Job summary
Are you interested in being part of a team that helps design and implement improvements to health care? Are you interested in inequalities and addressing social determinants of health and keen to put your organisational skills to good use? Can you see the big picture and work out what the steps are to get there?
The Service Improvement team are looking for a Project Manager who can engage with colleagues and external partners, including Voluntary Sector Organisations. The successful candidate will lead a project to deliver our innovative new link worker model and turn it into an excellent, compassionate and integrated offer to vulnerable families. This will involve working with operational teams, developing elements of the new offer, strong communication and tender management.
This new project sits withing a wider programme of work on Health Inequalities and we offer a supportive environment, alongside hybrid working practices and flexibility.
Main duties of the job
Your role will deliver the link workers model. Working with a team of colleagues you will help shape and provide the project management so that we deliver a new offer on time, with everyone engaged, processes tested and new providers contracted.
You will support the Health Inequalities Programme Manager to deliver this charity funded project, ensuring we are set-up for success. To do this you will need to quickly understand the link worker concept and health inequalities drivers. You will need to work collaboratively with operational managers, clinical champions and corporate services to design and test out new processes. Specifically, you will work with procurement to deliver the tender process, meeting NHS guidelines and supporting Voluntary Sector Organisations. You will need to provide strong project management all the various streams of work, ensuring deadlines are set and met. This will require both strong organisational skills as well as good relationship building.
About you
- Have a blend of improvement, project management and ideally operational experience
- Methodical and organised individual with excellence in the details
- Compassionate, accountable individual who interacts with people thoughtfully and respectfully
- Skilled in self-directed working with both internal and external stakeholders
- An aptitude for using electronic systems to manage workload and communicate
- Ability to manage competing demands and timescales
About us
At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
- Outstanding Patient Care
- Brilliant Place to work
- Leaders in Children's Health
We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.
As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children's health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will act as the Project Manager for the Link Worker project, working with the Health Inequalities Programme Lead and a small delivery group.
- You will collaborate with key stakeholders to develop the programme of work and implementation plans
- You will monitor and report on implementation status
- You will use improvement approaches to ensure that we test changes and collect baseline measures
- You will facilitate group problem solving to support implementation and sustaining change
- You will provide reports, creative communications, project plans, analysis and data to support implementation
- You will be part of and contribute to the wider Service Improvement Team and the Health Inequalities work programme
For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification.
For an informal chat about this role, please contact Sarah Baker, Health Inequalities Programme Manager via email sarah.baker57@nhs.net
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Friday 6th September 2024.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert atCatherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- You will act as the Project Manager for the Link Worker project, working with the Health Inequalities Programme Lead and a small delivery group.
- You will collaborate with key stakeholders to develop the programme of work and implementation plans
- You will monitor and report on implementation status
- You will use improvement approaches to ensure that we test changes and collect baseline measures
- You will facilitate group problem solving to support implementation and sustaining change
- You will provide reports, creative communications, project plans, analysis and data to support implementation
- You will be part of and contribute to the wider Service Improvement Team and the Health Inequalities work programme
For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification.
For an informal chat about this role, please contact Sarah Baker, Health Inequalities Programme Manager via email sarah.baker57@nhs.net
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Friday 6th September 2024.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert atCatherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Person Specification
Project and/or Operational Management Experience
Essential
- Range of working experience
Expereince in collaboration, problem solving and working with partners
Essential
Organisational skills including use of data and report writing
Essential
Use of improvement approaches and skills
Desirable
Person Specification
Project and/or Operational Management Experience
Essential
- Range of working experience
Expereince in collaboration, problem solving and working with partners
Essential
Organisational skills including use of data and report writing
Essential
Use of improvement approaches and skills
Desirable
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
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).
