We have two exciting opportunities to join the Frimley Health Digital Services Team as Project Managers to support our Electronic Patient Record optimisation and Digital Infrastructure programmes. Having delivered on our 19- 22 Digital Strategy the Trust is forming its programmes for the next 3 and 5 year cycles with a range of projects coming on stream. This is a great time to join us and be part of our ongoing commitment to increasing our digital maturity in a dynamic and challenging environment. Please note that while we are able to offer some working from home there will be requirement to travel between Trust sites in Frimley, Wexham, Heatherwood and the surrounding areas as project demands require. Main duties of the job The post-holder will • Lead on the management of a number of IM&T projects for the Trust or one very large project. • Set up and facilitate project governance arrangements, which for a standard project would include a steering group chaired by an SRO and a working group chaired by the post holder. • Use the Trust IM&T standard project management approach • Ensure all projects are well documented • Ensure projects are delivered to time, budget and requirements are met. • Undertake scoping, specifying and forecasting project budgets • Identifying appropriate resources and capabilities, selecting and managing specialist skilled contractors for key projects. • Preparing Project documentation including Project Briefs, PIDs and Business Cases • Maintaining risk and issue logs for own projects - reporting these to project boards and relevant staff. The role will be based at Heatherwood Hospital but, according to the projects the post holder is involved with they are expected to at any Frimley Health Foundation Site. This might involve an extended period of time at the other site to implement, or support the implementation of, a particular project they have key skills in. About us Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospitals NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties. Job responsibilities The post holder will have the following responsibilities - • Under the direction of the Programme manager and the Senior Project Manager they report to (for the site they are based on) the post holder will lead a portfolio of IM&T projects • Planning, supporting, facilitating and monitoring the performance and progress of these projects. • They will ensure that the delivery of the projects is fully integrated with the IM&T team to effective transition to BAU at the end of the project. • They will be responsible for working closely with key stakeholders involved in the project who are likely to be from a wide range of roles across the Trust. • They must ensure timely delivery of all their projects which it is anticipated will make a very significant contribution towards the Trusts overall IM&T transformation programme. • To liaise with all other IM&T project managers to ensure inter-dependencies are properly identified and managed escalating problems to senior level where required. • Sharing and exploiting best practice within the Trust and through networking with similar organisations and through benchmarking. This job description is an indication of the type and range of tasks that are expected of the post holder and other duties may be required, in line with the role and the banding. It will be reviewed and amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder to take account of changing organisational need.Please see the attached full job description and person specification for this role. Person Specification Qualifications Essential • Degree or equivalent experience • Prince 2 Practitioner • Evidence of continuing professional and management development Desirable • ITIL v2 or v3 Foundation Certification or higher • MS Project knowledge / qualification Experience Essential • Prior project management experience - in complex NHS hospital environment or equivalent • Experience of delivering and completing an IM&T project of at least £100k in value or involving over 20 stakeholders • Experience of managing multiple projects • Experience of developing and delivering communication strategy for a project • Knowledge of formal risk management methodologies • Prior experience of dealing directly with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders Skills Essential • Understanding of principles, methods, techniques and tools for effective project management • Understanding of principles, methods, techniques and tools for effective communication strategies • Understanding of methods and techniques for reporting of progress against plan • Understanding of principles, methods, techniques and tools for effective benefits management • Able to develop highly effective relationships with key stakeholders including consultants, senior nurses and senior managers. • Communicating effectively verbally, including presentation skills in lecture theatre environment, or one to one briefing • Confident to deliver presentations to large groups including Board members (executive and non-executive) • Able to deliver technical information in non-technical and user-friendly language • Good leadership and communication skills • Able to work on your own and as part of a team • Enthusiastic • Motivated and able to motivate others • Excellent negotiation skills and the ability to deal with conflict and build consensus. • Positive and proactive approach to problem solving • Can do attitude - willing to bring change • Flexible • Ability to work under pressure • Interest in own professional development • Good organisational/time management skills • Communicates effectively in writing, including formal report writing, Business Case development, designing & delivering development projects for colleagues Special Requirements Essential • May be required to work out of hours to support projects during times of key activity