CYP Mental Health Castle Green Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Support the commissioning programme lead to ensure the projects strategic and operational priorities are met.

  Promote joined up working with Norfolk County Councils Childrens Services and NSFT for the Integrated Practice Model.

  Develop, refine and monitor a Project Plan and Risk Register for the scoping and implementation of the Intensive Day Service Initiative. They will report on progress, risks and their mitigations.

  Produce a quarterly (or more frequently, as required) progress report to NHS England, system and internal (ICB) stakeholders.

  Lead on / co-lead co-production by liaising with stakeholders across the system including CYP and their families to engage and involve them in the development of the initiative.

  Appreciate and learn from other peoples stories and articulate this to inform service development and redesign.

  Develop and implement qualitative and quantitative data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.

  Assess procedures, systems and pathways of existing provision and identify areas for improvement.

  Produce reports on completed work including recommendations for future service provision and gaps in services.

  Develop and maintain strong working partnerships across the Integrated Care System (ICS), adding value to established statutory and multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working.

  Support and where appropriate, lead on the development and delivery of awareness sessions for the initiative across Norfolk and Waveney.

  Lead on the management of the project deliverables and project administration.

  Encourage, influence and facilitate health, social care and education professionals and other colleagues to develop practice that is person centred, health promoting, and evidence based.

  Deliver the financial and business benefits of the project, ensuring that project milestones are achieved on time.

  Provide oversight and monitoring of all aspects of the projects budget, including in-year expenditure.

  Proactively engage with the Local Authority, Community Services, Education providers, in-patient units as well as a range of other internal and external stakeholders.

  Provide challenge and influence at a systems level.

  Identify system gaps that require understanding and contribute to the most appropriate solutions to deliver positive outcomes for CYP, their families and staff.

  Assist with complaints, Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and other related queries.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent qualification or equivalent experience in relevant field
• Experience of working in the field of Mental Health
• Experience of working with CYP
• Understanding and experience of Project Management
• Evidence of leading change through empowering people and holding them to account
• Prince 2 Foundation or other Project Management Qualification or comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools.
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
• Experience of managing and reporting risks
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at Senior Management level
• Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of facilitating and mediating with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Knowledge of financial systems/managing resources e.g. staff costs, monitoring budgets, processing invoices and procurement.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
• Ability to travel to places of work that may not be accessible by public transport
• May be required to travel within and outside of the Norfolk & Waveney area.
• Ability to work flexibly is essential including working remotely from home.

Desirable

• Experience of project delivery in an NHS environment
• Understanding of the public sector

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board

Address

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH

Employer's website

https://improvinglivesnw.org.uk/about-us/our-nhs-integrated-care-board-icb/ (Opens in a new tab)