Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Digital and Data Services have a large digital roadmap of works to be delivered in the coming years, and we currently have an opportunity for a Digital Project Manager to join the Digital Projects Team and work on the delivery of this programme.
The Digital Projects Team is part of the Digital Delivery Section of Digital and Data Services. The team delivers projects working towards achieving the Trust's Digital roadmap and ensuring our digital offering continues to build to support the organisation to deliver excellent patient care.
The successful candidate will work with colleagues and partners to deliver a number of projects across the roadmap which covers our Electronic Patient Record products, Corporate Systems, and our Technology functions. This will be done by managing projects through ensuring their work is in-line with best practice and project methodologies.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will be experienced in managing multiple digital projects. They should have an eye for detail and be proactive and flexible with their approach to all tasks, be able to produce clear concise project documentation and have excellent communication and negotiation skills. The ideal candidate will have experience of working on projects regarding system implementations from procurement through to handover to operational services and also Technical projects that require a level of technical understanding to liaise with suppliers and ensure that project deliverables meet requirements.
Job responsibilities
The responsibilities will include:
* Keeping the relevant IT Programme Leads or Project Board and/or Governance Boards and/or Trust Senior Leadership Group aware of progress and risks (escalating as appropriate).
* Ensuring the Trust's project management framework is fully utilised and that the planning, monitoring and governance of the project are carried out in line with relevant Trust policies and procedures, raising any concerns to senior management level in a timely manner.
* Establishing and sustaining effective arrangements to plan, manage and monitor the outputs of any work streams that underpin the project, ensuring that they deliver the required outputs to the agreed specification and deadlines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to postgraduate diploma level in a relevant subject or equivalent experiential learning
* Evidence of training in Programme or Project Management principles and techniques
* The Trust's QIS (Quality Improvement System) for Leaders Certificate (or willing to achieve within agreed timescale)
* Project Management Qualification
* Quality improvement qualification, or evidence of training in quality improvement principles and techniques
Experience
* Experience in supporting significant change initiatives in IT or Health Informatics
* Developing and monitoring complex programme or project plans, including project scopes, initiation documents and business cases
* Proven experience in engaging successfully with a range of stakeholders to elicit requirements
* Experience of using influencing and negotiation techniques
* Experience of producing written reports and relating to complex information and data
* Experience of presenting complex issues to senior management in order to trigger a decision
* Able to make reasoned judgements even when key information is missing or uncertain
* Use of appropriate communications and coaching techniques to motivate and inspire others to act
* Experience of formal project management as part of a programme
* Experience of using a quality improvement system
Knowledge
* Has understanding of nationally recognised project management systems
* Understanding of the issues and context underlying the specific programme/projects to be managed
* Good understanding of the Trust's Programme/Project Management framework (within agreed timescale)
* Good understanding of the Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS) (within agreed timescale)
* Understanding of the digital, political, and managerial context of the NHS and drivers of reform and change within the NHS
* Specific managerial knowledge required to have credibility with the stakeholders for the project (or an indication from past experience that this can be gained quickly)
* Understands coaching tools and how to manage and influence both directly managed staff, peers and more senior staff
* Understands own strengths and weaknesses and able to seek advice/support accordingly
* Understanding of Mental health and Learning Disability services
* Specialist knowledge and understanding of the subject matter of the project(s) to be managed.
Skills
* Excellent presentation skills
* Ability to understand operational issues quickly and gain credibility with the people who will have to implement or use the products being produced by the project
* Able to analyse and assess information from multiple sources to inform option appraisals / business cases, revising pathways and ways of working.
* Excellent workshop design and facilitation skills
* Able to analyse and understand complex information and uncertainties about future risk
* Confidence and ability to challenge senior managers appropriately regarding governance of the programme, escalating where required
* Able to develop options and clearly communicate the impact of different options on the timescales, costs and benefits realisation trajectories to line manager / project board / programme board level
* Able to identify interdependencies and the potential impact of these
* Excellent facilitation, influencing and negotiating skills
* Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
* Good understanding how service redesign can deliver significant benefits within the NHS
* Able to communicate successfully with a wide range of stakeholders both verbally and in writing
* Proficient in use of standard IT packages e.g. Microsoft Office
* Excellent keyboard skills
* Coaching skills
* Chairing skills
* Quantitative data analysis skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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