Job summary
Are you driven to pursue sustainable and effective change?
Are you positive? Self-motivated? Can you influence others?
Oxfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are looking to appoint a Senior Project Manager to support our Mental Health Services and deliver a portfolio of Change and Improvement Projects.
In this role, you will be instrumental in leading change and improvement projects to deliver excellent patient care, while supporting our staff to work as effectively as possible. You'll work closely with our service leads and clinicians to scope, plan and deliver improvements.
We know how important a good work/life balance is, so role will be predominantly home working with occasional travel to support workshops/meetings.
Main duties of the job
For this role, we'll need you to have strong project management and effective communication skills to work across the system and facilitate progress with key stakeholders.
This is a fast paced programme of work and will require someone to is ready to hit the ground running.
You'll be working closely with senior management teams operational and clinical as well as other Trust colleagues, external partners, patients and carers. You will also manage in a matrix structure to support the development and delivery of change and improvement projects.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
If you have any questions about the role or want to find out more about the team, please contact Emma Lewin, Head of Service Development for Mental Health, emma.lewin@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
If you have any questions about the role or want to find out more about the team, please contact Emma Lewin, Head of Service Development for Mental Health, emma.lewin@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in leading service change and projects
- Experience of influencing a wide variety of key stakeholders working across organisations at all levels
- Significant experience of leading and motivating teams
- Knowledge and understanding of working within the wider health and public-sector community
- Ability to simultaneously manage and deliver several service changes/projects covering a wide range of targets
- Experience of project management, risk management and operational management
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Education to degree level, in a related discipline
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- PRINCE2 foundation and practitioner qualifications
General Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously on agreed objectives and to stretching deadlines
- Highly resilient and able to manage multiple demands
- Strong capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions with highly complex information or in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Good operational thinker with strategic awareness - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Ability to manage conflicts and conflicting requirements - strong and confident diplomat that can quickly de-escalate and avoid undesirable scenarios
- Proficient in the use of ICT - in particular the Microsoft Office suite of applications
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in leading service change and projects
- Experience of influencing a wide variety of key stakeholders working across organisations at all levels
- Significant experience of leading and motivating teams
- Knowledge and understanding of working within the wider health and public-sector community
- Ability to simultaneously manage and deliver several service changes/projects covering a wide range of targets
- Experience of project management, risk management and operational management
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Education to degree level, in a related discipline
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- PRINCE2 foundation and practitioner qualifications
General Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously on agreed objectives and to stretching deadlines
- Highly resilient and able to manage multiple demands
- Strong capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions with highly complex information or in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Good operational thinker with strategic awareness - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Ability to manage conflicts and conflicting requirements - strong and confident diplomat that can quickly de-escalate and avoid undesirable scenarios
- Proficient in the use of ICT - in particular the Microsoft Office suite of applications
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
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.
