Productivity & Service Improvement Project Manager

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a senior operational/strategic manager to lead productivity and service improvement projects across clinical and corporate services in Worthing, UK. You will identify opportunities to increase productivity, develop business cases, and deliver benefits realisation while working with clinical, workforce, digital, and finance colleagues.

You will also monitor progress, manage risks, present findings to senior leaders, and support financial

Qualifications

• Degree-level education or equivalent experience.
• Master’s qualification or equivalent experience as a senior operational or strategic manager in a relevant field.
• Evidence of ongoing CPD activity.
• Extensive project management experience, including project planning, reporting, risk management, financial management, and delivering change projects within agreed timescales.
• Experience managing project teams.
• Experience working at a senior level in a large organisation in a political environment and engaging effectively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver productivity and service improvement projects across clinical and corporate services.
• Identify, develop, and implement opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, and value for money.
• Develop business cases, implementation plans, benefits realisation frameworks, and performance reporting arrangements.
• Work with clinical, operational, workforce, digital, and finance colleagues to facilitate change and deliver agreed objectives.
• Monitor project progress, risks, issues, dependencies, and benefits, maintaining governance and escalation arrangements.
• Analyse complex information and translate data into actionable insights for decision-making.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leaders, programme boards, and governance groups.
• Support the Trust’s financial sustainability, service transformation, and improvement agenda through project leadership and stakeholder engagement.
• Plan, mobilise, and deliver productivity improvement programmes.
• Develop project plans, delivery milestones, governance arrangements, and reporting mechanisms.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Governance & reporting

Change management

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent

Master’s qualification

Job description

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a senior operational/strategic manager to lead productivity and service improvement projects across clinical and corporate services in Worthing, UK. You will identify opportunities to increase productivity, develop business cases, and deliver benefits realisation while working with clinical, workforce, digital, and finance colleagues.

You will also monitor progress, manage risks, present findings to senior leaders, and support financial