Project Manager

NHS; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Cardiff is seeking a proactive Project Manager to oversee clinical and operational project delivery. Ideal candidates will have extensive project management experience, particularly in the NHS context. The role involves managing stakeholders and ensuring projects meet quality and budget specifications. A Master's degree and Prince 2 certification are required. Opportunities for development offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in complex project management environments.
• Successful change management experience with a proven track record.
• Experience of service improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.
• Managing key projects from inception to conclusion.
• Organising events or workshops for project initiation.

Skills

Good organisational skills

Effective communication skills

Leadership skills

Report drafting skills

Problem-solving capabilities

Education

Masters or equivalent professional qualification

Prince 2 registered practitioner

Member of recognised professional body

Tools

Project management tools

ICT tools

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Programme Management Office in Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC), for a Project Manager.

We are looking for a motivated, organised, enthusiastic, and experienced Project Manager who understands the challenges of delivering something new and want to use their skills to support and enable the delivery of clinical and operational projects, as outlined in the VCC IMTP.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across our organisation, managing key projects from inception to conclusion. The applicant should hold a Project Management qualification and have experience of managing multiple projects within a programme portfolio. The will have excellent communication, organisation and interpersonal skills and be able to use this skills to engage with internal and external stakeholders, organise events or workshops, and ensure initiation and delivery of multiple projects successfully.

Please refer to the full job description attached for further details.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Masters or equivalent professional/managerial qualification
• Prince 2 registered practitioner or other recognised qualification in project management
• Evidence of continued professional development / further training
• Member of recognised professional body
• PRINCE 2 agile practitioner and/or experience
• Knowledge of NHS structures and processes

Skills

• Good organisational skills, and the ability to identify priorities
• Possesses good written and oral communication skills
• Good report drafting skills and minute taking
• Capable of understanding the wider objectives of the programme
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with the Project team, stakeholders and third party service providers involved in the delivery of the projects and Programme

Experience

• Extensive experience of working in a complex and large scale project management environment and across organisational boundaries (and by influence).
• Successful change management experience, with a proven track record and demonstrated ability of working collaboratively with a variety of organisational levels to deliver programme goals.
• Experience of service improvement methodologies and applied knowledge of how they can be deployed in different settings.
• Experience of facilitating workshops across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Management of project budgets.
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority.
• Principles of programme management and benefits realisation.
• Successful introduction of project management methodologies to inexperienced teams and individuals
• Effective management of resources
• Experience in delivering projects to quality, time and budget requirements, preferably within a change programme environment
• Experience of designing, implementing and managing projects
• Solid understanding and appreciation of project finances and risk and benefits realisation
• Methodical, organised, analytical with problem solving capabilities.
• Excellent overall management and organisational skills
• Good working knowledge of ICT, project management and management information tools.
• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting information.
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.