Project Manager *Internal*

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date

Skills

Essential

• Focused on results.
• Enthusiastic with a positive, can do attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to engage others
• Ability to support the delivery of demonstrable service improvements.
• Ability to communicate and relate effectively, clearly and professionally at all levels.
• Adopts a courteous, approachable and helpful manner when dealing with colleagues, managers and patients.
• Commitment to quality and safety.
• Commercially aware
• Professional, collaborative, and customer-focused mindset.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and self-awareness--willingness to innovate and act on feedback

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload and work independently.
• Good time management skills.
• Persuasion and influencing skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Clear understanding of project management governance.
• Demonstrable skills in multidisciplinary working

Desirable

• Experience within a large complex organisation.
• An understanding of NHS contracting and performance frameworks

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent experience).
• Good knowledge of the NHS Agenda.
• Demonstrate an excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Project and Outlook particularly).
• Demonstrable Project Management experience.
• PRINCE 2 Foundation & Practitioner Qualification or equivalent

Desirable

• Masters Qualification.
• Lean, Six Sigma or Agile qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience in leading task to finish service and transformational projects.
• A high level of understanding in delivery of cost improvement targets.
• A working knowledge of improvement techniques.
• Demonstrable track record managing complex projects across their full lifecycle, including building business cases, delivering to time/cost/quality, and achieving benefits realization.
• Strong governance experience with familiarity in managing project boards, risk and issue logs, and stakeholder communications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, capable of influencing clinical, non-clinical, provider, and supplier groups.
• Good financial management--including budget oversight and forecasting.
• Experience in change methodologies (e.g., Agile, co-design, quality improvement).
• A high level of understanding in delivery of cost improvement targets
• A working knowledge of improvement techniques

Desirable

• NHS or other health sector experience.
• Qualification in improvement methodologies

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Ability and willingness to undergo further training and continual professional development.
• Commitment to continuous professional development of teams

Other requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independently across Cumbria.
• Act in ways that support equality and value diversity

Desirable

• Driving licence.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).