Project Manager - Evaluation and Adoption

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description

The post-holder will be a highly motivated, inquisitive and creative problem solver with excellent communication and influencing skills, working across organisational boundaries to bring together the right people to help develop and deliver robust real-world evaluations of novel healthcare innovations and support spread and adoption. You will enjoy working collaboratively, feel confident to challenge the status quo, and be prepared to adapt and seek mutually beneficial solutions to issues.

The successful candidate will support a portfolio of evaluation and adoption projects with innovators and stakeholders from across the health and social care sector in the HIOTV region and possibly beyond. You will be well supported by the Head of Evaluation and Transformation and function as part of the SIP team. You will have an understanding of the healthcare system. Clinical or operational experience in one of HIOTVs priority areas, an understanding of real-world evaluation methodology and programme delivery will be an advantage. Priority clinical areas currently include Cardiovascular Disease, Respiratory, Mat/Neo, Mental Health and the technology themes of Diagnostics and Digital /AI.

You will work in collaboration with NHS stakeholders, colleagues in other teams at HIOTV, colleagues from other HINs and the Office for Life Science and NHS England/Improvement to share and maximise learning from existing and ongoing improvement projects. Involving patients and the public, you will strive to ensure your work serves the diversity of the population of the region we serve.

Key responsibilities:

With support from the Head of Evaluation and Transformation, manage a portfolio of local and regional evaluation and adoption projects, ensuring all relevant stakeholders are well engaged, committed and supported.

Work closely with innovators of different levels of maturity to support robust and effective evaluations in a real-world setting

Support the management and control of programme resources such as access to experts, health economists, statisticians and analysts and other SIP programme resources.

Undertake routine project management functions, e.g., maintenance of project plans, completing regular reports, tracking the delivery of the project milestones against the programme/project plans and ensuring that line managers and the Director of SIP is regularly briefed on progress and issues.

Help to ensure projects remain on time, in scope and within budget.

Identify and flag risks and issues, escalating concerns to line management.

Manage complex, sensitive or contentious information as required to deliver projects.

Understand the evidence base for each innovation project.

Develop and nurture collaborative working relationships, both internal and external to the organisation, and at all levels of partner organisations e.g. innovators, NHS provider stakeholders, commissioners, etc.

Understand how all aspects of the programme and projects both meet and support our local stakeholders needs and our national commission.

Understand the complexities of health and care structures in the support of innovators.

Help to plan and deliver meetings and workshops with stakeholders.

Support the spread and adoption of health innovations that are proven to be clinically and cost effective.

Use Microsoft Office and Teams to communicate, meet and work on documentation as appropriate.

The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required for the role. The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager to fulfil the objectives of HIOTV and its host, OUH.

The post holder may also be asked to cross-cover for other programmes of work, should there be an operational need.

Key Working Relationships

The post holder will be required to build and maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

Key external working relationships may include:

Innovators and Industry

Clinical staff

Academic staff and research groups

Staff from other programmes and other HINs

Representatives from patient and citizen groups

Commissioning organisations (ICSs and NHSE national and regional teams)

Key internal working relationships may include:

Director of SIP, HIOTV

Head of Evaluation and Transformation, HIOTV

HIOTV SIP managers and team members

Other HIOTV project teams

Risk Management

The management of risk is the responsibility of everyone within Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) (HIOTVs hosting organisation), and will be achieved within a progressive, positive, honest and open environment. Staff will be provided with the necessary education, training and support to enable them to meet this responsibility.

It is the responsibility of staff to make themselves familiar with the

Information Governance Policy

Major Incident Policy

Fire Policy

The post holder must be familiar with the local response plan and their own specific role within that response.

Infection Control

Infection Control is everyones responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections including MRSA.

All staff employed by the OUH Trust have the following key responsibilities:

Staff must wash their hands or use alcohol gel on entry and exit from all clinical areas and/or between each patient contact.

Staff members have a duty to attend mandatory infection control training provided for them by the Trust.

Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.

Health and Safety

To be responsible for ensuring that all duties and responsibilities of this post are carried out in compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and any subsequent Amendments, Statutory Regulations and Trust Policies and Procedures. This will be supported by the provision of training and specialist advice as required.

Child Protection

The post holder will endeavour at all times to uphold the rights of children and young people in accordance with the UN Convention Rights of the Child.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults throughout the organisation. As a member of the trust there is a duty to assist in protecting patients and their families from any form of harm when they are vulnerable.

Information Governance

All staff must complete annual information governance training. If you have a Trust email account this can be completed on-line, otherwise you must attend a classroom session. For further details, go to the Information Governance intranet site.

Data Quality

Data quality is a vital element of every member of staffs job role. The Oxford University Hospitals Trust recognises the importance of information in the provision of patient care and in reporting on its performance. Data quality is therefore crucial in ensuring complete, timely and accurate information is available in support of patient care, clinical governance, performance management, service planning, and financial and resource planning and performance. All staff should ensure that they have read and understood the Trusts Data Quality Policy.

Person Specification

Knowledge, training and experience

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• Evidence of further study to post graduate level or equivalent knowledge training and experience.
• A demonstrable capacity and capability for project management at middle level in a healthcare environment.
• Demonstrable experience in developing performance with and through your teams, by engaging them in development and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to delivery, monitoring performance and giving feedback.
• A good understanding of the changing NHS environment.
• IT literate with ability to use all Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrable experience in identifying, delivering, and implementing service change.
• Ability to lead change, to design, implement and embed new ways of working
• Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services.
• Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups, and common sense in knowing when to brief 'up the line'.

Desirable

• A demonstrable capacity and capability in management in a complex organisation, including staff management and change management.
• Business or Project Management Qualification or equivalent.

Communication

Essential

• Demonstrable inter-personal and communications skills.

Values & behaviours

Essential

• Demonstrable inter-personal and communications skills, with a track record in writing complex business cases and policies.
• High-level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude.
• A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.
• Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
• Personal resilience and determination to make a tangible contribution to healthcare

Equality and diversity

Essential

• The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley, Magdalen Centre

Oxford Science Park

Oxford

OX4 4GA

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)