Senior Project Manager/Team Leader

NHS National Services Scotland; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization based in Dundee is seeking a Senior Project Manager/Team Leader to join its Digital Programme Office. The role involves delivering complex projects within the Strategic Delivery Portfolio, leading a team to ensure excellence in project delivery, and contributing to the development of Electronic Patient Records. Candidates should have strong project management skills and a relevant degree. This full-time position offers a significant degree of autonomy and involves some flexibility in remote working.

Benefits

Generous leave entitlement

Family friendly policies

Flexibility in remote working

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of project management processes and tools is essential.
• Proven experience in team and line management required.
• Excellent communication skills are a must.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex projects across the Strategic Delivery Portfolio.
• Lead a team to drive forward excellence in project delivery.
• Report to the Digital Programme Office Service Delivery Manager.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Team Management

Resource Management

Supplier Management

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager/Team Leader to join NHS Tayside’s Digital Programme Office. NHS Tayside has recently developed their Digital Strategy and at the heart of this lies an ambition to develop an Electronic Patient Record (EPR), alongside modernising the application and technical estate.

This is an exciting time to join NHS Tayside’s Digital Directorate Programme Office as it will play a key role in supporting the ambitions set out in this new strategy.

As Senior Project Manager/Team Leader, you will be responsible for delivering complex projects across the Strategic Delivery Portfolio and leading your team to drive forward excellence in project delivery.

What we are looking for:

You should have in-depth knowledge of project management, project management processes and tools, excellent communication skills and have capabilities in the following areas:

• Team and Line Management
• IT Project Management
• Resource Management
• Supplier Management

What we will give you:

The post holder will have a degree of autonomy within their role, reporting to the Digital Programme Office Service Delivery Manager.

This is a permanent, full-time post (37 hrs per week) within the Digital Directorate, MacKenzie Building, Ninewells Campus, Dundee.

NHS Tayside provides its employees with excellent family friendly policies along with generous leave entitlement. We aim to provide an environment that encourages work/life balance and there is some flexibility in team remote working on a partial basis.

Your performance must comply with the national “Mandatory Induction Standards for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland” 2009; and with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers.

Who to contact

Informal enquiries please contact Gayle MacDonald ([e-mail])

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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