Project Manager

Public Health Wales; Pencoed; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health organization in the UK is seeking a motivated Project Manager to lead strategic improvement initiatives within the Planned Care Programme. You will manage Clinical Implementation Networks and collaborate closely with health boards to implement national guidance that enhances service delivery. This role requires strong project management skills and the ability to build effective relationships across various stakeholders in the NHS.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent professional/managerial qualification.
• Experience of project/programme management at a practitioner level.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide programme management and coordination support to multiple CINs.
• Support the development of national guidance and standards.
• Lead stakeholder engagement strategies.

Skills

Analytical problem-solving skills

Excellent management skills

Effective communication skills

Leadership and interpersonal skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Education

Degree level or equivalent qualification

Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Teams

Job description

This role offers an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and results-driven individual to lead and deliver strategic improvement initiatives within the Planned Care Programme. As Project Manager, you will play a key role in shaping national guidance, developing standards, and driving implementation across NHS Wales to improve the delivery and outcomes of key health services.

This role is pivotal in supporting Clinical Implementation Networks (CINs) - national platforms for collaborative working between NHS Performance & Improvement, NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and wider partners.

You will support CIN clinical leads and multidisciplinary teams, responsible for managing and leading programmes of work to produce evidence-based guidance, facilitate its dissemination, and work with health boards to translate it into action. Your ability to build strong relationships and drive collaborative working will be essential to delivering sustainable change.

Additionally, another key focus will be working directly with health boards to co-develop, implement and embed national guidance and standards that improve planned care services. You will use your operational knowledge and project management expertise to ensure improvements are practical, measurable, and aligned with service delivery priorities and strategic objectives.

Main duties of the job

This role provides an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, results focused individual to shape and deliver exciting projects of work within the Planned Care programme. The Project Manager will be responsible for managing programmes and Clinical Implementation Networks (CINs) to support health boards/trust to improve the delivery of key health services across Wales.

Clinical Implementation Networks are an essential national vehicle for joint working between key stakeholders across the NHS Executive, NHS Wales, Welsh Government and partners to improve the outcomes and experience for the population of Wales. Integral to this is the need for continuous improvement and transformational change across a range of our services and approaches and the role of the Clinical Implementation Network is to support this at national, regional and local levels.

As a Project Manager, working on Clinical Implementation Networks (CINs), you will play a pivotal role in enhancing healthcare outcomes and transforming healthcare delivery. In this position, you will be responsible for supporting the CIN clinical lead and wider CIN team to produce guidance for health boards on best practice, ensuring it is disseminated effectively. The role will monitor and report against identified key performance indicators, using a variety of data sources. They will lead in stakeholder engagement, and communication strategy, building relationships.

About us

NHS Wales Performance and Improvement works in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales and is hosted by Public Health Wales.

Our key purpose is to drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.

We do this by providing strong leadership and strategic direction - enabling, supporting, and directing NHS Wales to transform clinical services in line with national priorities and standards.

To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/

For guidance on the application process, please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing programme management and coordination support to multiple CINs, including planning, reporting, and tracking progress against outcomes, benefits, and spend.
• Supporting the development of national guidance and standards and working closely with health boards to implement these effectively.
• Applying structured project management approaches to facilitate delivery and improvement across health boards.
• Leading stakeholder engagement and communication strategies, building strong relationships with clinical and managerial colleagues across NHS Wales.
• Monitoring performance against key indicators using a range of data sources to inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly and collaboratively, adapting to evolving priorities and supporting the Strategic Programme as required. 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 on Trac. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent professional / managerial qualification.
• Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner or similar) or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continued professional development / further training

Experience

• Experience of project/programme management to a practitioner level, managing multiple projects at a time.
• Experience of designing, implementing and managing projects.
• Evidence of experience in managing large complex projects.
• Successful introduction of management methodologies to teams and individuals.
• Effective management of resources.
• Developing performance indicators.
• Experience of Policy development.
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment / proven experience of partnership working.
• Experience of negotiating and influencing others in a positive manner, with confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement.
• Experience of managing expectations of stakeholders within a project
• Experience of managing budgets associated with a Programme/Project

Skills and Attributes

• Methodical, analytical problem-solving skills
• Excellent overall management and organisational skills.
• Ability to interpret legislation and national guidance.
• Effective leadership and communication skills with experience in motivating, managing and developing effective teams.
• Evidence of ability to contribute to strategy implementation across the organisations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of ways.
• First class planning and organisational skills.
• Be technically competent with various software programmes (e.g., Microsoft Office).
• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting information.
• Ability to confidently and effective chair meetings.
• Ability to produce business cases and strategic documents.
• Ability to prepare and present reports to management teams on project status and advising on issues and risks to detailed specification for Trust and others as requested.
• Ability to speak Welsh / willingness to learn.
• Ability to work across directorates/services to understanding operational and corporate needs and requirements.
• Use of Microsoft Project to develop and maintain project plans.
• Use of Microsoft Teams to manage a project and to communicate with the with wider Improvement Cymru Team

Know

• Solid understanding and appreciation of finances and risk, issue and dependency management and benefits realisation
• Understanding of Information governance and security guidance.
• Microsoft Office trained including use of Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• Detailed knowledge of budgeting, benefits tracking and resource allocation processes
• Knowledge and understanding of Public Health Wales.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Strategic Programme for Planned Care.
• Knowledge of Improvement methodologies
• Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint.

Personal Attributes

• Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a concern for results and achieving goals
• Sets high standards of performance and seeks to improve previous performance levels
• The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
• Ability to think clearly, reach decision, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines including changing demands and priorities

Other

• Flexible approach during times of change.
• Be able to travel where work requires

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.