Project Lead Stoma and Bladder and Bowel Transformation

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking an experienced Project Lead to oversee a major transformation program for stoma and bladder and bowel care services. The role requires excellent management skills and the ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders. A post-graduate diploma in a relevant area is preferred. This is a hybrid position based at Pinewood House, Dartford.

Qualifications

• Experience in programme or project management within a healthcare or public sector environment.
• Knowledge of programme and project management approaches.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and achieve measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development of pathways for stoma care and related services.
• Manage project delivery using best practice methodologies.
• Ensure project documentation and reports are maintained.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Post-graduate diploma in relevant subject

Job description

Project Lead Stoma and Bladder and Bowel Transformation

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, as the host organisation for the South East London Community Provider Network (CPN), is seeking an experienced and motivated Project Lead to oversee a major transformation programme for medical appliances for stoma care, bladder and bowel incontinence, and pelvic floor dysfunction, and wound care services across the region.

The postholder will work collaboratively with a wide range of partners including clinicians, primary and secondary care, local authorities, third sector organisations and patient forums.

This is a hybrid role with flexibility to work across sites in South East London, including our base at Pinewood House, Dartford.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have:

• Demonstrable experience in programme or project management within a healthcare or public sector environment.
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills.
• The ability to influence and engage a wide range of stakeholders.
• A commitment to delivering equitable, high-quality services and improving patient experience.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Job responsibilities

The postholder will be expected to:

• Contribute significantly to the development of a single, consistent and accountable pathway for stoma care, bladder and bowel incontinence and pelvic floor dysfunction.
• Utilising best practice project management expertise and methodologies to support effective management of the day-to-day task of project delivery.
• Take responsibility for specific work-stream or project outputs
• Maintain processes to ensure appropriate project documentation, reports and planning.
• Lead the development of project plans to identify project tasks, deliverables and milestones and resourcing requirements.
• Ensure project control documentation is in place.
• Monitor progress against agreed milestones and provide regular updates to stakeholders
• Management of risk, ensuring that each has an owner, clearly defined impact and mitigating actions

Person Specification

Education/qualifications

• Knowledge of programme and project management approaches and methods.
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries and engaging multiple stakeholders in delivery of a change project/programme
• Evidence of achieving measurable outcomes such as cost savings, improved service delivery, or efficiency gains
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare and deliver clear and concise yet insightful communications and reports for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders
• Educated to Post-graduate diploma level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level

Skills and abilities

• A high degree of integrity, resilience and flexibility

Experience

• Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
• Experience of managing risks and reporting while co-ordinating complex projects in a challenging environment

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.

Hybrid working, base offered at Pinewood House, Dartford