Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overview
The aim of the IM Programme and Project Management Team is to provide a customer orientated service to meet the business requirements of IM Partner Organisations (PO’s) in line with the local and National IM&T priorities and strategies. This service includes the full management of Programmes and Projects (that will cover acute, mental health, community and primary care) from initiation to closure, as well as providing advice and expertise in this area. All activities will utilise appropriate tools and methodologies such as Prince and MSP.
The role of Project Co-ordinator is to provide deployment support in respect of allocated projects and work packages.
Shortlisting planned for: 20 January 2025
Interview planned for: 27 January 2025
Main duties of the job
1. To assist the Programme/Project manager in identifying and scheduling tasks needed to implement specific projects.
2. To produce and regularly update project plans and reports according to internal project governance standards (PRINCE2).
3. To work collaboratively with the Business Change Manager/Project Manager in identifying operational workflow, procedures, deployment schedules, potential service realignment and expected benefits of the project.
4. Communicate with stakeholders, Project Teams and all levels of Trust staff to generate commitment and enthusiasm and persuade potential users to accept change.
5. Monitor the progress of the project against agreed targets, highlighting any untoward issues contribute to the adjustment of plans so that the deliverables are on time, to specified quality and within budget.
6. To identify and evaluate potential conflicts which could compromise the successful completion of a project and report accordingly recommending remedial action.
7. To exercise analytical and judgemental skills to support project implementations by highlighting option appraisals.
8. To work collaboratively with other IM services teams providing all levels of support, advice and guidance throughout all stages of project implementation.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To develop specific work packages to implement applications within the remit of the role.
2. Schedule, attend and service project work stream meetings.
3. To assist the Programme/project manager with communications planning and stakeholder management.
4. To work with IM and PO staff, where appropriate, to secure successful project deployment and ensure that best practice and standards are adopted and adhered to.
5. To assist with the development of business continuity plans for use during project implementations and for ongoing use post go-live.
6. Use appropriate methods and sources to obtain and record data for project monitoring and reporting.
7. Assist with the preparation of appropriate plans, documentation and procedures prior to handing a project over to business as usual, as part of project closure.
8. Attend meetings as necessary, to discuss project priorities, report progress and resolve issues.
9. To assist other departmental managers and colleagues by providing expert advice or support when appropriate.
10. Working with business change where appropriate, to ensure the applications are compliant with end-user’s business process requirements. This includes process mapping and a sound knowledge of systems and thorough acceptance testing.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent experience or, relevant diploma, other higher degree or equivalent experience or, knowledge of IT and a belief in the practical benefits it can deliver
* Data Protection principles and NHS confidentiality requirements
* Experience of Project Management, e.g. PRINCE2
* NPfIT overall aims and objectives
Experience
* Ability to interpret requirements, deployment schedules and expected benefits of IT based projects
* Computer literacy Windows based computing
* Teaching and presentational skills
* Organisational skills - Planning and Prioritization
* Planning courses and training schedules
* Process Mapping
* Preparation of standard project documentation – preferably using PRINCE 2
* Experience of working in a NHS environment
Communication
* Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and across organizational boundaries – both written and verbal
* Confident and articulate
* Tactful, diplomatic and considerate
* Excellent interpersonal skill
* Able to work as an effective team member
Leadership, Finance, IT
* Able to manage own time and work unsupervised
* Able to commute to all sites within boundary
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
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