge to post graduate level or equivalent experience (e.g. PRINCE 2 practitioner)
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Expereince
Essential
- Substantial experience at a senior Project/Programme Management level
- Expert knowledge and experience of managing several projects to support large, complex change programmes
- Expert knowledge and experience of delivering digital projects in complex environments
- Extensive experience of negotiating with other Health Care providers and commercial suppliers
- Experience of managing commercial suppliers to pre- approved service level agreements/contracts
- Specific domain/theoretical/ practical knowledge of organisations, processes, policy knowledge relevant to the programme
- Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects, e.g. PRINCE2
- Experience of applying MSP methodology
- Thorough understanding of full project lifecycle
- Demonstrates a proven record of achievement at a senior management level in a project environment, including the ability to provide advice at executive level
- Understanding and knowledge of Agile methodology and service design principles
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrably delivered in a project environment
- Team management skills
- Ability to influence at all levels
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with Project Boards
- Track record of problem solving in a programme management environment
- Competent in the use of desktop applications
- Able to interpret complex problems into easy to understand issues for a variety of audiences
- Prepared to take on challenging and innovative projects
- Ability to negotiate with senior executives across the public and private sector
- Demonstrates a track record of delivering to target
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills when dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to a wide range of stakeholders
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic professional
- Will be required to travel within geographical area
Desirable
- Desirable (but not essential): Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
