Clinical Project Manager

Job responsibilities

To work on the Roving Health Units, delivering screening services to the local populations.

Cytology plus other screening services as required.

Working within GP practices to support their screening in areas of deprivation and health inequalities.

Engage with the General Public to raise awareness around screening and health.

Follow agreed policies and protocols, refer to the Head of Nursing as appropriate.

Maintain and clean equipment after use.

Maintain environment, including stock rotation and stock control.

Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of environment.

Use of clinical administration systems such as System1

Accurate documentation of patient care and recorded in a timely fashion.

A duty to inform the Head of Nursing of potential problems or issues arising within the day-to-day duties.

Attend meetings when required.

Any other delegated duties as appropriate to the post.

Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines

Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements

Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability, and ongoing correct usage by staff.

Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice

Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols.

Monitoring facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.

Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage, and disposal

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management.

Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage, and collection.

Spillage control procedures, management, and training

Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance

Maintenance of sterile environments

Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding.

To communicate and report to vaccination lead as required.

Project management responsibilities:

As the operational lead for the mobile cervical screening service, the post-holder will:

Take day-to-day operational and project management responsibility for the mobile cervical screening service (Roving Health Units), ensuring delivery against agreed timescales, activity targets, budget and quality standards across all deployment sites.

Develop, own and maintain the project plan for the service, including site scheduling, staff rostering, equipment and vehicle logistics, and coordination with GP practices and community venues across areas of deprivation and health inequalities.

Plan and deliver the service using a phased campaign approach, running each phase as a discrete cycle of delivery, evaluation and refinement, and systematically capturing learning from each phase to inform the design, targeting and delivery of subsequent phases.

Act as the principal point of contact between the service and the multi-agency Project Board, preparing and presenting regular highlight reports, progress updates, risks and issues, and campaign learning to the Board and other key stakeholder groups.

Build and maintain effective working relationships across multiple partner agencies, including the ICB, PCNs, GP practices, local authority public health teams and third sector/community organisations, ensuring aligned and integrated delivery of the screening programme.

Produce clear, accurate and timely written reports for a range of audiences, including Project Board papers, campaign evaluation reports, business cases and funding/commissioner reports, translating operational and clinical activity data into accessible written and visual formats.

Monitor, analyse and report on service performance and uptake data (including coverage in underserved and seldom-heard populations), using findings to drive continuous improvement and to demonstrate impact to commissioners and partner agencies.

Identify, log and actively manage project risks and issues, maintaining a risk register and mitigation plan, and escalating appropriately to the Project Board or Head of Nursing where required.

Manage the project budget, monitoring expenditure against plan, supporting procurement of equipment, consumables and vehicle costs, and ensuring value for money across the service.

Support the recruitment, induction, training and day-to-day line management of nursing and support staff working on the mobile units, ensuring the team has the skills and capacity to deliver each phase of the campaign.

Lead engagement and communication activity with local communities and stakeholders to raise awareness of the service and improve uptake among seldom-heard and underserved groups, tailoring messaging and site selection using learning from previous campaign phases.

Chair or contribute to operational meetings, task and finish groups and working groups relating to the service, ensuring actions are recorded, owned and followed up.

Identify opportunities for service development, funding bids or expansion arising from campaign learning, and lead on drafting associated proposals and business cases.

Ensure robust clinical governance, information governance, safeguarding, and health and safety arrangements are maintained and evidenced across all mobile unit sites and throughout the project lifecycle.

Personal/Professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by PCL as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload, and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Experience of Practice Nurse skills with a focus on cytology and screening.
• Request pathology tests and process the results, advising patients accordingly
• Understanding of the importance of evidence-based practice
• Ability to promote best practice regarding nursing matters
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to escalate.
• Good clinical system IT knowledge and an ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people by telephone, email and face to face
• Understanding of safeguarding
• Knowledge of national standards that inform practice (NICE guidelines etc)
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Ability to produce clear, well-structured written reports, board papers and evaluations for a range of clinical and non-clinical audiences
• Ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with multiple partner agencies and stakeholders at different levels of seniority
• Ability to design and manage phased delivery plans, using performance data and lessons learned to adapt and improve each successive phase

Desirable

• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena and knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in PCL, ICB's and neighbourhood working.
• Basic budget management skills, including monitoring expenditure and supporting procurement decisions

Other

Essential

• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational Health clearance
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for professional revalidation
• Evidence of CPD commensurate with the role
• Flexibility to work outside core office hours

Desirable

• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
• Has evidence of working at the relevant level of practice as described in the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing Career and Core Capabilities Framework

Desirable

• Mentor or teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Broad knowledge of general practice and experience of working as a Practice or Community Nurse
• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures
• Demonstrable experience of leading or managing a project, service change or multi-phase campaign, including planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation
• Experience of reporting into or working with a project board or steering group involving multiple partner agencies

Desirable

• Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
• Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking
• An appreciation of the NHS landscape including the relationship between individual organisations, PCNs and the commissioners
• Formal project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, Agile) or equivalent demonstrable experience

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
• Ability to follow legal, ethical and professional policies/local policies/procedures and codes of conduct
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Clear, polite telephone manner

Desirable

• Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).