Programme Manager (UEC)

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to bring their knowledge and expertise to support UHL and the wider system to continuously improve.

The post holder will lead the programme of multiple, complex, and interconnected projects and service redesign across our sites for Urgent and Emergency Care. You will take the lead role in planning, supporting, facilitating, and monitoring the performance and progress of this programme. You will manage a specific portfolio of projects, monitoring interdependencies and resources to ensure efficient delivery of the programme. You will be responsible for working closely with CMG triumvirates, Corporate Medical and Nursing, Capital Project Managers, Workforce and Finance Leads, and Strategy colleagues to ensure timely delivery of projects.

You will be an enthusiast for delivering improvement, with the vision to see how healthcare will be delivered in new and different ways in coming years, and the expertise to ensure efficiency opportunities can be realised as soon as possible.

You should be committed to improving and strengthening an inclusive culture within UHL, where colleagues can speak up and be involved in shared decision making, because this delivers safe care. As such, the ability to evidence inclusion, fairness and highly visible leadership are essential for this role.

You will be expected to embody UHL's values and be a visible role model in your leadership behaviours and actions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will drive the delivery of operational projects and programmes across UHL.

Responsibilities will include:

• Delivery of Urgent and Emergency Care improvement programmes and deputising for colleagues where necessary
• Working closely with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Associate Director of Operations, take guidance on delivering the workstreams required within the programme, and articulate and operationalise these requirements working with the leadership teams of both the Clinical Management Groups and across the health system
• Leadership and management of external contractors and relationships
• Leadership and responsibility for various other workstreams and projects across UHL and sometimes the system

This role has an emphasis on delivery, performance, and planning. The post holder will support the Clinical Management Groups input and engage in issues needing operational and strategic intervention in relation to the projects they are leading.

About us

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading heart centres.

Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide 'Caring at its best' and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we're here to do. They are:

• We focus on what matters most
• We treat others how we would like to be treated
• We are passionate and creative in our work
• We do what we say we are going to do
• We are one team and we are best when we work together

Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that 'Caring at its best' is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Infirmary Square

Leicester

LE1 5WW

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Infirmary Square

Leicester

LE1 5WW

Employer's website

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

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