Job summary
The Information, Management and Technology Directorate are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our successful and established delivery team.
As a Project Manager you will be joining a successful delivery team to work on a variety of challenging and innovative projects focusing on improving patient care and delivering efficiencies throughout the Trust. The role will report to the Head of Projects and will work closely with a range of stakeholders.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and driven to see projects through to completion with a desire to deliver high standards. A solid understanding of managing technology projects in a large organisation is essential to fulfil the role.
- Interview Date: 6 March 2024
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
The Project Manager role is key to the success of the IM&T delivery programme and is accountable for the coordination, implementation and control of assigned projects. The role will provide leadership to the project team and work closely with key stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered to agreed quality expectations, on time and within budget.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Direct and effective management of projects as required within time, cost and quality parameters.
- Contribute towards the delivery of the IT Services Programme/Project portfolio and co-ordinate project inter-dependencies.
- To make a significant contribution to the aspects of the IT Services strategy, which enables the Trust to meet its business goals and to achieve statutory and business reporting requirements
- To ensure the timely and accurate production of programme status reports for senior management.
- Development and delivery of a comprehensive portfolio of work comprising of programmes, projects, technical requests and feasibility studies.
- Client interaction, including developing a pipeline of work from the client, managing programmes/project priorities with the client, financial tracking and reporting, and project tracking and reporting
- Cross-activity relationship management.
- The position will involve a considerable amount of interaction with colleagues, business groups, IT and external vendors.
- To make a considerable contribution to the ongoing development of the Trusts IT Change Framework (structure, processes and controls)
- Promoting the value of the Change Framework within the change community, and driving improvements based on experience gathered from business partners. Maturing those disciplines across the organisation ensuring deliverance of a professional, high quality service.
- Contributing and developing the Trust Wide Programme Management Operating Plan, maintaining alignment to NHS direction and policy.
- Managing effective interfaces in order to maintain an end-to-end view of programme priorities and direction.
- Feeds into and updates a register of portfolio risks and issues, including mitigation plans. Ensuring that these are escalated and acted upon effectively.
- Experience of managing stakeholders and debate, up to Director level
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Direct and effective management of projects as required within time, cost and quality parameters.
- Contribute towards the delivery of the IT Services Programme/Project portfolio and co-ordinate project inter-dependencies.
- To make a significant contribution to the aspects of the IT Services strategy, which enables the Trust to meet its business goals and to achieve statutory and business reporting requirements
- To ensure the timely and accurate production of programme status reports for senior management.
- Development and delivery of a comprehensive portfolio of work comprising of programmes, projects, technical requests and feasibility studies.
- Client interaction, including developing a pipeline of work from the client, managing programmes/project priorities with the client, financial tracking and reporting, and project tracking and reporting
- Cross-activity relationship management.
- The position will involve a considerable amount of interaction with colleagues, business groups, IT and external vendors.
- To make a considerable contribution to the ongoing development of the Trusts IT Change Framework (structure, processes and controls)
- Promoting the value of the Change Framework within the change community, and driving improvements based on experience gathered from business partners. Maturing those disciplines across the organisation ensuring deliverance of a professional, high quality service.
- Contributing and developing the Trust Wide Programme Management Operating Plan, maintaining alignment to NHS direction and policy.
- Managing effective interfaces in order to maintain an end-to-end view of programme priorities and direction.
- Feeds into and updates a register of portfolio risks and issues, including mitigation plans. Ensuring that these are escalated and acted upon effectively.
- Experience of managing stakeholders and debate, up to Director level
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Be educated to degree level or equivalent level of qualification or experience e.g. IT, Business, Health or have substantial experience in a relevant post.
SKILLS
Essential
- Have experience of managing a team, ideally management of project or service support teams.
- Have experience of delivering change management technology.
- Have experience of analysing and forecasting staff and budgets.
- Have experience of inter-agency working involving multiple and diverse partners.
- Have experience of supporting executive level Project Boards
- Be competent with the Microsoft Office Suite
Experience
Essential
- Have experience of managing multiple complex projects.
- Have a good understanding of Trust policies and procedures.
Desirable
- Experience of managing projects in other organisations of similar size and complexity within or outside of the NHS.
QUALIFICATION S
Essential
- Hold a current recognised project management qualification, preferably PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent experience in project management techniques.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Be educated to degree level or equivalent level of qualification or experience e.g. IT, Business, Health or have substantial experience in a relevant post.
SKILLS
Essential
- Have experience of managing a team, ideally management of project or service support teams.
- Have experience of delivering change management technology.
- Have experience of analysing and forecasting staff and budgets.
- Have experience of inter-agency working involving multiple and diverse partners.
- Have experience of supporting executive level Project Boards
- Be competent with the Microsoft Office Suite
Experience
Essential
- Have experience of managing multiple complex projects.
- Have a good understanding of Trust policies and procedures.
Desirable
- Experience of managing projects in other organisations of similar size and complexity within or outside of the NHS.
QUALIFICATION S
Essential
- Hold a current recognised project management qualification, preferably PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent experience in project management techniques.
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.
