Job summary
Passionateabout how digital can transform healthcare, for our donors,patientsand colleagues? Do you seek that once in a career opportunity to put everything you have learned to the test? Are you excited by identifying and implementing new digital technologies? We have an excitingopportunity for a Digital Portfolio Project Manager to join the Digital Programmes team for 33 months and play a significant role in the Digital workstream of the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC) project.
We have an ambitious Digital Strategy that underpins the digital solutions used to support the opening of our newworld class environmentally sustainable cancer centre. Our new home will extend and enhancespecialist cancer treatment and supports the delivery of cancer care closer to homeatour regionalsites.
You will utilise your previous project management experience to deliver critical new and innovative digital systems as part of the nVCC programme, to ensure the alignment of resources and coordination of activities and requirements required are aligned with project timescales and requirements.
1. This post is fixed term/secondment for 33 months. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for supporting a portfolio of complex clinical and digital projects. Provide project management support to the Programme Manager, identifying resources/skillset required from the Digital Services department. Assist Digital colleagues in providing accurate timescales for work to be undertaken so this can be accurately reflected in project plans and inform go-live / project implementation dates. Work with the Programme Manager to inform the allocation of project resources. Manage all project plans and be responsible for the updating of plans and all project related documentation. Provide peer support, guidance and training for project teams and staff throughout the project lifecycle, using agreed project documentation. Supervise project team staff and work collaboratively with wider project colleagues, across the Trust. Assist the Digital Programme Team in continually developing both agile and waterfall project management methodologies across the Digital Programme and major programmes, Trust-wide. Monitor project budgets during the life of the project and ensure alignment with approved expenditure and/or authorised business case as required. You must be an outstanding communicator and effective negotiator, with excellent project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
About us
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in ourcutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Masters or equivalent professional / managerial qualification
2. PRINCE 2 registered Practitioner or other recognised qualification in project management
3. Evidence of Continued Professional Development / further training
4. Evidence of developed practical project management skills
5. Microsoft Office
6. Developing internal project documents ( PID, exception reports etc)
7. Developing Performance indicators
8. Principles of formal project management
9. Information governance and security guidance
Desirable
10. Member of recognised professional body
11. MSP Practitioner
12. Microsoft Project
13. ECDL
14. Developing business cases / strategic documents.
15. Principles of programme management and benefits realisation
16. Principles of programme management and benefits realisation
17. Knowledge of NHS structures and processes.
Experience
Essential
18. Experience in delivering projects to quality, time and budget requirements, preferably within a change programme environment
19. Experience of designing, implementing and managing projects
20. Good working knowledge of ICT, project management and management information tools.
21. Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
22. Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority
23. Involvement in complex and large-scale projects
24. Management of project budgets