Project Manager

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of a wide UHT project portfolio. You will work with Clinical Service Units, Corporate services and Finance Business Partners to ensure projects are effectively managed and deliver benefits.

Based across sites within University Hospitals Tees, you will help establish robust PMO processes, manage risks and dependencies, and report on portfolio performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management within healthcare settings.
• Ability to work across multiple sites within an NHS Trust.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of the UHT-wide project portfolio and ensure effective management of project deliverables.
• Implement robust project management processes to improve visibility and timely delivery of benefits.
• Track programme performance, risks and mitigations, escalating concerns as needed.
• Collaborate with Clinical Service Units, Corporate services and Finance Business Partners.
• Maintain the online repository for project delivery reporting and benefits realisation.

Job description

The key purpose of this position is to support the delivery of a UHT wide project portfolio. The post-holder is responsible for ensuring project deliverables are effectively managed in collaboration with the wider project and stakeholder teams. Working closely with, Clinical Service Units, Corporate services and Finance Business Partners, as well as working alongside the current Service Improvement Office at South Tees, you will establish relationships to assist in delivering a portfolio of projects.

As Part Of The Well-established Programme Management Improvement Office, The Post-holder Will Play a Part In Ensuring The PMIO Delivers The Following

• Implementation of robust project management processes to ensure improved visibility and timely development and delivery of financial and improvement benefits.
• The post-holder will work closely with operational, corporate and clinical colleagues to ensure compliance with Trust project management processes and ensure readiness for the various stages of project gateway reviews.
• To support the Clinical Service Units (CSU) and Corporate services to deliver programmes of work, of varying degrees of complexity, to enable the Trust to deliver its strategic objectives.
• Provide the role of critical friend and strategic partner to key stakeholders to ensure clear visibility of the project deliverables, risks and mitigation.
• Maintain the online repository for the tracking and reporting of delivery phases for their project portfolio.
• Support the development of a culture of project management excellence across the Trust through standardisation of guidelines, tools and templates.
• Work with the services to develop benefits registers and realisations plans.Track, evaluate and report programme performance as part of their role, identifying and escalating any areas of concern in a timely manner.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christina Thompson Job title: Group Head of Improvement and Project Management Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01642 6124678

Or contact Simon Dove - [e-mail]