Job summary
Are you passionate about reducing health inequalities and buildng a culturally capable workforce? We are currently seeking a highly motivated and experienced professional to join our team in a pivotal role as our PCREF Project Lead. You will play a key role in implementing PCREF to address health disparities in collaboration with internal stakeholders and system partners. You will work closely with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds, including staff networks, community organisations, NHS partners, and external agencies to identify and address race disparities in healthcare access, delivery and outcomes. The ideal candidate will have srong commitments to tackling discrimination and advancing race equality in mental health, as well as excellent communication, project management and analytical skills. If you are committed to making a difference in the lives of racialised populations and promoting diversity in the workplace, we want to hear from you.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are committed to getting the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to project management opportunities. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in health inequalities and EDI.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a candidate who possesses excellent communication skills, is proactive in their approach, and can efficiently organize and support projects related to health inequalities and EDI. The ideal candidate should also be able to develop effective systems for record-keeping, information dissemination, and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
This position will be vital in ensuring the successful delivery of our Health Inequalities and EDI Strategy. This involves ensuring that the outcomes laid out in the strategy are achieved to their full potential. The successful candidate will be accustomed to working with various stakeholders and committed to improving equity across all workplaces and services. They will be required to support the development and implementation of the health inequalities strategies and action plans, design be-spoke templates and documents, coordinate diaries, coordinate communication and process payments and invoices.
Flexible working:
We are proud to offer agile and flexible working opportunities as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 8AM to 6:30PM giving you the very best of good work life balance.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support and lead on the PCREF project, develop and deliver against project plans, identify key milestones, and use Improvement Methodology to track each Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle to measure improvements and demonstrate a positive change. This project will include complex multi-dimensional project strands that will have a wide-reaching impact across the organisation.
- Leading and coordinating input from senior managers and clinical service leads to deliver and define business improvements, taking accountability for project success.
- The post holder will support project delivery, managing changing demands, and processes and maintaining appropriate and comprehensive records of project progress.
- Engage with and work within the project management systems, including maintaining a progress/risk log and recording relevant issues relating to projects.
- Ensure the project is taking due consideration of relevant issues in the broader healthcare economy.
- Support project teams to ensure projects are delivered to plan and on time, continuously analysing and assessing the overall delivery of project aims and providing adequate and timely resolution in failures to meet project targets.
- Be responsible for supporting projects to ensure a project structure which meets project management principles and governance requirements, including financial management and the delivery of the project work.
- Work with project team members to develop a project plan with clear milestones and timescales of achievements towards the objectives and goals of the individual projects.
- Engage with patients & carers to ensure they are fully involved in developing and implementing the PCREF recommendations.
- Provide reports on progress to the key stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Establish a reporting/escalation framework integrated with the overall performance monitoring framework.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support and lead on the PCREF project, develop and deliver against project plans, identify key milestones, and use Improvement Methodology to track each Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle to measure improvements and demonstrate a positive change. This project will include complex multi-dimensional project strands that will have a wide-reaching impact across the organisation.
- Leading and coordinating input from senior managers and clinical service leads to deliver and define business improvements, taking accountability for project success.
- The post holder will support project delivery, managing changing demands, and processes and maintaining appropriate and comprehensive records of project progress.
- Engage with and work within the project management systems, including maintaining a progress/risk log and recording relevant issues relating to projects.
- Ensure the project is taking due consideration of relevant issues in the broader healthcare economy.
- Support project teams to ensure projects are delivered to plan and on time, continuously analysing and assessing the overall delivery of project aims and providing adequate and timely resolution in failures to meet project targets.
- Be responsible for supporting projects to ensure a project structure which meets project management principles and governance requirements, including financial management and the delivery of the project work.
- Work with project team members to develop a project plan with clear milestones and timescales of achievements towards the objectives and goals of the individual projects.
- Engage with patients & carers to ensure they are fully involved in developing and implementing the PCREF recommendations.
- Provide reports on progress to the key stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Establish a reporting/escalation framework integrated with the overall performance monitoring framework.
Person Specification
Training & Qualification
Essential
- Degree and Masters or equivalent qualifications or experience
- Project/Programme Management, or Quality Improvement Training
Desirable
- Project management qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing projects, preferably within public services
- Previous experience of working autonomously managing projects
- Experience of managing stakeholder relationships
- Experience of working with local, regional and/or national organisations
- Experience of working in complex services/projects managing conflicting priorities
- Experience of writing and presenting high quality project documents and reports
- Experience of evidence/data analysis and research.
- Experience of working with and servicing governance groups in partnership settings
Desirable
- Experience of working in mental health.
- Experience of working with local authority.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS systems, priorities and national and regional structures
- Sound knowledge of health inequalities, and ethnic disparities
- Ability to influence people and earn commitments to tackling race disparities
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Well-developed leadership and influencing skills and the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and groups.
- Knowledge of communities of ethnic and racial diversity
- Ability to convey complex, highly technical data to professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Well-developed skills and ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Ability to manage complex and sensitive projects and interventions- and stakeholder expectations
- Ability to demonstrate familiarity with information technology to produce reports and statistics
Desirable
- Ability to carry out advanced data analysis
- Working knowledge of the NHS service delivery
- Awareness of the national patient experience agenda
Person Specification
Training & Qualification
Essential
- Degree and Masters or equivalent qualifications or experience
- Project/Programme Management, or Quality Improvement Training
Desirable
- Project management qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing projects, preferably within public services
- Previous experience of working autonomously managing projects
- Experience of managing stakeholder relationships
- Experience of working with local, regional and/or national organisations
- Experience of working in complex services/projects managing conflicting priorities
- Experience of writing and presenting high quality project documents and reports
- Experience of evidence/data analysis and research.
- Experience of working with and servicing governance groups in partnership settings
Desirable
- Experience of working in mental health.
- Experience of working with local authority.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS systems, priorities and national and regional structures
- Sound knowledge of health inequalities, and ethnic disparities
- Ability to influence people and earn commitments to tackling race disparities
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Well-developed leadership and influencing skills and the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and groups.
- Knowledge of communities of ethnic and racial diversity
- Ability to convey complex, highly technical data to professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Well-developed skills and ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Ability to manage complex and sensitive projects and interventions- and stakeholder expectations
- Ability to demonstrate familiarity with information technology to produce reports and statistics
Desirable
- Ability to carry out advanced data analysis
- Working knowledge of the NHS service delivery
- Awareness of the national patient experience agenda
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
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).
