Job summary
Birmingham and Solihull ICB Digital Team have an exciting opportunity for a full time Project Manager who is enthusiastic about the prospect of improving the lives of patients through digital health technology.
The NHS Long-Term Plan recognises that primary care needs to be digitally transformed in order for patients to have improved access to quality care. By 2023/24 Digital First primary care will become a new option for every patient in England, improving fast access to convenient primary care.
The Digital Team are currently involved in a range of leading edge transformation projects such as Digital First, Cloud based telephony, digitalisation of Lloyd George records and new market entrants for GP Clinical Systems.
The post holder will be involved in and responsible for the management of the Medical Records Digitisation and GP data projects.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible as the Project Manager for delivery and management of digital projects GP Data and Medical Records Digitisation.
You will be required to communicate and provide highly complex information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
You will need to work in close partnership with service users, key stakeholders and commissioners including PCN, Practice, ICS and public.
About us
Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System brings together local NHS, councils and voluntary, community and faith sectors to better serve our communities. With a population of circa 1.55 million, our vision is for Birmingham and Solihull to be the healthiest place to live and work, driving equity in life chances and health outcomes for everyone.
NHS Birmingham and Solihull can offer you the opportunity to thrive and develop in a team that is supportive, ambitious and inclusive. You will have plenty of opportunities to build your skills and experience, with a chance to work with colleagues across our five Provider Trusts, two Local Authorities, voluntary organisations, Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS England to truly effect change and add value.
The ICB is committed to having a workforce which is representative of the population of Birmingham and Solihull. Our current staffing profile demonstrates that we are not as representative as we would like to be at this level within the organisation. We would actively welcome applications from males for this role.
The ICB is registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We actively welcome applications from applicants with a disability and commit to shortlisting all such suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you require in order to participate in the recruitment process
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Job holder will be accountable for:
- Overall lead responsibility for project delivery to the Digital Programmeboard escalating issues to the senior responsible officer as required.
- To ensure an effective change control and decision process across theprojects providing effective and auditable logs of such decisions made.
- Implement project plans to deliver change through facilitation, engagement of stakeholders, diagnosis, planning, consultation, project management, capacity, demand and activity analysis, performance management, service specification and use of contracting and procurement processes to ensure the improvements and sustainable sharing of good practice at all levels.
- Manage a broad range of change projects including service re-design and transformation which drive quality improvements.
- Project management expertise with flexibility to ensure maximumproductivity of resources and minimum disruption to care.
- Manage projects against current ICB standards and guidelines, including the use of AGILE/PRINCE2 where appropriate. Produce project documentation against current NHS and Trust standards and guidelines.
- To support the identification and sharing of best practice.
- Demonstrating value for money for the current spend through tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.
- Development of Project Initiation Documents and Implementation Plans and Stage Plans in conjunction with other internal departments, external suppliers and their respective subcontracted suppliers, and other suppliers.
- Defining Project standards and metrics for performance and overall success criteria, including Benefits realisation, patient satisfaction and overall project delivery.
- Ensuring that the appropriate operational readiness measurements are undertaken for each stage of the Programme or Project.
- Ensuring that Implementation plans are prepared.
- Responsible for ensuring all delivery products are appropriately tested and evaluated prior to acceptance by users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Job holder will be accountable for:
- Overall lead responsibility for project delivery to the Digital Programmeboard escalating issues to the senior responsible officer as required.
- To ensure an effective change control and decision process across theprojects providing effective and auditable logs of such decisions made.
- Implement project plans to deliver change through facilitation, engagement of stakeholders, diagnosis, planning, consultation, project management, capacity, demand and activity analysis, performance management, service specification and use of contracting and procurement processes to ensure the improvements and sustainable sharing of good practice at all levels.
- Manage a broad range of change projects including service re-design and transformation which drive quality improvements.
- Project management expertise with flexibility to ensure maximumproductivity of resources and minimum disruption to care.
- Manage projects against current ICB standards and guidelines, including the use of AGILE/PRINCE2 where appropriate. Produce project documentation against current NHS and Trust standards and guidelines.
- To support the identification and sharing of best practice.
- Demonstrating value for money for the current spend through tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.
- Development of Project Initiation Documents and Implementation Plans and Stage Plans in conjunction with other internal departments, external suppliers and their respective subcontracted suppliers, and other suppliers.
- Defining Project standards and metrics for performance and overall success criteria, including Benefits realisation, patient satisfaction and overall project delivery.
- Ensuring that the appropriate operational readiness measurements are undertaken for each stage of the Programme or Project.
- Ensuring that Implementation plans are prepared.
- Responsible for ensuring all delivery products are appropriately tested and evaluated prior to acceptance by users.
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Must have an understanding of project and IT methodology including but not limited to PRINCE2, ITIL, Agile
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the CCG, Local Authorities and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of managing and supporting change in a service-based sector or complex commercial environment Understanding of formal project management tools
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of working with digital health and care systems
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence in everything we do in BSol
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Must have an understanding of project and IT methodology including but not limited to PRINCE2, ITIL, Agile
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the CCG, Local Authorities and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Experience of managing and supporting change in a service-based sector or complex commercial environment Understanding of formal project management tools
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of working with digital health and care systems
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence in everything we do in BSol
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.
