Project Support Assistant

Job summary

The North East and North Cumbria Suicide Prevention Network consists of professionals from the NHS, Public Health England, local authorities, police, prisons, third sector organisations, other relevant stakeholders, and individuals with lived experience of suicide. It is overseen by a regional Core Leadership Group, which reports to the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) Mental Health workstream. The leadership group works collaboratively to coordinate, support and monitor suicide prevention activity across the region, with the ambition to do everything possible to reduce suffering and prevent all suicides, and to reduce the impact where this does happen.

Our regional Network approach supports collaboration across service boundaries and helps to ensure that expertise, best practice and learning is shared across agencies, that gaps and potential duplication are identified, and resources are shared/made widely available to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the plan and related activity, ensuring impact at scale.

The plan brings together the overarching programme of identified priority workstreams which supports local action plans at sub-regional Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) level, and related activities. Shared vision, values and aims which we have developed together will guide and underpin implementation of priority actions.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide project support for the Suicide Prevention Network core team.
2. To assist workstream leads in delivery of the Network regional plan, supporting key workstreams in relation to projects.
3. To assist in project planning.
4. To assist in providing data and information necessary to meet governance requirements.
5. To support the co-ordination, planning and organisation of complex projects, requiring formulation and adjustment as required.
6. To ensure the collation of information for related meetings, preparing agenda and papers, ensuring timely dispatch of papers and attendance.
7. To assist in the organisation and minute taking of related meetings with providers and senior staff as required, ensure that the discussions are documented and that necessary actions are undertaken.
8. To communicate project information to relevant stakeholders.
9. To signpost stakeholders to relevant information, ensuring that all necessary information is cascaded to appropriate workstream leads.
10. To have regular liaison via email or phone with stakeholders for feedback and to resolve issues.
11. To assist in planning, organising and administrating activities in line with agreed priorities, including conferences and training events.
12. To maintain project documentation and resources.
13. To promote dates for training and awareness raising activity.
14. To assist with evaluation of workstream activity through collating progress updates and data analysis e.g. for monthly reports in relation to programme management evaluation.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

Employer details

Employer name

CNTW NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Nicholas Hospital

Gosforth

NE3 3XT

Employer's website

https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

CNTW NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Nicholas Hospital

Gosforth

NE3 3XT

Employer's website

https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

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