Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Digital Senior Project Manager

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Digital Project Management team as a Senior Project Manager. Our vision is to deliver challenging, specialised projects with collaboration and professionalism to enhance patient care. This is an exciting time to join the team as Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has recently been awarded Global Digital Exemplar Fast Follower status and are embarking on delivering innovative digital technologies across the Trust, as well as rolling out a new Electronic Patient Record (EPR).

The post holder will work with Programme Managers and other Project Managers within the Digital programme taking responsibility for establishing project-wide plans which embrace key milestones and critical path events. They will be responsible for the establishment of robust monitoring processes to enable the monitoring of progress, reporting any deviations from plan, the impact on the overall programme and potential mitigating actions to the Programme Manager, and the Programme Team. The post holder will produce, manage and process all the formal documentation for each stage of the project(s).

Main duties of the job

The Digital programme is a key strategic programme intended to deliver personalised, well-coordinated IT solutions and Clinical Systems across all clinical networks.

This programme will incorporate the engagement and involvement of partners, stakeholders, clinicians and service users in:

Planning and developing digital solutions that benefit patients and carers across the Lancashire & South Cumbria health economy;
The deployment of an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) across the whole trust and the planning and agreement of a whole system remodelling from current and legacy systems
The development of in-house systems to support clinical care across Lancashire & South Cumbria.

The Senior Project Manager will work with Digital Programme Managers and other Project Managers within the Digital programme taking responsibility for establishing project-wide plans which embrace key milestones and critical path events. They will be responsible for the establishment of robust monitoring processes to enable the monitoring of progress, reporting any deviations from plan, the impact on the overall programme and potential mitigating actions to the Programme Manager, and the Programme Team. T Individual projects may span one or more networks and localities.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

06 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CS2150-MC-C

Job locations

Ribble House

Bamber Bridge

Preston

PR5 6UP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to relevant degree level or equivalent.
Prince2 (Practitioner level) or other equivalent project management qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Experience of successfully managing complex Digital projects within a programme management system including evidence of change management within timeframes and budge
Experience of producing high quality briefings and written project documents for senior managers across the organisation
Experience of engaging with multi-disciplinary teams and achieving successful outcomes

Skills and ability

Essential

Able to analyse problems, situations and information and present in the appropriate format.
Ability to develop and maintain effective working partnerships with professional groups and senior managers within the organisation and in other agencies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to relevant degree level or equivalent.
Prince2 (Practitioner level) or other equivalent project management qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Experience of successfully managing complex Digital projects within a programme management system including evidence of change management within timeframes and budge
Experience of producing high quality briefings and written project documents for senior managers across the organisation
Experience of engaging with multi-disciplinary teams and achieving successful outcomes

Skills and ability

Essential

Able to analyse problems, situations and information and present in the appropriate format.
Ability to develop and maintain effective working partnerships with professional groups and senior managers within the organisation and in other agencies

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ribble House

Bamber Bridge

Preston

PR5 6UP

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ribble House

Bamber Bridge

Preston

PR5 6UP

Employer's website

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