Job summary
We are seeking a Project Manager to support a portfolio of key transformation projects to improve health and care delivery and outcomes in Lewisham. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new joint team working across different organisations which will give successful candidates the opportunity to make significant improvements for local people, communities and staff.
Successful candidates will be responsible for the day-to-day management of projects covering Lewisham's health and care system priorities. This may include projects that support urgent and emergency care, specific client groups or the development of integrated community based care at a neighbourhood level. The successful candidates will be able to work flexibly and take on other areas of responsibility as the function develops.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will engage and work closely with a wide range of stakeholders, including clinical and non-clinical staff, patients, service users, and local communities across the local health and care system in the design and delivery of each project. They will use a broad range of skills to develop and deliver each project and ensure that the stated benefits, including financial benefits, are achieved.
The postholder will build effective working relationships and achieve agreed objectives through strong negotiating and influencing skills and by modelling a collaborative and whole system way of working.
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To manage and successfully deliver projects, providing project management support and a hands-on approach to achieve successful implementation.
- Regularly report on progress, monitoring progress against plan, and delivery of the project purpose.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining all project documentation in line with project management methodology. This includes Project Initiation documents, business cases, project plans, risk registers and performance packs.
- To organise and take a lead in project team meetings, involving stakeholders, suppliers and other members of the organisation as necessary.
- To provide written reports at the conclusion of projects or after an agreed period of time on the measured success of the project as a whole, its constituent parts and of the project personnel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To manage and successfully deliver projects, providing project management support and a hands-on approach to achieve successful implementation.
- Regularly report on progress, monitoring progress against plan, and delivery of the project purpose.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining all project documentation in line with project management methodology. This includes Project Initiation documents, business cases, project plans, risk registers and performance packs.
- To organise and take a lead in project team meetings, involving stakeholders, suppliers and other members of the organisation as necessary.
- To provide written reports at the conclusion of projects or after an agreed period of time on the measured success of the project as a whole, its constituent parts and of the project personnel.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Project management qualification or relevant experience
- Masters or equivalent
- Evidence of on-going career/professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of project management including planning, implementation and report writing
- Budget management
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS and emerging national policy
- Experience of inter-agency working
- Data analysis, problem solving and option development and appraisal
- Experience working with complex clinical datasets including analysis and collation
- Experience of presenting to a wide range of audiences
- Experience of drafting corporate documents
- Relevant experience working in a health or social care organisation
- Experience of delivering to tight deadlines
Desirable
- NHS experience - ideally in large acute academic centre
- Experience of working effectively with clinical and professional colleagues to achieve tangible outcome
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of project management, data management and analysis methods
- Good knowledge of health and social care policy, political and social context
- In-depth understanding of change management
- Knowledge of system working
Skills
Essential
- Project management skills
- Time-management skills
- Ability to work as part of a larger team and when required independently
- Self-starter & ability to work autonomously
- Ability to understand, interpret and analyse complex issues
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and deliver outcomes
- Ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels
- Excellent written and presentation skills
- Adaptable and flexible attitude to work
- Excellent Report writing and budgeting skills
- Good team building and people skills
- Confident with using Microsoft Word, Excel, & Powerpoint
- Able to represent the project management function at a senior level
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Energy, enthusiasm and the ability to work effectively under pressure
- Outstanding leadership, influencing, negotiating and interpersonal skills
- Highly self-motivated
- Ability to influence and achieve consensus
- Temperament and ability to act effectively in challenging and emotive situations
- Flexibility in approach and attitude
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Project management qualification or relevant experience
- Masters or equivalent
- Evidence of on-going career/professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of project management including planning, implementation and report writing
- Budget management
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS and emerging national policy
- Experience of inter-agency working
- Data analysis, problem solving and option development and appraisal
- Experience working with complex clinical datasets including analysis and collation
- Experience of presenting to a wide range of audiences
- Experience of drafting corporate documents
- Relevant experience working in a health or social care organisation
- Experience of delivering to tight deadlines
Desirable
- NHS experience - ideally in large acute academic centre
- Experience of working effectively with clinical and professional colleagues to achieve tangible outcome
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of project management, data management and analysis methods
- Good knowledge of health and social care policy, political and social context
- In-depth understanding of change management
- Knowledge of system working
Skills
Essential
- Project management skills
- Time-management skills
- Ability to work as part of a larger team and when required independently
- Self-starter & ability to work autonomously
- Ability to understand, interpret and analyse complex issues
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and deliver outcomes
- Ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels
- Excellent written and presentation skills
- Adaptable and flexible attitude to work
- Excellent Report writing and budgeting skills
- Good team building and people skills
- Confident with using Microsoft Word, Excel, & Powerpoint
- Able to represent the project management function at a senior level
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Energy, enthusiasm and the ability to work effectively under pressure
- Outstanding leadership, influencing, negotiating and interpersonal skills
- Highly self-motivated
- Ability to influence and achieve consensus
- Temperament and ability to act effectively in challenging and emotive situations
- Flexibility in approach and attitude
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).
