Cost Improvement Project Manager

Job summary

The Strategy and Transformation Team supports the Trust to identify, document, monitor and report on the Trust's annual cost improvement programme. We work with specialties and departments across the Trust to identify and deliver improvements that will improve financial efficiency, clinical productivity and ensure value for money. The role requires a high degree of organisation, analytical skills and accuracy. If you have experience in project management, governance processes and enjoy working with staff at all levels and skillsets to deliver an agreed work schedule, then this might be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

This is a key role working alongside Directors, managers, and clinicians to ensure that the priorities of the Trust's CIP are delivered. The role carries specific responsibility for:

Identification, management and delivery of multiple divisional projects which fall within the Trust's CIP Programme.

Establishment, oversight, challenge and support to the Trust's CIP delivery work-streams, including those associated with the Trust's annual planning processes.

Supporting the identification, development and implementation of business development opportunities as advised by the Business Development Manager

generating new ideas, bringing forward ideas for change and actively developing new projects to improve patient experience, quality of care, efficiencies and value for money.

embedding the use of the Trust's project management tools.

creation and distribution of project documentation and reports, ensuring that they are fit for the appropriate audience and governance structure.

developing key internal and external relationships, working independently and within a wider team with a flexible approach.

providing support to the Transformation Business Partners to facilitate the delivery of complex Transformation related work streams.

About us

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD department. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values, plus much more. For those in a Management/Leadership role, there are additional programmes to support you to develop the skills you need. These include our Managers Essentials Programme and a Leadership Programme that all managers will attend as part of your Dudley Managers Induction. Our Learning Prospectus is a great way to discover the details behind what's available for you at The Dudley Group.

We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible