Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Programme Manager Role working across the Kent and Medway Provider Collaborative and based in the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. We are looking for a highly motivated and talented individual, with excellent engagement, programme and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
This is a key senior role which will lead the development and implementation of a core area priorities within the Collaborative's Transformation Programme to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery for patients across Kent and Medway.
You will ensure resources are well managed and robust methodology and benchmarking is adhered to throughout. You will ensure processes are in place to effectively identify and manage project and programme risks.
The post holder will be required to travel flexibly across the Kent and Medway area and be present on site to ensure good engagement and promote positive team working.
You will support the Programme Director having delegated Authority for key meetings and ensuring high quality papers and effective engagement of all partners.
The post holder will manage and develop a highly complex set of relationships, for enabling positive change and progress against the collaborative objectives.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their track record of leadership delivery against the points above. You will have strong patient first values and a focus on inclusion. You will be able to convince the panel that you can work with people to get them on board with the programme and achieve positive change for the system.
About us
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full details
This is a key senior role which will lead the development and implementation of a core area priorities within the Collaboratives Transformation Programme to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery for patients across Kent and Medway.
You will also deputise for the Programme Director and Associate Director and lead on a number of key deliverables, programmes and relationships. You will set a strong tone of effective collaborative delivery, tackling health inequalities and strong patient, clinician and public engagement.
You will ensure resources are well managed and robust methodology and benchmarking is adhered to throughout. You will ensure processes are in place to effectively identify and manage project and programme risks.
The post holder will be required to travel flexibly across the Kent and Medway area and be present on site to ensure good engagement and promote positive team working.
You will support the Programme Director having delegated Authority for key meetings and ensuring high quality papers and effective engagement of all partners.
The post holder will manage and develop a highly complex set of relationships, for enabling positive change and progress against the collaborative objectives.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their track record of leadership delivery against the points above. You will have strong patient first values and a focus on inclusion. You will be able to convince the panel that you can work with people to get them on board with the programme and achieve positive change for the system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full details
This is a key senior role which will lead the development and implementation of a core area priorities within the Collaboratives Transformation Programme to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery for patients across Kent and Medway.
You will also deputise for the Programme Director and Associate Director and lead on a number of key deliverables, programmes and relationships. You will set a strong tone of effective collaborative delivery, tackling health inequalities and strong patient, clinician and public engagement.
You will ensure resources are well managed and robust methodology and benchmarking is adhered to throughout. You will ensure processes are in place to effectively identify and manage project and programme risks.
The post holder will be required to travel flexibly across the Kent and Medway area and be present on site to ensure good engagement and promote positive team working.
You will support the Programme Director having delegated Authority for key meetings and ensuring high quality papers and effective engagement of all partners.
The post holder will manage and develop a highly complex set of relationships, for enabling positive change and progress against the collaborative objectives.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their track record of leadership delivery against the points above. You will have strong patient first values and a focus on inclusion. You will be able to convince the panel that you can work with people to get them on board with the programme and achieve positive change for the system.
Person Specification
Skills, knowledge and experience
Essential
- oSubstantial experience of working a senior management role within a complex organisational setting
- oPrevious experience of working within the NHS
- oDemonstrable success in delivering change management
- oExperience of a leadership role management and motivating a team
- oExperience of working with stakeholders and in partnerships at a senior level
- oKnowledge of programme and project management
- oKnowledge of business case development
- oExperience of addressing workforce and population health inequalities
- oAbility to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and present sensitive information to large groups
Qualifications
Essential
- oMasters or Post Graduate degree in management or equivalent demonstrable experience in a relevant senior management role
- oProgramme Management Experience or Qualification.
Person Specification
Skills, knowledge and experience
Essential
- oSubstantial experience of working a senior management role within a complex organisational setting
- oPrevious experience of working within the NHS
- oDemonstrable success in delivering change management
- oExperience of a leadership role management and motivating a team
- oExperience of working with stakeholders and in partnerships at a senior level
- oKnowledge of programme and project management
- oKnowledge of business case development
- oExperience of addressing workforce and population health inequalities
- oAbility to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and present sensitive information to large groups
Qualifications
Essential
- oMasters or Post Graduate degree in management or equivalent demonstrable experience in a relevant senior management role
- oProgramme Management Experience or Qualification.
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.
