Job summary
As a Digital Programme Manager, you will join us at an
exciting time as we work to embed and evolve Surrey Safe Care, our electronic
patient record system (Cerner), and launch a varied range of projects and system
upgrades across our other clinical and non-clinical systems.
We are looking for two enthusiastic individuals to lead
the implementation of our ongoing Digital Programme. Successful candidates will
have extensive and proven experience in the delivery of strategic digital
programmes, and have a passion and commitment to support better, safe, and more
efficient patient care.
Planning and influencing skills will be key to this role,
along with the ability to deal with the unexpected being able to manage a
varied portfolio of work in a fast-paced team. You will be responsible for
leading, coaching, and mentoring project managers in the team, and to build
strong working relations with colleagues across the organisation.
Successful candidates will have an enthusiastic,
proactive attitude, and will be able to demonstrate successful delivery of digital
projects and programmes across complex and challenging environments.
Interview Date: 22nd May 2023
Main duties of the job
- The planning, delivery and organisation of complex
technical projects applying suitable controls e.g., MSP/PRINCE 2/Agile
methodology, managing conflicting demands and priorities. Advising on and
implementing appropriate mitigating and corrective actions or adjustments to
project plans
- Maintaining an overview of all programmes, projects
and workstreams performance against plans, identifying risks, issues,
dependencies between projects and workstreams.
- Managing a comprehensive suite of programme and
project management documentation and reports for projects and work streams,
ensuring that all stakeholders use an agreed set of processes and systems to
monitor performance against actions, milestones, and timescale.
- Managing budgets, resources, timescales, and costs
and providing regular financial analysis reports to the programme and project
boards including highlight and exception reports.
- Using advanced IT skills to analyse complex data
and information for reporting and to inform project decisions.
- Make judgements on resource allocation and staff
activity from a range of options, and make judgements on difficult situations,
ensuring a plan for resolution is agreed.
- Establishing credibility and confidence amongst
clinicians, managers, and other stakeholders, at all levels within and external
to the Trust.
- Articulating a clear vision for change, encouraging
collaborative working and motivating staff where there may be resistance to
change.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder
will act as a leading member of the Digital Programme Management Team planning,
co-ordinating and overseeing the implementation of Digital Projects as part of
the overall delivery of the Trusts Digital Strategy.
- The post holder
will have a deputising role to the Head of Digital Delivery, managing a
portfolio of projects, and providing leadership and guidance to the overall
Digital Programme Team (Projects, Training, Governance).
- The post holder
will be responsible for the management of successful delivery of the Digital
Programme, and all constitute projects, and will be responsible for managing
the whole lifecycle of digital projects, including procurement and risk.
Ensuring projects are delivered to budget, within agreed timescales and within
constraints laid down by Programme and Project Boards.
- Provide leadership
and focus for the project and pro-actively communicate with key stakeholders on
the development and delivery of the project, ensuring that they are managed in
line with best practice standards and that risks are managed, and benefits
realised.
- Where there is
deviation from agreed plans the post holder will be required to inform relevant
committees and stakeholders, managing difficult conversations where
expectations have not been met.
- Working jointly
with colleagues across Digital and Operational Teams, project benefits will be
identified, tracked, benchmarked, and realised. The post holder will
dynamically engage and interact with departmental staff to identify workstream
leads, co-ordinating their project-related activity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder
will act as a leading member of the Digital Programme Management Team planning,
co-ordinating and overseeing the implementation of Digital Projects as part of
the overall delivery of the Trusts Digital Strategy.
- The post holder
will have a deputising role to the Head of Digital Delivery, managing a
portfolio of projects, and providing leadership and guidance to the overall
Digital Programme Team (Projects, Training, Governance).
- The post holder
will be responsible for the management of successful delivery of the Digital
Programme, and all constitute projects, and will be responsible for managing
the whole lifecycle of digital projects, including procurement and risk.
Ensuring projects are delivered to budget, within agreed timescales and within
constraints laid down by Programme and Project Boards.
- Provide leadership
and focus for the project and pro-actively communicate with key stakeholders on
the development and delivery of the project, ensuring that they are managed in
line with best practice standards and that risks are managed, and benefits
realised.
- Where there is
deviation from agreed plans the post holder will be required to inform relevant
committees and stakeholders, managing difficult conversations where
expectations have not been met.
- Working jointly
with colleagues across Digital and Operational Teams, project benefits will be
identified, tracked, benchmarked, and realised. The post holder will
dynamically engage and interact with departmental staff to identify workstream
leads, co-ordinating their project-related activity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in managing the implementation of digital projects for clinical and non-clinical systems.
- Proven experience of managing people to deliver large projects.
- Proven experience of managing 3rd party suppliers to deliver projects on time and within budget
Desirable
- Significant experience working in an NHS organisation or other similar complex organization.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of formal project management methodologies and tools.
- Risk & issue management methodologies and tools.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to clearly communicate and reinforce to team members and stakeholders the vision, values, and objectives of a project.
- Ability to negotiate and influence others in a positive manner and confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views to instigate and achieve change and improvement.
- Ability to think clearly, reach decisions, prioritise, and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in managing the implementation of digital projects for clinical and non-clinical systems.
- Proven experience of managing people to deliver large projects.
- Proven experience of managing 3rd party suppliers to deliver projects on time and within budget
Desirable
- Significant experience working in an NHS organisation or other similar complex organization.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of formal project management methodologies and tools.
- Risk & issue management methodologies and tools.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to clearly communicate and reinforce to team members and stakeholders the vision, values, and objectives of a project.
- Ability to negotiate and influence others in a positive manner and confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views to instigate and achieve change and improvement.
- Ability to think clearly, reach decisions, prioritise, and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant 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.
