Senior Programme Coordinator Safety Improvement

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Senior Programme Coordinator to drive their Safety Improvement Programme. The role involves providing project management support, coordinating initiatives, maintaining documentation, and ensuring effective communication across teams to enhance patient safety standards. Ideal candidates should possess strong project management skills and a degree or diploma level education, with experience in healthcare governance.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience reporting to a senior level in healthcare.
• Knowledge of governance and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to implement policies and propose changes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support delivery of safety improvement projects.
• Manage and maintain core documentation and reporting.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings for the Safety Improvement Group.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Education

Educated to degree level or diploma level

Job description

Senior Programme Coordinator Safety Improvement

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in driving the Trust's Safety Improvement Programme. As a key member of the team, you will provide high-quality project management support and senior administrative assistance that underpins the success of our safety initiatives. Your work will directly contribute to improving patient safety and care standards across the organisation.

You will coordinate and support the delivery of projects and programmes within the Safety Improvement Programme, acting as the first point of contact for project-related enquiries and ensuring smooth communication across teams.

The role involves maintaining and managing core documentation, reporting, and information systems to track progress against key targets. You will organise and schedule meetings and workshops, including those for the Safety Improvement Group, and provide comprehensive support in preparing project plans, initiation documents, quality impact assessments, and progress reports.

In addition, you will input data, produce reports, monitor project milestones, and work collaboratively to build and sustain effective partnerships across the organisation.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be pivotal in coordinating and supporting delivery of project and programme support to the Trust's safety improvement programme.
• The post holder will work as a key member of the team through the provision of comprehensive and highly professional project management support and senior administrative assistance.
• The role will include responsibility for coordinating and maintaining core documentation, information and reporting; the scheduling and maintenance of meetings and workshops and will be the first point of contact for the enquiries about projects.
• The post holder will be responsible for managing, maintaining and developing information for the safety improvement priority work streams and monitoring progress against key targets as determined by the Safety Improvement Group.
• The post holder will have broad knowledge and experience and will use their reasoning, intellect and judgement to manage their workload, make decisions and proactively deal with issues independently.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or diploma level.
• Experience of reporting to a senior level in a specialist area, for example healthcare.
• Knowledge of governance and regulatory requirements within a large and complex organisation.
• Knowledge of reporting methodologies

Experience

• Experience of co-ordinating staff and management
• Experience of co-ordinating, reviewing and disseminating large volumes of information.
• Maintaining activity to deadlines so Programme progress remains on track
• Experience of collating reports for committees and Programme Board meetings
• Experience of writing reports for committees and programme board meetings.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Ability to implement policies and propose changes to own practices & procedures.
• Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities and adjust plans where necessary.
• Ability to draw together a range of disparate and complex information in order to identify options and make decisions.
• Ability to support and coordinate the engagement and involvement of essential stakeholders, and adapt own style and impact to encourage positive and effective partnerships
• Able to propose improvements to procedures outside of own working area.

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.