Job summary
12 month fixed term contract/ secondment opportunity
The three acute hospitals in Norfolk and Waveney, The James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Foundation Trust, we are starting one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken - moving from paper-based patient records to electronic ones. The Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme is currently at the beginning of a journey to transform how information about patients' health and care is stored, viewed, and used within our acute hospitals. The EPR will use cutting edge technology to create a new digital system where staff will be able to access patient health and care information quickly and securely, meaning they experience quicker and better care.
By bringing all IT and patient record systems together, we can provide better joined-up care wherever patients are treated. The EPR will drive improved standards of services at our acute hospitals. With secure, immediate access to live data, the new system will give clinical staff more time to deliver higher quality, and safer care. For patients, this will mean they don't have to remember their medical history or repeat the same information to different members of staff, making their care journey more joined-up.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced NHS Project Manager who will work with the EPR leadership team and across the three Norfolk and Waveney acute hospitals in the development and implementation of the integrated EPR system. They will work with technical, operational, and clinical leads from across the Trusts, to enable the safe and effective implementation of the technical aspects of the programme. This role is being offered on an initial 1-year FTC/Secondment with the aim to extend for an additional 12 months.
The EPR programme is divided into five major workstreams, comprising of the Clinical Design Authority, Transformation and Adoption, Commercial and Financial, Technical, and Data and Analytics.
The Technical workstream is focusing on ensuring that the technical environments are EPR-ready, with this workstream being sub-divided into seven sub-projects comprising of systems landscape, service management, infrastructure, devices, interfaces, access and control, and IG and security.
The role of the 3-Acute EPR Technical Project Manager is to provide the governance, structure, process, and critical challenge for these projects and to report on progress, key issues, and risks to enable key decisions and actions to be taken in a timely manner.
If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.
Advert closing: 4th June 2023
Interview date: 12th June 2023
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following skills and experience will be required and are essential for the successful candidates:
- Support the EPR programme in leading the allocated workstream and associated sub-projects and managing the complex environments and relationships within the Trusts, which will benefit from a centrally coordinated approach due to their complexity and scope.
- Responsibility for review and challenge of all project development and documentation, including feedback to central and local colleagues on areas of weakness or whether further information is required.
- Responsibility for monitoring programme compliance delivery, for the sub-projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget and that planned cost savings are made.
- Support the senior management team in the programme and project meetings across multiple aspects of the overall programme, responsible for all aspects of the designated workstream.
- The production and presentation of complex information in the most appropriate format to the EPR programme board, technical committees, outside agencies, and multiple other governance meetings.
- Support the Chief Technical officer and other project managers, in coordinating project management activities that best meets the needs of the overall programme delivery.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following skills and experience will be required and are essential for the successful candidates:
- Support the EPR programme in leading the allocated workstream and associated sub-projects and managing the complex environments and relationships within the Trusts, which will benefit from a centrally coordinated approach due to their complexity and scope.
- Responsibility for review and challenge of all project development and documentation, including feedback to central and local colleagues on areas of weakness or whether further information is required.
- Responsibility for monitoring programme compliance delivery, for the sub-projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget and that planned cost savings are made.
- Support the senior management team in the programme and project meetings across multiple aspects of the overall programme, responsible for all aspects of the designated workstream.
- The production and presentation of complex information in the most appropriate format to the EPR programme board, technical committees, outside agencies, and multiple other governance meetings.
- Support the Chief Technical officer and other project managers, in coordinating project management activities that best meets the needs of the overall programme delivery.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Accredited project management qualification (e.g. APM, Prince2, Managing Successful Programmes or equivalent) and significant senior experience in project/programme management delivery with evidence of leading and managing improvement projects in the NHS.
Experience
Essential
- Specialist knowledge, practical application and experience in change management, cost improvement, modernisation, service redesign, facilitation, and successful implementation of service improvements at a senior level.
- Analysing the performance of areas of activity in relation to performance targets, strategic objectives, developing strategies, business plans and advice.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to empathise and build rapport with clinicians, front-line staff, managers, and others, to influence, motivate and engage them into adopting new ways of working to improve service delivery.
- Ability to receive, process, summarise, interpret, and communicate highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information where there are barriers to acceptance and resistance to change.
Attitude & Aptitude
Essential
- Able to deal with frequent interruptions requiring changes within work patterns and be flexible and adaptable.
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Accredited project management qualification (e.g. APM, Prince2, Managing Successful Programmes or equivalent) and significant senior experience in project/programme management delivery with evidence of leading and managing improvement projects in the NHS.
Experience
Essential
- Specialist knowledge, practical application and experience in change management, cost improvement, modernisation, service redesign, facilitation, and successful implementation of service improvements at a senior level.
- Analysing the performance of areas of activity in relation to performance targets, strategic objectives, developing strategies, business plans and advice.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to empathise and build rapport with clinicians, front-line staff, managers, and others, to influence, motivate and engage them into adopting new ways of working to improve service delivery.
- Ability to receive, process, summarise, interpret, and communicate highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information where there are barriers to acceptance and resistance to change.
Attitude & Aptitude
Essential
- Able to deal with frequent interruptions requiring changes within work patterns and be flexible and adaptable.
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
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).
