Project Manager

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

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Job summary

The Project Manager role is responsible for co-ordinating key strategic projects as part of the Trust's Transformational Programme, as well as supporting and monitoring delivery of the cost improvement plans. This is a key role in helping the organisation achieve a fit and sustainable future.

The Project Manager is responsible for the day to day management of a project; start up, maintaining, supporting, facilitating, monitoring progress, closing and evaluating the work streams.

Transformational Projects will include complex multi-dimensional project strands that will have wide reaching impact across the organisation. This role will manage the delivery of such projects, including changing demands and pressures that may impact delivery.

The Project Manager will be based within the Service Efficiency Team.

Main duties of the job

Work with Lead for Service Efficiency to deliver identified project objectives
Regular dialogue with stakeholders to identify potential cost improvement schemes
Co-ordinate the assessment of the scheme's financial value, quality benefits and key risks to delivery
Develop the project plan, identifying resource requirements, investment needs, milestones, owners, KPIs, engagement and communication strategies
Ensure that plans are worked up in good time and that the pipeline of schemes meets with the requirements of the project planning lifecycle.
Throughout delivery monitor progress and work with stakeholders to ensure actions are completed on time and in budget, escalating any issues and offer solutions to potential risks and issues.
Ensure the value from the project is clear and the valuation methodology is able to separate out improvements from those associated with other schemes
To provide regular feedback and update on reports, issues and risks to programme board

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Date posted

26 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum, pro rata for part time hours

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

36 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

225-CORP-6134734

Job locations

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Work with the Lead for Service Efficiency Lead to deliver identified project objectives

Regular dialogue with stakeholders to identify potential cost improvement schemes

Co-ordinate the assessment of the schemes financial value, quality benefits and key risks to delivery

Develop the project plan, identifying resource requirements, investment needs, milestones, owners, KPIs, engagement and communication strategies

Challenge divisions on their project plans and ensure maximum value is identified and targeted within resource constraints

Ensure that plans are worked up in good time and that the pipeline of schemes meets with the requirements of the project planning lifecycle.

Throughout delivery monitor progress and work with stakeholders to ensure actions are completed on time and in budget, escalating any issues and offer solutions to potential risks and issues.

Ensure the value from the project is clear and the valuation methodology is able to separate out improvements from those associated with other schemes

To provide regular feedback and update on reports, issues and risks to programme board

Review project success, identifying lessons learned and next steps to deliver further value to the Trust.

Establishing, monitoring and reporting on budgets and milestones against the implementation plan.

Identify the need for, and propose service changes that impact beyond own area of influence.

COMMUNICATION

Provides and receives sensitive, complex and potentially contentious information.

Uses persuasive negotiating, empathetic and reassurance skills.

Experience of talking to large groups, both staff and senior management, including formal presentation skills.

To be able to respond rapidly and professionally to challenging and difficult scenarios, recommending appropriate action and implications of decision.

To be able to command respect and demonstrate model leadership skills and behaviors as an example of best practice.

To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.