Change and Innovation Project Support Officer

Job summary

28 Hours Per Week.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a person to join the Integrated Change Team at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) working on the Trust wide portfolio of Integrated Change Programmes to support delivery of the strategic priorities of the Trust and improve our delivery of high quality, cost-effective services. This is an interim post until 31st March 2025.

The post holder will provide day to day change and improvement project support to assigned programme/project managers. The portfolio of change programmes/projects may be service specific or organisation-wide in support of on-going service improvement and business developments across a range of services provided by the Trust.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with teams and service users and carers across the Trust to improve services to the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield. You will be working in a hybrid manner which includes a mixture of home-based working and working from sites across the Trust, main base being Fieldhead Hospital Wakefield.

The successful candidate will be an integral member of the Integrated Change team and will support other members of the team as required and agreed with the Change Programme Manager.

Main duties of the job

The Project Support Officer will provide day to day change and improvement project support service to key work streams within the Trusts Priority Change Programmes. Your responsibilities include providing and coordinating general administration, project scheduling, meeting notes and minute taking, and basic facilitation using agreed service improvement tools and techniques. You will be expected to maintain the project library, database, resources and develop project support protocols for use in ICT and Trust change projects.

You will need previous experience of supporting projects and of working on change and improvement activities. You will need to possess a dynamic, proactive, and enthusiastic attitude. You will also need to have a combination of abilities to use a range of IT solutions to develop high end reports and presentations coupled with abilities and confidence to support at external engagement events and internal meetings.

You will work with a range of stakeholders across Trust operational services, with partners organisations and have some contact with service users and carers across the localities in which we operate as part of engagement and involvement activities.

You will possess the ability to work under pressure and prioritise own workload, often working to tight deadlines, to be able to use own initiative and work with minimal supervision.

You will help drive continuous improvement and ensure the trust values are reflected throughout.

About us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Block 6, Fieldhead Hospital

Ouchthorpe Lane

Wakefield

WF1 3SP

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Block 6, Fieldhead Hospital

Ouchthorpe Lane

Wakefield

WF1 3SP

Employer's website

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

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