Senior Project Manager | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bristol seeks a Project Manager to oversee high quality project management for complex capital projects. Responsibilities include assessing service user briefs, managing feasibility studies, and deputizing for the General Manager as needed. Ideal candidates will have experience in healthcare project management and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management within healthcare settings.
• Ability to assess and prepare service user briefs.
• Strong understanding of feasibility studies and business case reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality project management for complex capital projects.
• Lead on producing feasibility reports and business case reports.
• Depute for the General Manager of Projects as required.

Job description

You will provide high quality project management for complex capital projects over a wide range of values from inception to commissioning and handover to the Maintenance Manager and/or the clinical service manager – and significantly contribute to the management of the Trust's multi-campus, multi-building estate and property portfolio.

Main duties of the role will include:

• Assess and prepare service user briefs, identifying the service requirements, objectives to be achieved and Healthcare specific standards (HTMs and HBNs) to be met. Compile and obtain approval to a Project Initiation Document/brief.
• Responsible for new works and delegated capital schemes. Involving both direct labour trade staff and contractors.
• Assess feasibility of potential projects both spatially (space planning in accordance with legislative and best practice guidance), forming budget estimates for clients within an agreed timeframe (Estates Service Level Agreement) and utilising the skills of in-house Building and Engineering Estates Officers and other external professionals, as and when required.
• Lead on and provide professional expert advice on approach to producing feasibility reports and business case reports for consideration by the users, Divisional Managers, and the Trust’s Executive groups.
• To deputise for the General Manager of Projects as and when required inclusive of undertaking line management duties. To line manage the Project Managers/ Assistant Project Managers and supporting Administrators on a day-to-day basis.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.

As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.