Job summary
The Programme Manager will take a leading role in the development and delivery of specific primary care projects and programmes and their scrutiny, challenge and monitoring. This will involve developing and implementing a range of policies and procedures that will impact across the programmes.
As a senior professional manager working at corporate level across the organisation with considerable freedom to act, the post holder will play a key role in supporting Primary and Community Care in the development and implementation the key objectives set out in the projects.
The post holder will have specific responsibility for driving and developing the prevention agenda to include:
Wellness Improvement Service (Wise).
Health Check Service- including diabetes prevention, CVD health check and long-term condition model development.
VBHC improvement scheme.
Education for Patients Programme.
The post holder will manage dedicated project resources and resources contributing to project delivery. In particular, the post holder will have specific programme and project management responsibilities, often working within tight timescales and competing demands. This work will often involve working with highly complex, sensitive and contentious information with a high degree of autonomy.
Main duties of the job
1. Lead and Redesign Wellness and Prevention Services across Primary Care to include Long Term Condition Management
2. Undertake local service evaluations on work streams
3. Provide Leadership Support and Drive for continuous improvement of the Primary Care Teams under the responsibility of the role:
4. Wise (Wellness Improvement Service)
5. Cardiovascular Health Check Programme
6. AF & Hypertension Improvement Programme
7. EPP (Education Programme for Patients)
8. Serious Mental Illness Health Checks
9. Advise the Programme leads and Senior Responsible Officers (SRO) on the future measures and objectives for project delivery, ensuring consistency with national targets and local objectives.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
We listen, learn and improve
We treat everyone with respect
We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
10. To exercise sound judgment in an extremely complex environment.
11. Contribute to the organisation-wide skills and training programme to promote improvement methodology and project management skills, focussed on embedding a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.
12. Support Programme leads and Senior Responsible Officers (SRO by providing the necessary infrastructure, systems and skills required to meet the long-term. performance requirements for the delivery of identified key programmes and projects.
13. Lead on specific projects as determined by the Programme leads and Senior Responsible Officers (SRO, ensuring SMART objectives for all relevant projects.
14. Assist Programme leads and Senior Responsible Officers (SRO to initiate and create project delivery and support teams, to respond to programme needs, creating confidence to deliver and assuring the Board of its ability to meet its objectives.
15. Create an overarching project plan for the development and implementation of the programme, reviewing as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements affecting both participating organisations. Track and report progress to the Project team and Board.
16. Apply high levels of communication/change management skills to overcome any resistance to change.
17. Assist the Programme leads and Senior Responsible Officers (SRO to review the performance of projects by leading and undertaking complex audits, evaluations of service and surveys.
18. Reporting outcomes so that all key targets are met, ensuring that there is an ongoing review of progress and where necessary, intervention to ensure projects are delivering to the required quality and levels of effectiveness, productivity and efficiency.
19. Apply highly specialised skills and knowledge to deliver improvement and organisational change objectives.
20. Provide expert advice to Executive Directors and senior management teams on the requirements and development of key performance indicators for their balanced scorecards.
Assist the Programme leads and Senior Responsible Officers (SRO to establish an improved performance reporting regime on project deliverables), to provide assurance.
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Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
21. Highly developed knowledge of project management methodologies and techniques, including change management and service redesign, acquired through training, experience and/or qualification to Master's or equivalent level.
Desirable
22. Experience of working in primary care
Knowledge
Essential
23. In-depth specialist knowledge and expertise across a range of disciplines including Performance Management, Project Management, Quality and Service Improvement Tools/Techniques.
Desirable
24. The ability to speak or learn Welsh to a satisfactory level
Skills
Essential
25. Partnership working and stakeholder management acquired through training and experience over an extended period.
Desirable
26. Understanding of inequalities and Health Board Demographics
Skills
Essential
27. Proven work record of consistently achieving high standards and delivering objectives and priorities.
Desirable
28. Successful track record of leading and delivering large scale, complex projects