Job summary
As the first English region to have gained control of its health and social care spending, Greater Manchester has an unprecedented opportunity to revolutionise its health infrastructure and improve the well-being of its population.
Operating in conjunction with the wider work of the devolution agenda, Health Innovation Manchester (HInM) is leading a programme of innovation across the entire health and social care community to ensure population health needs are met in the most efficient and cost-effective way.
Established by Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership to drive innovation into the system, the role of Health Innovation Manchester is to act as a systems enabler, partnering with academia, industry and healthcare providers, helping to connect emerging research with industry innovators, accelerating the development and adoption of innovations and aligning them with the region's most pressing health and social care challenges.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for two Project Managers to join our team on temporary basis to support the following projects:
Digital - GMCR: HInM is leading delivery of a high-profile programme to successfully deliver comprehensive and wide-reaching Greater Manchester Shared Care Record Programme (GMRC). This role will be instrumental in the delivery of two key workstreams a) Optimisation of the GMCR record usage and b) and development and implementation of Digital Integrated Care Plans on the GMCR.
The role will support the Programme Lead and Programme Director of Digital and Data with delivery of the GMCR Integrated Care Planning Programme and Shared Care Record Optimisation across Greater Manchester. The post holder will have a proven knowledge of digital innovation, the Care sector, innovation, adoption and using digital implementation methodologies with multiple teams in a variety of contexts to deliver high-profile strategic programmes.
Patient Safety: As a key component of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes (NatPatSIPs) address the most important safety issues and embed improvement methods and measurement into management systems. The Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) are commissioned by the NHS England patient safety team as the delivery partners for the national improvement priorities.
About us
Health Innovation Manchester works at the forefront of healthcare innovation to discover, develop and deploy new healthcare solutions.
We harness the power of the NHS, wider health and care systems, industry and academia within our region to address major challenges and tackle inequalities.
Here at HInM we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.
We are positively challenging traditional organisational barriers which get in the way of care delivery and are continuously working to improve our collective offer to staff in areas including health & wellbeing, benefits, including training and development along with flexible working.
Working in a hybrid model, our offices in Citylabs Manchester provide a great collaborative and creative working space. We combine remote working with two days a week on site in our state-of-the-art offices.
If you want to experience working for an organisation that is empowering teams to create a positive working culture in a supportive and safe environment, making their staff feel valued and motivated then apply now.
We may close the vacancy as soon as sufficient applications have been received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main purpose of this post is to manage and deliver the objectives and outcomes of Health Innovation Manchester (HInM) projects which positively impact on benefits to people within Greater Manchester.
The primary function of the role is to a provide project management function for the development and implementation of projects within the HInM Business Plan.
The post holder will be expected to plan, project manage, implement and disseminate the learning from specific delegated projects. This will involve supporting a wide range of member organisations to deliver projects developed to bring about improvements in service delivery and health outcomes for the Greater Manchester system.
The roles will involve responsibility for the management of allocated projects, from securing engagement, buy in and commitment to implementing the project with a wide range of key stakeholders and NHS partnerships.
The postholder will be responsible for ensuring that measurable outcomes are deliverable.
The post holder will work on setting milestones for projects and reviewing and negotiating contract arrangements.
The role will report to an assignedprogramme lead and will liaise closely with colleagues in partner organizations, including suppliers, commissioners, place-based leads, and other NHS partners, and other key stakeholders.
The postholder will be responsible for budget reporting to the assigned programme lead relating to funding for the programme. This will include leading the internal and external reporting on the progress for the programme on a regular basis as well as ad-hoc status reporting.
The post holder will provide representation for Health Innovation Manchester (HInM) and the Integrated Care System (ICS).
Depending on the assigned portfolio, the post holder will work with Digital Senior Leaders to further build credible programme delivery plans in line with the digital strategy and HInM priorities or with quality/governance/safety/clinical leaders to gain buy-in to the Patient Safety Collaborative support offer.
Working with the Senior Responsible Officer, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring appropriate governance arrangements, smooth management and delivery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main purpose of this post is to manage and deliver the objectives and outcomes of Health Innovation Manchester (HInM) projects which positively impact on benefits to people within Greater Manchester.
The primary function of the role is to a provide project management function for the development and implementation of projects within the HInM Business Plan.
The post holder will be expected to plan, project manage, implement and disseminate the learning from specific delegated projects. This will involve supporting a wide range of member organisations to deliver projects developed to bring about improvements in service delivery and health outcomes for the Greater Manchester system.
The roles will involve responsibility for the management of allocated projects, from securing engagement, buy in and commitment to implementing the project with a wide range of key stakeholders and NHS partnerships.
The postholder will be responsible for ensuring that measurable outcomes are deliverable.
The post holder will work on setting milestones for projects and reviewing and negotiating contract arrangements.
The role will report to an assignedprogramme lead and will liaise closely with colleagues in partner organizations, including suppliers, commissioners, place-based leads, and other NHS partners, and other key stakeholders.
The postholder will be responsible for budget reporting to the assigned programme lead relating to funding for the programme. This will include leading the internal and external reporting on the progress for the programme on a regular basis as well as ad-hoc status reporting.
The post holder will provide representation for Health Innovation Manchester (HInM) and the Integrated Care System (ICS).
Depending on the assigned portfolio, the post holder will work with Digital Senior Leaders to further build credible programme delivery plans in line with the digital strategy and HInM priorities or with quality/governance/safety/clinical leaders to gain buy-in to the Patient Safety Collaborative support offer.
Working with the Senior Responsible Officer, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring appropriate governance arrangements, smooth management and delivery.
Person Specification
Education/Experience Level
Essential
- Degree level education in a relevant discipline or equivalent level of experience working at senior level
- Project Management qualification
- Experience of working in the NHS, Local Authority, voluntary or private sector.
- Evidence of continued Professional Development.
Project Managesment Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of identifying, managing and reporting risks.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
- Experience of formulating project plans and outcome measures.
- Can measure and assess progress of projects, identify areas of collaborative working/quality of performance and identify need for service redesign.
- Experience of utilising Microsoft Project for planning and executing project plans and status reporting.
- Able to manage and direct multiple projects and programmes simultaneously.
Managing Change
Essential
- Experience of dealing positively with organisational change.
- Can measure and assess progress of projects, identify areas of collaborative working/quality of performance and identify need for service redesign.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Experience of supporting teams in utilising quality improvement methods (such as the Model for Improvement, Breakthrough Series Collaborative model, PDSA) and tools (such as driver diagrams, fishbone analysis, process mapping, statistical process control).
- Experience of collecting and interpreting data/information to support change programmes.
Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of quality improvement methods (such as the Model for Improvement, Breakthrough Series Collaborative model, PDSA) and tools (such as driver diagrams, fishbone analysis, process mapping, statistical process control).
- Knowledge of relevant national patient safety initiatives, such as the Patient Safety Strategy, the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes (NatPatSIPs).
- Knowledge of current local and national digital agendas and strategies, such as the NHS Long Term Plan and GM Health and Care Digital Transformation Strategy.
- Knowledge of clinical systems, such as shared care records, electronic patient record (EPR) systems, and general practice (GP) systems.
- Understands a patient focused approach to all work.
- An innovative thinker that finds innovative solutions to challenging strategic problems.
Written and verbal communication skills
Essential
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at Board level.
- Ability to lead multi- stakeholder groups and a range of delivery partners within an overall programme. Ability to lead a network.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Able to demonstrate ability to write complex reports.
- Proven influencing and negotiating skills.
Desirable
- Experience of collecting and interpreting data/information to support change programmes
Person Specification
Education/Experience Level
Essential
- Degree level education in a relevant discipline or equivalent level of experience working at senior level
- Project Management qualification
- Experience of working in the NHS, Local Authority, voluntary or private sector.
- Evidence of continued Professional Development.
Project Managesment Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of identifying, managing and reporting risks.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
- Experience of formulating project plans and outcome measures.
- Can measure and assess progress of projects, identify areas of collaborative working/quality of performance and identify need for service redesign.
- Experience of utilising Microsoft Project for planning and executing project plans and status reporting.
- Able to manage and direct multiple projects and programmes simultaneously.
Managing Change
Essential
- Experience of dealing positively with organisational change.
- Can measure and assess progress of projects, identify areas of collaborative working/quality of performance and identify need for service redesign.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Experience of supporting teams in utilising quality improvement methods (such as the Model for Improvement, Breakthrough Series Collaborative model, PDSA) and tools (such as driver diagrams, fishbone analysis, process mapping, statistical process control).
- Experience of collecting and interpreting data/information to support change programmes.
Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of quality improvement methods (such as the Model for Improvement, Breakthrough Series Collaborative model, PDSA) and tools (such as driver diagrams, fishbone analysis, process mapping, statistical process control).
- Knowledge of relevant national patient safety initiatives, such as the Patient Safety Strategy, the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes (NatPatSIPs).
- Knowledge of current local and national digital agendas and strategies, such as the NHS Long Term Plan and GM Health and Care Digital Transformation Strategy.
- Knowledge of clinical systems, such as shared care records, electronic patient record (EPR) systems, and general practice (GP) systems.
- Understands a patient focused approach to all work.
- An innovative thinker that finds innovative solutions to challenging strategic problems.
Written and verbal communication skills
Essential
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at Board level.
- Ability to lead multi- stakeholder groups and a range of delivery partners within an overall programme. Ability to lead a network.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Able to demonstrate ability to write complex reports.
- Proven influencing and negotiating skills.
Desirable
- Experience of collecting and interpreting data/information to support change programmes
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
