Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Aseptic Transformational Lead South East

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Job summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust are excited to be hosting the South East Aseptics Transformation Programme Manager post. This is a fixed term/secondment opportunity for one year with a view to extend.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual with experience in delivering successful large scale programmes at a strategic level. This post will work closely with NHS England colleagues and the South East Aseptics Oversight Group to lead on aseptic transformation and improvement programmes for the South East Region in line with the national programme. This involves building key relationships at senior level across systems, NHSE, ICSs, acute providers, and ICB partners in order to facilitate and mobilise change within the system.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing overall management and leadership of the South East Aseptic Transformation Programme with the aim of producing a regional strategy and plan for the transformation of aseptic services.

This role is responsible for leading the aseptic transformation and improvement programmes using the South East Programme Delivery Framework and regional approach to improvement to ensure they align with the regional governance, improvement, delivery and risk management approach. Implementing and embedding a robust programme delivery framework with a strong focus on benefits realisation.

You must be highly skilled in working with very senior leaders to deliver large scale, cross system transformational change and cost improvement schemes that involves working and bringing together a wide range of health and care teams across primary, secondary and community settings.

You will develop and oversee the direction and delivery of all project work streams, and support and enable senior managers, clinicians, partners and directors to deliver the programme. Working across the whole region you will need to have an exceptional capacity to work flexibly, at pace and manage multiple workstreams. You will need to be able to think strategically and how best to spread and scale good practice.

A key aspect of the role will be to ensure appropriate evaluation and metrics are in place to support impact monitoring and milestone achievement.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Date posted

24 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1182C

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road, Cosham

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Shared Core Functions

Proactively and positively contribute to the achievement of deliverables through individual and team effort. Manage the production of the required deliverables and control risks.

Support team members to deliver on their functionally relevant objectives through offering advice, guidance, and support as appropriate.

Working within the overall strategic objectives, devise, implement and monitor the strategy. Evaluate, interpret and locally implement best practice.

Ensure that approved budgets are spent effectively and in accordance with agreed procedures.

Liaison with Senior Professionals and related functions to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated.

Build and sustain effective communications with other roles involved in the shared services as required.

Maintain and continuously improve specialist knowledge in an aspect of Health Service which significantly contributes to the Trusts stated objectives & aims.

Establish and maintain strategic links with a range of external partners/stakeholders or manage the links made through the team. Engage with external partners/stakeholders to gain their necessary level of contribution & commitment to the successful delivery of your work.

Undertake proactive horizon scanning for either developments relating to Trust work or opportunities for Trust involvement around health issues.

Increase the level of knowledge & skills within the Trust through documenting key learning and supporting others to develop their professional abilities.

Specific Core Functions

Project Management

Using the South East Programme Delivery Framework, provide programme management, leadership and expertise to the programme and individuals in the team, to deliver the objectives of the aseptics transformational programme.

Working closely with the programme SRO, team and regional multidisciplinary team to ensure the programme remains on track, identifying and proposing solutions to managing risks associated with programme delivery.

Lead the development of business cases, including feasibility studies, outline business cases (OBC), and detailed scheme designs.

Plan and organise complex, long term and often interdependent projects that form the programme.

Design, facilitate and effectively lead programme management meetings with stakeholders; ensuring breadth in participation and a focus on action planning.

Working with the Programme SRO and Regional Chief Pharmacist, determine and allocate staff and other resources for the programme and individual projects, monitoring work allocation and re-allocating as necessary to ensure successful delivery to time, cost and quality.

Commission, plan and implement appropriate evaluation, benefits management and audit of the programme across sites and organisations.

Financial management

Ensure that programme related business plans are underpinned by detailed and robust financial plans through budget planning and negotiation of appropriate budgets.

Manages budget for own area of work and multi-stranded project workstreams to ensure best value for money, including signing off invoices, monitoring expenditure and providing budgetary reports.

Actively monitor expenditure against budget and address problems at an early stage.

Lead the commissioning and procurement of products, equipment, services, systems and facilities, as required for the delivery of the project.

Deliver and oversee complex recharging arrangements across multiple organisations.

Staff and stakeholder management

Lead engagement plans for the programme to proactively ensure that positive and effective relations are developed and maintained between members of the team, all clients and key internal and external stakeholders throughout the programme.

Lead strategies to achieve acceptance, consensus and alignment of views, both formally and informally from senior managers and clinicians. Be able to adapt and be flexible to audience whilst delivering core content.

Use highly developed negotiation, persuasion and motivational skills to gain support for the programme across the breadth of stakeholders, including commissioners, patients and providers.

Work closely with the Regional Delivery Unit to ensure programme approach aligns with Regional Recovery and Sustainability Programmes.

Work in a matrix management style and foster close working relations with other stakeholders.

Please refer to Job Description for further details