Job summary
- Main area
- Project Manager
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-COR-24-6462133
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Digital Project Manager
NHS AfC: Band 6
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available within the integrated Alder Hey and Liverpool Heart and Chest Digital Service. We are looking for a talented, highly motivated Project Manager to work across both trusts to provide support on the various projects outlined in the digital strategies in each Trust, which are plans of digital quality improvement that will work towards improving clinician satisfaction and the overall care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
Main duties and responsibilities will include:
- The successful delivery of defined projects within a range of Digital Programmes underway.
- To plan, support, facilitate and monitor progress across agreed projects.
- To ensure that all the project outcomes and benefits are achieved in conjunction with the project sponsor.
Working for our organisation
Alder Hey is currently working through it's Digital Futures strategy which centres around digital improvements which improve patient and staff experience and safety. Alongside this, the Trust is currently in an exciting optimisation phase for the Electronic Patient Record (Meditech), which has recently been upgraded to the latest version available, thus maximising our investment in core clinical systems to ensure our staff have the best tools available when providing patient care.
Liverpool Heart and Chest have recently become part of the Digital Aspirant scheme, which helps NHS Trusts raise their Digital Maturity. The Trust is also underway with the Digital Excellence Strategy, a 5-year programme to deliver digital initiatives enabling a wide range of benefits. The 3 core themes that underpin the strategy are 'Connecting Digitally with our Patients and Families', 'Digital Safety and Outstanding Care' and 'Insight Led Care', all underpinned by a 'back to basics' service improvement plan.
About us
We pledge to use digital to ensure that we are safer and deliver the best possible care at every step, for our staff we pledge their working day will be made better by delivery of a digital infrastructure that is based around their day to day needs
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- As assigned, assist in the planning, implementation and introduction of business processes and projects for new systems and technologies
- Focuses on meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors, stakeholders, etc.
- Create sound written plans for the implementation of projects and changes the post holder is responsible for
- Creation of communication plans to ensure all stakeholders are kept informed throughout the duration of any projects or changes
- May participate in the design and / or testing phases
- Responsible for the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, and resource requirements; resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional areas; develop methods to monitor project or area progress
- Coordinate the production of technical specifications and related documentation
- Coordination of test plans to ensure successful testing outcomes
- Management of third-party supplier contributions to individual projects and changes
- Management of project and change related risks and issues ensuring successful outcomes
- Work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes
- Production of highlight reports
- Maintenance of RAG status reports for all projects and changes on portfolio
- Monitor progress and report exceptions to the Digital Programme Manager and relevant parties
- Oversees the implementation of the project on a daily basis with regard to resources, time, budget and quality to guide team in the implementation of the project
- Carry out audits to ensure specified requirements of customers are met through each project
- Conducts project meetings
- Manages Project Coordinators within the IM&T team
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working in project delivery.
- Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- PRINCE2 Qualified
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of IM&T project change and delivery
- Experience of appropriate project management methodology
- Formal delivery planning using GANT charts or similar
- Experience of completing complex project plans and supporting documentation such as risk and issue logs, lessons learnt and communication plans.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Awareness of NHS Information Governance
- Supervisory experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clear communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills.
- Ability to construct and deliver insightful, clear information/ instructions to a broad range of stakeholders at all levels
- Proven relationship management skills, able to build and maintain positive and productive relationships across a range of stakeholders.
- Experience in the use of the Microsoft TM Office toolset email, web browsers and project management tools
Desirable criteria
- Data analysis and reporting
- Business planning and management
- Ability to process complex information and determine course of action to take
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Highly motivated and able to work on own initiative
- Adaptable and flexible approach to duties to meet deadlines
- Professional, calm and efficient manner.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ciara Mooney
- Job title
- Senior Project Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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