Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Programme Manager to work on high profile and complex programmes which aim to improve outcomes for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities.
Main duties of the job
You will lead complex programmes to transform current service provision, implement new service models and support effective governance arrangements.
Your main focus will be on leading the Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Inpatient Quality Transformation programme, which has an ambitious plan to transform the quality of our inpatient services over the next two years.
You will have experience of leading and delivering complex programmes of change within the public sector, preferably within a multi-disciplinary environment and will have a proven track record of working with stakeholders and using data to track and achieve impact.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will lead and deliver projects and programmes as directedby the Senior Transformation Manager.
For a more detailed description, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will lead and deliver projects and programmes as directedby the Senior Transformation Manager.
For a more detailed description, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
- Project management qualification
Desirable
- Management or leadership qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of project management, and experience of manging complex projects and programmes
- Knowledge of service improvement tools and techniques
- Knowledge and experience of NHS and Local Government frameworks
- Minimum of 2 years middle management experience within the public sector
- Experience of leading and delivering programmes of change within the public sector, preferably within a multi-disciplinary environment
Communication Skills/Relations
Essential
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, written and oral;
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of involvement including Service Users and Carers
- Ability to build effective working relationships and work collaboratively at all levels across the Trust and partner agencies in the statutory and voluntary sector
- Ability to influence and motivate staff to engage with and adopt change and deliver challenging targets
- Ability to work with a high degree of individual responsibility and initiative
- Ability to manage conflict
- Appreciation of service user and carer perspectives in improving health services
Analytical and Judgement Skill
Essential
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Ability to analyse critically financial, performance and clinical data sets and present conclusions
- Innovative and strategic thinker with ability to recognise underlying causes of and overcome barriers to change
- Well-developed IT and digital skills to manage and report on complex performance management information systems
Planning and Organisation Skil
Essential
- Good organisational skills and ability to manage competing demands and priorities
- Ability to work flexibly and in a changing environment, and ability to work independently as well as in a team
Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to undertake regular travel from office-to-office Trust-wide (Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Buckinghamshire)
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
- Project management qualification
Desirable
- Management or leadership qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of project management, and experience of manging complex projects and programmes
- Knowledge of service improvement tools and techniques
- Knowledge and experience of NHS and Local Government frameworks
- Minimum of 2 years middle management experience within the public sector
- Experience of leading and delivering programmes of change within the public sector, preferably within a multi-disciplinary environment
Communication Skills/Relations
Essential
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, written and oral;
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of involvement including Service Users and Carers
- Ability to build effective working relationships and work collaboratively at all levels across the Trust and partner agencies in the statutory and voluntary sector
- Ability to influence and motivate staff to engage with and adopt change and deliver challenging targets
- Ability to work with a high degree of individual responsibility and initiative
- Ability to manage conflict
- Appreciation of service user and carer perspectives in improving health services
Analytical and Judgement Skill
Essential
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Ability to analyse critically financial, performance and clinical data sets and present conclusions
- Innovative and strategic thinker with ability to recognise underlying causes of and overcome barriers to change
- Well-developed IT and digital skills to manage and report on complex performance management information systems
Planning and Organisation Skil
Essential
- Good organisational skills and ability to manage competing demands and priorities
- Ability to work flexibly and in a changing environment, and ability to work independently as well as in a team
Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to undertake regular travel from office-to-office Trust-wide (Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Buckinghamshire)
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).
