Senior Project Manager

-; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is seeking a Project Manager to lead various initiatives aimed at enhancing service delivery and sustainability. The ideal candidate will have a Master’s degree, a project management qualification, and strong leadership skills. This role involves working autonomously as well as within teams across the organization. The position offers a fixed-term contract of 2 years based in Portsmouth, with a competitive salary range of £55,690 - £62,682 per annum.

Benefits

On-site Nursery

Access to Wellness Centre

Access to Beach Hut

Staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Project management qualification or significant knowledge of methodologies.
• Knowledge of NHS/Government policies and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a variety of projects autonomously or with a team.
• Engage with different levels of the organization to drive quality.
• Support design and management of complex projects.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Autonomy

Communication

Education

Educated to Masters level

Job description

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Company Description Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams.

Job Description

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

Band 8a: £55,690 - £62,682

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location: Base location either St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG, or Building 4000, Lakeside, North Harbour, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN. Across site travel may be required, the frequency will be agreed locally

Fixed Term Contract - 2 years

The Digital services aim to drive improvement across the organisation and the integrated care system, working with our system partners to improve the sustainability of high value service delivery for our patient population.

The post-holder will assist in the design of work at the complex end of project and programme management. You will need to be an ambassador for improvement and model the integrity, patient focused and value for money behaviours essential to sustainable improvement. You will be expected to work within a clearly defined competency framework and will receive support and training to enable you to do this effectively.

As a Project Manager, you will lead a variety of projects within key programmes, working autonomously on some areas and closely with the Programme Manager and the rest of the team.

The post-holder will need to work across different levels of the organisation with a high level of autonomy, self‑drive & motivation, to inspire, design and lead projects. You will be able to manage multiple priorities and work effectively within teams to achieve the plan set out.

The role requires the individual to engage with a complex agenda and to support the organisation in driving forward the quality agenda.

Please refer to the full Job description attached.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level and evidence of post‑graduate qualification, or equivalent by virtue of experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Project management qualification or significant knowledge of methodologies

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing professional development including management studies to masters level or above or equivalent experience
• Professional registration (BCS, IET, UKCHIP)
• ITIL Practitioner Certificates
• Sufficient knowledge of NHS/Government policies, strategies and organisational relationships in relation to digital, IT and public service developments, to be able to advise clients and develop proposals for the IT Department to respond to corporate needs.

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on‑site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on‑site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.