Employer NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
Employer type NHS
Site Haylock House
Town Kettering
Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pa
Salary period Yearly
Closing 28/11/2024 23:59
Senior Digital Project Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our vision for the future of Northamptonshire’s health and care services is for a positive lifetime of health, wellbeing and care in our community.
Our mission in working together, the reason we do what we do, is to empower positive futures. Wherever we work and whatever our role we all want people in Northamptonshire to be able to choose well, stay well, live well.
Each day our values will help to guide our decisions and what is most important to us:
* Our patients and our local population come first
* We work together in an open and accountable way
* We trust, challenge and support each other
* We do what we say we will do.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a great team, delivering digital solutions that improve communication between clinical teams and help improve health and care pathways.
The initial projects will focus around improved analytics to support population health and prevention, research and pathway redesign.
As our Senior Digital Project Manager you will:
* Oversee team members to deliver the requirements listed above; engage and liaise with key stakeholders.
* Support the delivery of day-to-day activities and projects.
* Manage teams and drive delivery of a range of business initiatives and projects.
* Support the identification and sharing of best practice in employee engagement.
* Operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
* Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend through tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an enthusiastic and driven project manager with strong experience of successful delivery of digital solutions.
NHS, local authority or other ICS experience would be beneficial but not essential.
You will demonstrate a strong focus on the delivery of outcomes and benefits rather than just the technology.
Working for our organisation
The successful applicant will be part of a friendly and enthusiastic team supporting digital, data and technology services for the Northamptonshire Integrated Care System.
The team works closely with many health and care providers across Northamptonshire to identify requirements and solutions that support new models of care and transformations to our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Senior Digital Project Manager will directly contribute to improving health and wellbeing of our population through the initiatives that we deliver.
Delivering projects, initiatives and services to time and in a cost-effective way.
Supporting the identification and sharing of best practice in employee engagement.
Pro-actively managing stakeholders, responding to and resolving conflict between different stakeholders when this arises through facilitation or other appropriate mechanisms.
Responsible for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner. Maintain project documents and associated plans with regular team meetings to monitor progress and resources.
Ensuring the flexibility of the project if required to meet conflicting/changing requirements.
Considering the impact of any change the projects will have on the business and oversee handover of any products to ensure full ownership and buy-in within the business. Advocate the projects at senior and executive levels and ensure active engagement and sponsorship within NHS as a whole.
Ensuring that the projects maintain business focus, have clear authority and that the context, including risks, are actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities of NHS.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
* Educated to degree or Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
* Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
* Experience in managing risks and issues.
* Evidence of continued professional development.
* Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
Qualifications & Experience
* Project Management Qualification such as Prince 2, MSP, Agile or equivalent relevant experience.
* Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training.
* Experience of benefit analysis and tracking.
* Experience of working in healthcare or public sector environments.
* Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills.
Please note, there is a requirement for all positions at Bands 8b and above to be part of an On Call rota.
All new entrants to the ICB for a permanent position will be subject to a 6 month probationary period. For new entrants appointed on a fixed-term basis, the probationary period is between 1 and 6 months.
We are an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be welcomed and considered regardless of a person’s age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates and those applicants need only meet the essential criteria to be invited to interview. We will also make any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, including the Job Description and Person Specification, to enable you to pursue your application, providing that you inform us of any special requirements.
Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the CSU and the ICB during your recruitment.
If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within the organisation.
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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