Site Stoke Mandeville, but will cover all BHT Sites Town Aylesbury
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 27/03/2025 23:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
* provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
* nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
* regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
* deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact bht.recruitment@nhs.net or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Are you a construction professional looking for a new role? Are you passionate about the role the estate and capital project delivery can play in enabling outstanding patient care? If so, this great opportunity could be for you.
We are looking for an Assistant Project Manager to join the Capital Development team. The post-holder will be required to work with and support a team of in-house project managers to successfully develop and manage delivery of the capital programme for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT).
A construction professional (RIBA, RICS ICE or similar) with some post qualification and project management experience. It is very desirable that the post holder can demonstrate an understanding of development and project delivery in the acute healthcare sector or similar service environment.
This is an exciting time to join us as we grow and develop our in-house Capital Development team.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Project Manager is responsible for the support of project delivery to time, budget, and quality of delegated capital and revenue projects, including project and programme management, cost and contract management, procurement management, quality management, health & safety, and risk management in support of the Trust objectives. The projects will predominantly but not exclusively be located on the Trust hospital sites (Stoke Mandeville, Amersham and Wycombe Hospital), for example, the Trust may also deliver projects with other partners, on other hospital sites and within the community.
Working within an acute hospital environment, the Assistant Project Manager will support the planning, monitoring and control of all aspects of one or more high value (up to £20 million) and complex capital and revenue projects.
The Assistant Project Manager will use technical knowledge and experience to support resolving project issues to ensure the successful delivery to the specified programme, cost, and quality standards.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree qualified in a construction related discipline, or specialist knowledge through equivalent experience.
* Knowledge through experience of project management, programme management, cost management, procurement management, quality management and H&S & risk management.
* Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development.
* APM Project Management, Project Professional or Practitioner Qualification (PPQ or PQ) or RICS
* Construction Project Manager / Surveyor Qualifications
* Leadership and management qualification (e.g., CMI Level 5).
* Qualified in a recognised H&S qualification
Experience
* Experience of successful project management of construction projects
* Knowledge of the whole design and construction process
* Knowledge of construction contracts
* Experience of quickly analysing situations/issues and taking decisive action when dealing with project emergencies.
* Knowledge of engaging with internal and external stakeholders, service providers and business partners.
* Working with NHS capital procurement to include equipping and commissioning.
* Previous NHS and/or healthcare sector experience (preferably in an acute hospital), an understanding of NHS Estates Terminology/procedures
* Knowledge of both JCT and NEC forms of contract.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
* Knowledge of healthcare guidance, HTMs, HBNs and other industry specific guidance.
* Ability to understand, interpret, advise on, and implement published guidance and mandatory requirements with regards to healthcare buildings.
* Effective analytical skills, able to review and interpret information and data and translate into reports, scenarios, schedules of accommodation and specifications, presenting options and recommendations.
* Effective communication and presentation skills (both verbally and non-verbally), dealing with highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information communicated to a wide range of individuals and groups at all levels internally and externally.
* Negotiation, persuasion, and motivational skills, able to gain cooperation at all levels.
* Computer literate with advanced keyboard skills and experienced in the use of Microsoft and other software packages for data analysis and report-writing.
* Personal drive to work efficiently with the ability to meet deadlines.
* Ability to participate in meetings e.g., Design Teams and User Groups and chair where necessary.
* Ability to work effectively alone under one's own initiative and as a team member.
* A good understanding of the current and changing NHS environment.
* Microsoft project specifically or other project management tools.
* Knowledge and experience of ADB software.
* Knowledge and experience of developing schedules of accommodation.
* Development and writing of business cases.
Value
* Collaborate - Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships.
* Aspire - Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
* Respect - Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
* Enable - Consults others and listens to their opinions. Enables others to take the initiative.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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