Band 6 Junior Project Manager-Bath NHS House

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about project management and driven by the desire to improve the experience of mental health services for both service users and staff?

The successful candidate will be supporting the delivery of a large-scale programme to change the way our clinicians and the wider mental health system create care plans for and with our service users, ensuring that these care and support plans are personalised and flexibly meet individual need.

In order to support this significant change, any candidate will need to be skilled at engaging stakeholders (clinical staff, system partners, service users and carers), have proven experience in delivering clinical change and have skills working within a project management environment. The post-holder will be working closely with the Care Planning Transformation Lead to implement our new approach across the organisation, ensuring that project objectives are achieved and that benefits are carefully monitored.

The post-holder will be expected to bring NHS expertise, pace, pragmatism, enthusiasm and creativity to deliver change. They will have a strong understanding of governance and well developed business skills.If you have the experience and enthusiasm to deliver transformational change and improvements to services that enhance quality, safety and better outcomes for patients then we would like to hear from you.

Flexible working considered and informal contact is welcomed.

Main duties of the job

Working under the direction of the SRO and Delivery Lead, support the Project Manager to implement this programme of work, taking responsibility for aspects of project governance, working within relevant clinical, IT and system wide frameworks.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Date posted

02 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-CS025-0425

Job locations

Bath NHS House

Newbridge Hill

Bath

BA1 3QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of this role. Informal contact is welcomed.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of this role. Informal contact is welcomed.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Strong understanding of the workings of the NHS
Exceptional data analytical skills
Excellent engagement and communication abilities
Experience/understanding of the project lifecycle

Desirable

Experience of change in the NHS

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level qualification or diploma level qualification plus relevant experience
Significant experience of working in a complex organisation.

Desirable

Experienced in the delivery of training and educational programmes

Skills

Essential

Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, interpersonal and liaison skills.
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload when faced with competing demands.
Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage changing priorities effectively

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of working in a complex organisation
Experience of delivering projects against timescales
Experience of maintaining and updating information systems and producing reports

Desirable

Experience of clinical change

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Strong understanding of the workings of the NHS
Exceptional data analytical skills
Excellent engagement and communication abilities
Experience/understanding of the project lifecycle

Desirable

Experience of change in the NHS

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level qualification or diploma level qualification plus relevant experience
Significant experience of working in a complex organisation.

Desirable

Experienced in the delivery of training and educational programmes

Skills

Essential

Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, interpersonal and liaison skills.
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload when faced with competing demands.
Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage changing priorities effectively

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of working in a complex organisation
Experience of delivering projects against timescales
Experience of maintaining and updating information systems and producing reports

Desirable

Experience of clinical 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.

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).

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