Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare Digital Services are looking for a Project Managers to join the Programme Delivery team.
The appointed candidates will be joining a successful and highly motivated team transforming the way we work and driving forward digital transformation.
This is a great opportunity for anyone joining the team delivering key strategic projects that will improve our interactions and care of our patients. The trust has set out an ambitious clinical digital strategy over the next three years with investment in technology to support the transformation.
Digital Services are also investing significantly in our teams to support them in their career progression and continued professional development.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a number of projects which can vary in duration and complexity. This must besupported with relevant documentation and tracking of projects against plan and within budget.
The successful candidates will be expected to support the development and delivery of business cases and procurement processes dependent upon the project. The key important factors are understanding projects which set out specific requirements, outline clear objectives as well as the benefits to be realised to justify investment in the project(s).
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has embarked on a programme of digital transformational change, the Clinical Digital Strategy aims to enhance how the trust uses technology. The objective is to better support the patients, the clinicians, nurses, therapists, pharmacists and the wider teams who provide care.
The Project Manager role is primarily to manage the procurement and Implement/manage multiple projects from strategic to operational across a wide range of subject areas. Ensuring the delivery of projects to meet the quality standards required, on budget and within the prescribed timescales.1. Provide overall management for projects.2. Manages, facilitates and monitors progress of projects.3. Manages performance improvement and service development.4. Manages teams of project staff where appropriate.
Duties for this role include: Projects range in cost from £5,000 >£1,000,000. Staff impacted by projects can range from 5 10,000 Projects may last between several weeks and in excess of one year. Staff involved in core project teams normally range from 5 7, larger projects can encompass 30 40 from staff across all professional staff groups. Analysis, planning and production of all relevant project documentation on receipt of a project mandate to deliver project goals Project manages projects as delegated. In relation to individual projects the Project Manager is required to report to the Project Board, usually headed by an Executive Director, Clinical Director, Directorate Manager or senior manager. Overall project progress is also reported through the Director of service To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has embarked on a programme of digital transformational change, the Clinical Digital Strategy aims to enhance how the trust uses technology. The objective is to better support the patients, the clinicians, nurses, therapists, pharmacists and the wider teams who provide care.
The Project Manager role is primarily to manage the procurement and Implement/manage multiple projects from strategic to operational across a wide range of subject areas. Ensuring the delivery of projects to meet the quality standards required, on budget and within the prescribed timescales.1. Provide overall management for projects.2. Manages, facilitates and monitors progress of projects.3. Manages performance improvement and service development.4. Manages teams of project staff where appropriate.
Duties for this role include: Projects range in cost from £5,000 >£1,000,000. Staff impacted by projects can range from 5 10,000 Projects may last between several weeks and in excess of one year. Staff involved in core project teams normally range from 5 7, larger projects can encompass 30 40 from staff across all professional staff groups. Analysis, planning and production of all relevant project documentation on receipt of a project mandate to deliver project goals Project manages projects as delegated. In relation to individual projects the Project Manager is required to report to the Project Board, usually headed by an Executive Director, Clinical Director, Directorate Manager or senior manager. Overall project progress is also reported through the Director of service To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within service.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- Knowledge of specific areas, acquired through degree or equivalent experience or training, plus further staff and project management knowledge to post graduate diploma level equivalent.
- Degree or substantial project management experience
- Qualification and experience in project management methodology to PRINCE2 Practitioner level or equivalent
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Have experience in project management techniques.
- Skills and experience in procurement and its processes
- Skills and experience in process mapping utilising relevant software
Desirable
- Skills and experience in POISE 2 procurement guidance and processes.
- Knowledge and practical understanding and experience of Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) procurement regulations
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
- Skills and experience in process mapping utilising relevant software.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- Knowledge of specific areas, acquired through degree or equivalent experience or training, plus further staff and project management knowledge to post graduate diploma level equivalent.
- Degree or substantial project management experience
- Qualification and experience in project management methodology to PRINCE2 Practitioner level or equivalent
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Have experience in project management techniques.
- Skills and experience in procurement and its processes
- Skills and experience in process mapping utilising relevant software
Desirable
- Skills and experience in POISE 2 procurement guidance and processes.
- Knowledge and practical understanding and experience of Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) procurement regulations
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
- Skills and experience in process mapping utilising relevant software.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing Hub
Avenue Rd, Seaton Delaval, Whitley Bay NE25 0QJ
Whitley Bay
NE25 0QJ
Employer's website
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
