Job summary
This role offers an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and results-driven individual to lead and deliver strategic improvement initiatives within the Planned Care Programme. AsProject Manager, you will play a key role in shaping national guidance, developing standards, and driving implementation across NHS Wales to improve the delivery and outcomes of key health services.
This role is pivotal in supporting Clinical Implementation Networks (CINs) - national platforms for collaborative working between NHS Performance & Improvement, NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and wider partners.
You will support CIN clinical leads and multidisciplinary teams, responsible for managing and leading programmes of work to produce evidence-based guidance, facilitate its dissemination, and work with health boards to translate it into action. Your ability to build strong relationships and drive collaborative working will be essential to delivering sustainable change.
Additionally, another key focus will be working directly with health boards to co-develop, implement and embed national guidance and standards that improve planned care services. You will use your operational knowledge and project management expertise to ensure improvements are practical, measurable, and aligned with service delivery priorities and strategic objectives.
Main duties of the job
This role provides an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, results focused individual to shape and deliver exciting projects of work within the Planned Care programme. The Project Manager will be responsible for managing programmes and Clinical Implementation Networks (CINs) to support health boards/trust to improve the delivery of key health services across Wales.
Clinical Implementation Networks are an essential national vehicle for joint working between key stakeholders across the NHS Executive, NHS Wales, Welsh Government and partners to improve the outcomes and experience for the population of Wales. Integral to this is the need for continuous improvement and transformational change across a range of our services and approaches and the role of the Clinical Implementation Network is to support this at national, regional and local levels.
As a Project Manager, working on Clinical Implementation Networks (CINs), you will play a pivotal role in enhancing healthcare outcomes and transforming healthcare delivery. In this position, you will be responsible for supporting the CIN clinical lead and wider CIN team to produce guidance for health boards on best practice, ensuring it is disseminated effectively. The role will monitor and report against identified key performance indicators, using a variety of data sources. They will lead in stakeholder engagement, and communication strategy, building relationships.
About us
NHS Wales Performance and Improvement works in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales and is hosted by Public Health Wales.
Our key purpose is to drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.
We do this by providing strong leadership and strategic direction - enabling, supporting, and directing NHS Wales to transform clinical services in line with national priorities and standards.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/
For guidance on the application process, please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
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Providing programme management and coordination support to multiple CINs, including planning, reporting, and tracking progress against outcomes, benefits, and spend.
The post holder will be expected to work flexibly and collaboratively, adapting to evolving priorities and supporting the Strategic Programme as required.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view on Trac. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
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Providing programme management and coordination support to multiple CINs, including planning, reporting, and tracking progress against outcomes, benefits, and spend.
The post holder will be expected to work flexibly and collaboratively, adapting to evolving priorities and supporting the Strategic Programme as required.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view on Trac. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent professional / managerial qualification.
- Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner or similar) or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development / further training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of project/programme management to a practitioner level, managing multiple projects at a time.
- Experience of designing, implementing and managing projects.
- Evidence of experience in managing large complex projects.
- Successful introduction of management methodologies to teams and individuals.
- Effective management of resources.
- Developing documents (e.g., reports).
- Developing performance indicators.
- Experience of Policy development.
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment / proven experience of partnership working.
- Experience of negotiating and influencing others in a positive manner, with confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement.
- Experience of managing expectations of stakeholders within a project
Desirable
- Experience of managing budgets associated with a Programme/Project
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Methodical, analytical problem-solving skills
- Excellent overall management and organisational skills.
- Ability to interpret legislation and national guidance.
- Effective leadership and communication skills with experience in motivating, managing and developing effective teams.
- Evidence of ability to contribute to strategy implementation across the organisations.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of ways.
- First class planning and organisational skills.
- Be technically competent with various software programmes (e.g., Microsoft Office).
- Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting information.
- Ability to confidently and effective chair meetings.
- Ability to produce business cases and strategic documents.
- Ability to prepare and present reports to management teams on project status and advising on issues and risks to detailed specification for Trust and others as requested.
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh / willingness to learn.
- Ability to work across directorates/services to understanding operational and corporate needs and requirements.
- Use of Microsoft Project to develop and maintain project plans.
- Use of Microsoft Teams to manage a project and to communicate with the with wider Improvement Cymru Team
Know
Essential
- Solid understanding and appreciation of finances and risk, issue and dependency management and benefits realisation
- Understanding of Information governance and security guidance.
- Microsoft Office trained including use of Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
- Detailed knowledge of budgeting, benefits tracking and resource allocation processes
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of Public Health Wales.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Strategic Programme for Planned Care.
- Knowledge of Improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a concern for results and achieving goals
- Sets high standards of performance and seeks to improve previous performance levels
- The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
- Ability to think clearly, reach decision, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines including changing demands and priorities
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach during times of change.
Desirable
- Be able to travel where work requires
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent professional / managerial qualification.
- Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner or similar) or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development / further training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of project/programme management to a practitioner level, managing multiple projects at a time.
- Experience of designing, implementing and managing projects.
- Evidence of experience in managing large complex projects.
- Successful introduction of management methodologies to teams and individuals.
- Effective management of resources.
- Developing documents (e.g., reports).
- Developing performance indicators.
- Experience of Policy development.
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment / proven experience of partnership working.
- Experience of negotiating and influencing others in a positive manner, with confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement.
- Experience of managing expectations of stakeholders within a project
Desirable
- Experience of managing budgets associated with a Programme/Project
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Methodical, analytical problem-solving skills
- Excellent overall management and organisational skills.
- Ability to interpret legislation and national guidance.
- Effective leadership and communication skills with experience in motivating, managing and developing effective teams.
- Evidence of ability to contribute to strategy implementation across the organisations.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of ways.
- First class planning and organisational skills.
- Be technically competent with various software programmes (e.g., Microsoft Office).
- Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting information.
- Ability to confidently and effective chair meetings.
- Ability to produce business cases and strategic documents.
- Ability to prepare and present reports to management teams on project status and advising on issues and risks to detailed specification for Trust and others as requested.
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh / willingness to learn.
- Ability to work across directorates/services to understanding operational and corporate needs and requirements.
- Use of Microsoft Project to develop and maintain project plans.
- Use of Microsoft Teams to manage a project and to communicate with the with wider Improvement Cymru Team
Know
Essential
- Solid understanding and appreciation of finances and risk, issue and dependency management and benefits realisation
- Understanding of Information governance and security guidance.
- Microsoft Office trained including use of Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
- Detailed knowledge of budgeting, benefits tracking and resource allocation processes
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of Public Health Wales.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Strategic Programme for Planned Care.
- Knowledge of Improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a concern for results and achieving goals
- Sets high standards of performance and seeks to improve previous performance levels
- The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
- Ability to think clearly, reach decision, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines including changing demands and priorities
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach during times of change.
Desirable
- Be able to travel where work requires
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).
