Deputy Programme Manager

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent
• Further academic/ personal development and/ or ongoing professional development
• Understanding of range of a wide range of research and corporate management processes within the NHS and/or University setting

Desirable

• Project Management Qualification

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

Essential

• To provide leadership and take line management responsibility (direct and delegated) of all relevant staff members
• To ensure staff working with the CRDC are fully engaged in this process.
• Where required deputise for the Director and Deputy Directors of the CDRC.
• To co-ordinate the work of administrative staff associated with the CDRC ensuring that delivery dates are met
• Resolve complex issues in terms of impact on cost, time, quality and competing demands with other team members that can be resolved without significant impact on service provision or require additional funding
• Delegate to administrative and junior staff where appropriate
• Knowledge of mandatory regulations such as The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations and Good Clinical Practice
• IT Skills in use of Word, Excel e-mail, power point and Patient Administration systems

Knowledge & Nature of Experience

Essential

• Professional knowledge plus additional specialist, management knowledge acquired through training and experience to masters level or equivalent
• Evidence of managing service/organisational change
• Evidence of experience in risk management and service improvement.
• Evidence of developing team / others
• Operational and strategic awareness
• Knowledge of change Management and impacts on Financial Management
• Knowledge of computerised management information systems to improve operational performance
• Knowledge of mandatory regulations such as The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations
• Knowledge of quality control, assurance and audit
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance & Risk management
• Thorough understanding of ICT issues and its application within the NHS
• Have a thorough understanding of current issues relating to the NHS

Desirable

• Evidence of innovation in managerial and service terms.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

• IT Skills in use of Word, Excel e-mail, power point and Patient Administration systems
• Experience of being a budget holder or/responsible for budget setting for a department/service
• Analytical ability - proven analysis of business performance information, ability to make decision on meeting business targets, highlighting performance information including complex facts and/or situations which requires analysis and interpretation, ability to investigate and resolve issues(e.g. disciplinary issues) Negotiation, coaching, facilitation and leadership skills.
• Communication with ability to receive sensitive and provide complex information with ability to persuade, motivate and negotiate. Material may sometimes be contentious. Ability to undertake presentations to large groups of staff or members of the public.
• Planning and organising complex activities, sometimes with a degree of uncertainty, which require formulation, adjustment and co-ordination with other professionals within the organisation.
• Able to work on your own initiative and with teams within broad occupational policies establishing interpretation and providing guidance
• Ability to lead a team with proven credibility and authority
• Ability to balance priorities on a daily basis in a demanding environment and achieve demanding delivery targets
• Ability to manage conflict
• Problem solve through innovation and new ways of working
• Ability to present reports in a format that is easily understood by others.
• Ability to understand the strategic overview whilst giving due attention to detail
• Ability to identify opportunities, analyse options and develop creative solutions
• Be able to write reports and formulate policies

Desirable

• Understanding of change management techniques
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Be able to manage all aspects of work including managing performance and developing plans

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).