Value for Patients Coordinator

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Value for Patients Coordinator to enhance their Value-based Healthcare approach. This role involves supporting project management and administrative tasks within a dynamic team, ensuring effective communication with various stakeholders. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in optimizing healthcare resources while contributing to the Trust's mission of delivering exceptional patient care. Join a forward-thinking organization that values collaboration and innovation, and be part of a team that is committed to making a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.

Qualifications

• Understanding of project management methodology and tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support data collection and management information production.
• Engage stakeholders for program planning and delivery.

Skills

Project Management Methodology

Communication Skills

IT Literacy

Data Collection

Education

Degree Qualification

Tools

Gantt Chart

Database Management

Job description

NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area Value for Patients Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 349-COR-7001051*-OneMFT

Site Cobbett House Town Manchester Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2025 23:59

Job Overview

MFT’s Value for Patients Coordinator supports the development of the Trust’s “Value based Healthcare” approach that contributes to long term financial sustainability, and has emphasis on patient benefit, harm avoidance and equitability of access to treatment. The postholder will work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust continues to provide safe and clinically effective services for the people of Greater Manchester.

MFT is committed to ensuring value for our patients and communities by making best use of our resources so that every patient receives the best possible care while optimising the use of our available healthcare resources.

The postholder is required to provide project management and other administrative support within the Value for Patients team, including liaison with Clinical Groups and Corporate Divisions and Hospitals.

Main duties of the job

The role will require support to a range of tasks including data collection, production of management information and organisation of meetings, agendas and action logs. It will also include administration of Wave, MFT’s programme management tool.

The post holder may be expected to engage internal and external stakeholders in the planning and delivery of these programme objectives and to demonstrate collaborative working across and a ‘can-do attitude’ with a strong focus on delivery.

The post holder will also be required to collate and report on Value for Patient Programme status and provide assurance to senior management on progress, to fixed deadlines.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential criteria

• Understanding of project management methodology
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, to communicate with staff of all disciplines, grades and understanding
• Able to give clear explanations and listen / understand complex information effectively
• Excellent IT literacy (word-processing, spreadsheet, presentations, report writing)
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Able to present complex information in an appropriate way to different audiences
• Able to manage and deliver the programme / project in a calm and collected manner amid pressures of deadlines, work interruptions, conflicting priorities and competing opinions
  
  

Qualifications – Academic/ Professional

Essential criteria

• Degree qualification (or equivalent level of experience)
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous practical involvement in project & programme management and supporting a programme manager within the NHS
• Experience producing and updating project and programme plans using a Gantt chart
• Familiarity with tracking benefits realisation
• Experience of Working in an NHS Trust
• Database management experience
• Track record of meeting strict deadlines
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Familiarity with risk management processes
• Experience producing reports and papers for high level meetings
  
  

Skills And Abilities

Essential criteria

• Developed and effective interpersonal skills.
• High level communication skills, both verbal and written with the ability to communicate complex information to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to priorities conflicting demands as appropriate
• Ability to manage the development and implementation of electronic and manual Programme management systems.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability to deal with situations which may require the application of tact and diplomacy, and that demonstrate a customer-focused, problem-solving approach.
• Ability to undertake complex analysis and benchmarking using multiple systems and programmes.
• Effectively leading workshops
• Ability to solve complex problems through analysis
  
  

Personal circumstances

Essential criteria

• Flexible approach to work
• Self-motivated
• Remains calm and efficient under pressure
• Flexibility to work across multiple sites
  
  

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Job description and person specification (PDF, 416.4KB)
• Functional requirements (PDF, 904.5KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Medical and Dental (PDF, 1.4MB)
  
  

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name Josh Buckingham-Bostock Job title Value for Patients Delivery Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07789798328

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