We have an exciting opportunity to join our Primary Care Team at Leicestershire Health Informatic Services (LHIS), working across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. The post holder will be responsible for end-to-end management of assigned projects, providing high-quality project leadership and support to ensure robust and effective change management processes are delivered.
The post holder will work closely with ICB and GP Practices colleagues. The role is ideal for a system expert with experience delivering solutions for Primary Care and an individual with extensive knowledge of Primary Care Systems. Candidates who do not have SystmOne or EMIS Web knowledge will be shortlisted.
* To manage one or many primarily IT projects with supporting training and change functions within HIS delivering to the client organisations, co-ordinating the service offered by the specialist teams and external suppliers.
* To ensure that projects are delivered seamlessly within a single programme of work along complete care pathways between healthcare sectors to avoid silo working and retrospective project alignment.
* Coordinate activities with the and Locality Systems Engineers to ensure LHIS delivers identified work packages seamlessly.
* To develop and maintain appropriate project documentation for project boards, which must, at minimum, consist of PIDs, Project Plans, Highlight Reports, Risk Logs, Project Issues, and Project Closure reports.
* To perform the Prince role of Project Manager for the HIS on project boards and ensure ample opportunities for project board members to receive agreed actions and risks before the next project board.
* Ensure that all projects adhere to Prince 2 methodology and maintain good record keeping for post-project audit and review.
* To work with key stakeholders within in-flight projects to maintain good communication and engagement, helping to remove barriers to change or success.
* Ensure that benefits are captured during the project and quantified at the project closure.
* To undertake the development of business cases and option appraisals if required.
* Work with other project manager colleagues to maximise project staff use and ensure that their skills are efficiently used between projects.
* Responsible for managing project funds and reporting expenditures via the highlight report to a project board.
* To represent HIS at specific external regional/national forums with respect to the National Program of IT or similar IM&T initiatives specifically related to the project/product.
* To represent the interests of the customers at programme/project delivery meetings with NHS England / ICB / Practice Locality Meetings and similar forums.
* To engage with and influence the implementation of the National Programme for IM&T.
* To produce project summary information for Programme Delivery and Performance Boards as required.
* To work with customers to develop business cases and bids to initiative projects
* To advise customers on the phasing of potential projects so that they can maximise the use of resources within their SLA with HIS.
* To develop and maintain appropriate levels of awareness of products and services from suppliers to the NHS so that customers can be informed about IM&T options available to them regarding issues they face.
* Liaise with NHS England regarding specific care settings or product forums, e.g., Provider reference group, SystmOne Project manager forum, and Mental Health reference group, on behalf of HIS customers.
* To deputise for the Senior Project Manager as required.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.