Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Project Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and enthusiastic senior project manager to join the Sussex Mental Health Inpatient Transformation Programme. The role, as a fixed term contract for 12 months, will support the Trust to implement the new Inpatient Strategic Plan. The role will co-produce with people who use services, their carers, supporters, the ICB and stakeholders from both statutory and non-statutory organisations the transformation of our current inpatient provisions and alternatives to admission including as well as new innovations and services for the communities of Sussex.
Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) operates a centralised Transformation & Change function, enabling the Trust to deliver its major change programmes, to improve outcomes and deliver better value.
The post holder will take a lead on the inpatients strategic programme and support the wider acute and urgent care transformation portfolio .
Main duties of the job
Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) operates a centralised Transformation & Change function, enabling the Trust to deliver its major change programmes, to improve outcomes and deliver better value.
The post holder will take a lead within the programme, responsible for planning, day-to-day delivery, and subsequent performance management, adjusting plans as required to ensure that risks and issues are mitigated. The post holder will work closely with expert working groups and ensure effective management of dependencies within the programme and across the portfolio of programmes supported by the Head of Programme.
Working for our organisation
SPFT provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex. The trust is rated as ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC.
SPFT encourages flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, flexible start/finish times. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
As a mental health Trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
We're looking for people to help us provide high quality services for the patients, carers and local communities we serve. We want patients and staff to recommend our organisation as a place where they would be happy for their friends and family to be treated.
You can help us do this by bringing your skills, experience and commitment to Sussex Partnership.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for all relevant details. for more information please contact the head of programme.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant project management and improvement experience, with a track record of delivery
- Experience within senior operational or project roles, ideally within the NHS
- Experience of complex stakeholder management
- Knowledge of a range of specific project areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training
- Experience of devising and managing project budgets
- Experience of reporting project progress to Project Board
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment
- Knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as PRINCE2, AGILE and Monday.com
- Experience of applying quality improvement and project management skills across multi-provider pathway
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Hall
- Job title
- Head of Programme (Transformation)
- Email address
- [email protected]
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