Job summary
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country - close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames.We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ 3,700+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
Applications are welcomed to do this role either as a secondment or as a fixed-term contract.
Please note that if a large volume of applications is received, the advert may close before the stated application deadline.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Programme Manager is responsible for:
- Design of new transformation programmes in close collaboration with relevant clinical leads and senior colleagues.
- Responsible for strategic planning and overall management of the project including management of specific workstreams.
- Organizing the project management structure and workstreams.
- Establishment and ongoing management of relevant stakeholders and working groups.
- Overseeing the full implementation of the projects ensuring delivery against agreed milestones.
- Liaison with ICS providers, clinical leads, GPs, NHSE and other stakeholders.
- Drafting of business cases and external bids to support funding of programmes.
- Leading on the communications and stakeholder engagement strategy relevant to each programme, to ensure key stakeholders are involved and/or informed about the programme as relevant.
The postholder will need to be organised in work and in time management, with excellent attention to detail and able to adapt to changing programme requirements. The postholder will be a reliable team player. The postholder is specifically required to work in a proactive manner, identifying problems and proposing solutions and alternative courses of action.
About us
Trust Culture and Values
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued, and value each other. To support this our five values are that we are all: -
Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wantsSafe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation.
Value each other - we all value each other's contribution
Inspiring -we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients.
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'.
Department Philosophy
The post holder will be employed by Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which hosts the APC on behalf of the four acute Trusts in SWL. As such, sensitivity and consideration of each Trust's philosophy and culture is expected in the provision of the APC and in this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role
Desirable
- To have at least one of the below project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience: oManaging Successful Programmes Practitioner. oPRINCE2 Practitioner. oManaging Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner. oP3O Practitioner. oAPM Registered Project Professional. oProject Leadership Programme. Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing and successfully delivering complex change projects.
- Significant experience of scoping, designing, implementing and evaluating transformational change projects across organisations.
- Experience of utilising project and programme management techniques.
Desirable
- Experience of working in portfolio and/or programme management environment.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Able to negotiate on difficult and contentious issues including performance and change.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to liaise and negotiate effectively at all levels
- The ability to lead and motivate across a number of teams in planning and implementing service development and complex change across organisational boundaries
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to engage successfully with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation.
- Able to support on negotiations on difficult and contentious issues including performance and change.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role
Desirable
- To have at least one of the below project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience: oManaging Successful Programmes Practitioner. oPRINCE2 Practitioner. oManaging Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner. oP3O Practitioner. oAPM Registered Project Professional. oProject Leadership Programme. Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing and successfully delivering complex change projects.
- Significant experience of scoping, designing, implementing and evaluating transformational change projects across organisations.
- Experience of utilising project and programme management techniques.
Desirable
- Experience of working in portfolio and/or programme management environment.
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Able to negotiate on difficult and contentious issues including performance and change.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to liaise and negotiate effectively at all levels
- The ability to lead and motivate across a number of teams in planning and implementing service development and complex change across organisational boundaries
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to engage successfully with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation.
- Able to support on negotiations on difficult and contentious issues including performance and change.
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).
