The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
The Senior Project Manager - New QEH will assist the Design and Construction Lead in maintaining and developing the New QEH and its workstreams to deliver against the program aims. The post holder will engage and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders across the Trust's clinical networks and corporate services and will have oversight of the delivery of key projects within the Trust's diverse change programmes centred around the delivery workstreams of the New QEH Project. The post holder will produce, manage, and process all formal documentation for each stage of the project(s). The role will also include the coordination, day-to-day management, and delivery of these defined complex projects within the programme. Projects will need to be delivered within budget and to agreed timescales. Individual projects may span one or more clinical networks.
Main duties of the job
* Provide clear and comprehensive project highlight reports detailing status, progress, key risks, key issues, and delivery trajectory to all relevant stakeholders.
* Champion project management best practices and methodologies across the Trust, ensuring alignment with national standards and policies.
* Lead and facilitate meetings, including project team meetings, stakeholder groups, and programme boards, ensuring effective communication and collaboration among all parties involved.
* Serve as a key liaison between the Trust and external partners, including contractors and third-party organisations, to ensure seamless project execution.
* Employ advanced negotiation, motivational, and conflict resolution skills to address and resolve issues that arise during project implementation.
* Keep all managers up to date with project progress.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details regarding this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to relevant degree level or equivalent
* Better Business Case Foundation or Higher
* Prince2 (Practitioner level) or other equivalent project management qualification
Experience
* Experience working in a multi-agency partnership, sharing information and building valued relationships
* Experience producing high-quality briefings and written project documents for senior managers
* Substantial experience in policy and strategy development and their impact across the organisation
* Experience as a budget holder, including budget planning, management, and financial reporting
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
* In-depth knowledge and experience in a project management role within a customer-focused organisation
* Ability to develop and maintain effective working partnerships with professional groups and senior managers within the organisation and in other agencies
* Knowledge and experience of corporate governance in an NHS setting, either directly or by working in partnership with the NHS
* Knowledge and experience of business intelligence related data collection
* Self-motivated and innovative thinker.
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.
Job locations
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn
Reference number
426-627-25CC
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