ICT Project Manager

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

South Tees Hospitals is the largest trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals.

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size. It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad.

A vacancy has arisen within the ICT department for an ICT Project Manager to join a team who provide the planning, management and delivery of a variety of ICT and Digital projects across the trust. The post is permanent, full time in the ICT Project Team.

Main duties of the job

Trained in PRINCE 2 the ideal candidate will have previous experience of delivering ICT/Digital projects, preferably in a healthcare setting. You will be responsible for developing project initiation documents, project plans and ensuring all key project documentation is appropriately created and maintained, such as risks, issues and , such as risks and issues, actions, benefits etc.

The candidate must have the ability to prioritise workloads and be able to manage multiple projects at the same time. The successful candidates will have excellent organisational and communication skills; good general knowledge and understanding of the NHS and will ideally have worked in an IT / Healthcare environment.

The ideal candidate will be educated to Degree level or equivalent.

The post holders will be based James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough and there may be a need to travel to the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and other community sites.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Date posted

09 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CP-6198898

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of managing ICT projects of various sizes and complexity, delivered on time, on budget and to the desired quality
Experience of using PRINCE II to manage projects

Qualifications

Essential

PRINCE II Project Management Certification to Foundation Level
Educated to Degree or equivalent level

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of NHS
Standard keyboard skills; use of MS Office Suite; Work; Excel; Powerpoint and Outlook

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of managing ICT projects of various sizes and complexity, delivered on time, on budget and to the desired quality
Experience of using PRINCE II to manage projects

Qualifications

Essential

PRINCE II Project Management Certification to Foundation Level
Educated to Degree or equivalent level

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of NHS
Standard keyboard skills; use of MS Office Suite; Work; Excel; Powerpoint and Outlook

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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