Senior Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Clinical Innovation Adoption Senior Project Manager will

Facilitate the adoption and adaption of innovations across the region by engaging and working with clinicians and managers from providers and commissioners and the HIOTV on projects that address clinical priorities as identified nationally and locally.

Identify and assess innovations suitable for adoption; this includes NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) projects and activities.

Where appropriate consider combinatorial innovation solutions for therapeutic areas and their pathways.

Manage the process for successful adoption through service pathway redesign.

Manage a pipeline of high impact innovations across the HIOTV region.

Ensure evidence to support the change in clinical practice is sourced and clear.

Agree implementation plans for uptake nationally and locally of sourced innovative technology (including NICE TAs) where there is a demonstrable clinical need.

Work closely with the HIOTVs Strategic and Industry Partnerships (commercial team) to support commercialisation of innovations as appropriate.

Ensure provider budgets are in place to enable technology adoption providing supporting papers for directors of finance in NHS trusts.

Work with the CIA PMO to determine resource requirements to ensure that the team skills are engaged for delivery.

Work closely with the regional medicines management team to implement and report on uptake of NICE TAs linked to national, regional and local programmes.

Agree clear evaluation criteria and health economics with the commissioning organisations to enable decisions to scale or reject the innovation and service transformation.

Agree monitoring arrangements for uptake and provide monthly reports against implementation plans. These reports will go to the Clinical Innovation Adoption Oversight Group, programme boards and NHSE.

Identify risks and issues that are preventing rollout and escalate these (and plans for mitigation) to the CIA Oversight Group.

Set up and manage innovation pipeline documentation for ease of access for HIOTV programmes and regional partners.

Use the suite of high quality project templates for technology adoption to manage the process of market analysis, implementation and measuring/monitoring for projects.

Work with the project and programme leads to ensure documentation is of a high quality and proportionate to the size and risk of the projects and programmes.

Lead on set up and delivery of study design, real world evaluation and service evaluation.

Attend and contribute to the relevant programme boards.

Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.

Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide information and analytical advice and expertise.

Support production of tenders and business cases as required for the projects.

Present information and issues to a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Liaise with other managers to share best practice.

Lead on post-project evaluation, document and present lessons learned.

The post holder will be required to build and maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. The post holder will need to be able to work with board members, executive directors and senior clinicians and managers across the NHS.

Key external working relationships will include programme/project leads from

Local clinical networks

Other Health Innovation Network organisations

NHSE and AAC

Strategic Clinical Networks

Industry and industry organisations, e.g. HIOTV strategic partners, Office for Life Sciences (OLS)

Procurement networks

Providers of evidence

Academic staff and research groups (such as the universities, NIHR ARC etc.)

Commissioning organisations (Providers, Commissioners, ICS/ICBs and NHSE/I national and regional teams)

Key internal working relationships will include:

Chief Operating Officer

CIA Associate Directors

HIOTV programme directors and project managers

Please note that as the HIOTVs activities increase, the capacity for project/programme support will be reviewed.

The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the HIOTV.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience/qualifications.
• Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent.

Desirable

• Preferably a life science degree.
• Masters or higher.

Experience

Essential

• Relevant years' experience in health and/or life sciences.
• Demonstrable experience of project management in the design, development and implementation of change management using recognised tools and techniques.
• Experience of scoping a project including stakeholder management, project design and identifying the relevant resources required.
• Experience of working with clinicians on change projects.
• Deep interest in life science technologies, healthcare innovations and their implementation.
• Considerable demonstrable experience of working in a complex change environment with multiple stakeholders and securing their engagement resulting in a successful project.
• Considerable experience of working in an autonomous fashion, working within defined parameters to meet objectives.
• Experience of working with senior managers, clinicians and executives and securing their engagement.

Desirable

• Background in Life Science implementation or consulting. Experience of working in an NHS Provider organisation.
• Experience of working within clinical environment.
• Experience of pharmaceutical industry or health technology industry.
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of management procedures including: Project and change management, administration, research and information collation and analysis.
• Evidence of and continuing professional development.
• Knowledge of NHS Policy environment.

Desirable

• Research/Real world evaluation experience

Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and formal presentations.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with ability to prioritise own work.
• Evidence of problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Ability to think innovatively and strategically about the provision of new products and services and to convert your thinking into deliverable outputs.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to understand complex data, to analyse and summarise these data and draw conclusions, identifying and managing risks.

Aptitude and other

Essential

• A deep interest in healthcare and an understanding of local and national health policy and broader strategic issues relevant to the wider NHS and the specific objectives of the HIOTV.
• Confident to communicate with internal and external contacts with an ability to influence, negotiate with senior managers and clinicians to enable the delivery of the project.
• A good team player with the ability to persuade the team to take on new ways of working and to challenge (constructively) the status quo.
• Able to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
• Able to handle confidential and sensitive issues in an appropriate manner.
• Maintain a professional appearance and behaviours in all circumstances.
• Flexible working patterns and ability to embrace change.
• Used to working in a busy environment
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
• Professional calm and efficient manner.
• Effective organiser, influencer and networker.
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
• Must be someone who follows through and completes tasks and activities.

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.

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford Science Park

Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley, Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park

Oxford

OX4 4GA

Employer's website

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