Job vacancy: Assistant Project Manager, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Aylesbury

Job summary

Main area: Assistant Project Manager
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 434-C6985499-A

Employer: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Stoke Mandeville, but will cover all BHT Sites
Town: Aylesbury
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/04/2025 23:59

Assistant Project Manager

Band 7

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree qualified in a construction related discipline, or specialist knowledge through equivalent experience.
Knowledge through experience of project management, programme management, cost management, procurement management, quality management and H&S & risk management.
Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development.

Desirable criteria

APM Project Management, Project Professional or Practitioner Qualification (PPQ or PQ) or RICS
Construction Project Manager / Surveyor Qualifications
Leadership and management qualification (e.g., CMI Level 5).
Qualified in a recognised H&S qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of successful project management of construction projects
Knowledge of the whole design and construction process
Knowledge of construction contracts
Experience of quickly analysing situations/issues and taking decisive action when dealing with project emergencies.
Knowledge of engaging with internal and external stakeholders, service providers and business partners.

Desirable criteria

• Working with NHS capital procurement to include equipping and commissioning.
• Previous NHS and/ or healthcare sector experience (preferably in an acute hospital), an understanding of NHS Estates Terminology/ procedures
• Knowledge of both JCT and NEC forms of contract.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential criteria

Knowledge of healthcare guidance, HTMs, HBNs and others industry specific guidance. To include understanding of the requirements of clinical and non-clinical hospital departments and sound working knowledge of infection prevention and control as related to healthcare building design.
Ability to understand, interpret, advise on, and implement published guidance and mandatory requirements with regards to healthcare buildings
Effective analytical skills, able to review and interpret information and data and translate into reports, scenarios, schedules of accommodation and specifications, presenting options and recommendations.
Effective communication and presentation skills (both verbally and non-verbally), dealing with highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information communicated to a wide range of individuals and groups at all levels internally and externally
Negotiation, persuasion, and motivational skills, able to gain co-operation at all levels. To include an ability to calmly resolve sensitive issues in a professional manner
Computer literate with advanced keyboard skills and experienced in the use of Microsoft and other software packages for data analysis and report-writing
Personal drive to work efficiently with the ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to participate in meetings e.g., Design Teams and User Groups and chair where necessary.
Ability to work as effectively alone under one's own initiate and as a team member.

Desirable criteria

A good understanding of the current and changing NHS environment.
Microsoft project specifically or other project management tools.
Knowledge and experience of ADB software.
Knowledge and experience of developing schedules of accommodation
Development and writing of business cases

Value

Essential criteria

Collaborate - Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships.
Aspire - Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
Respect - Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
Enable - Consults others and listens to their opinions. Enables others to take the initiative.

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Rosalind Fleck
Job title: Capital Projects/Property Administrator
Email address: [email protected]

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Assistant Project Manager

Band 7

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential criteria

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Value

Essential criteria

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