WOSIH Programme Manager B8A

NHS Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Scotland is seeking a Programme Manager to lead innovation projects within the West of Scotland Health Boards. The role involves managing stakeholder relationships, overseeing budgets, and ensuring projects align with organizational strategies. Candidates should have experience in healthcare project management and a strong understanding of digital solutions and data analysis. This position offers a chance to influence healthcare delivery and improve patient care.

Benefits

Supportive work culture

Opportunities for career development

Healthcare benefits

Qualifications

• Experience managing healthcare projects and innovation.
• Strong analytical skills with data solutions.
• Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee healthcare innovation projects and ensure alignment with NHSGGC strategies.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders and manage project communications.
• Monitor budget and resources for the projects.

Skills

Healthcare project management

Stakeholder management

Knowledge of digital solutions

Data analysis

Education

Relevant degree in healthcare or project management

Tools

Project management software

Job description

Overview

The Programme Manager post holder is responsible for the broad range of healthcare innovation projects delivered by the multi-disciplinary team as part of the CSO funded West of Scotland Innovation Hub (WoSIH) hosted in NHSGGC with activities aligning to NHSGGC transforming together. The WoSIH focuses on digital solutions, data & AI generated solutions and devices that align with strategic Scottish Government and NHSGGC priorities.

The WoSIH Programme Manager will act as the focus of expertise for the Innovation Hub in NHSGGC on new research projects and service evaluations (including digital and data solutions), drawing on expertise from colleagues. To be successful the WoSIH Programme Manager requires new thinking in relation to innovative solutions and in supporting a change in culture amongst NHSGGC staff in the use of information technology to support patient care.

The post will provide a comprehensive Programme Management and service development role for the WoSIH in NHSGGC and West of Scotland Health Boards, supported by both the R&I and eHealth Directorates. Through the Innovation Governance Group, the teams collaboratively manage the governance for innovation projects delivered by the WoSIH team with R&I, eHealth and clinical staff.

The post will implement robust project management methodology, thorough testing of new services or technology, and initiate and contribute to service redesign ensuring the delivery of the CSO SLA which provides the funding for this post and the WoSIH core team. The post holder will also support scoping and onboarding of grant funded innovation work with cost recovery to deliver a wide range of innovation solutions for clinical areas to the benefit of the NHS workforce and its patients in WoS and wider.

In doing so they will be responsible for reporting, resource management, policy development and governance, reporting to the R&I Innovation lead as line manager and visible to the eHealth Programme Director for Innovation as a key stakeholder in the WoSIH.

Benefits Realisation

• The post holder sits on a range of local and regional committees, and is expected to take part in discussions and negotiations on new and ongoing innovation programmes for the WoS.
• The post-holder is responsible for supporting the WoSIH Leadership Team in developing & implementing WoSIH Innovation policies contributing to and delivering the CSO KPI detailed in the SLA.
• Develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with clinical and non-clinical users throughout WoS Innovation landscape to analyse their multi-disciplinary needs, prioritise projects for scoping and ensure system capacity and project team deployment matches requirements. Escalation of complex innovation enquiries to the WoSIH leadership team as appropriate for advice in this fast changing complex regulatory landscape.
• Develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with clinical, technical and management staff within the WoS on behalf of the Innovation Hub in order to influence and develop strategy, direction of development of WoSIH portfolio of projects and to ensure that WoS requirements and aspirations are supported and facilitated wherever possible.
• Develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with clinical, technical and management staff within other Health Board Areas through the other 2 Innovation Hubs to ensure that best practice is shared nationally both to allow WoS to benefit from work done elsewhere, and to share lessons learned in WoS with the rest of the service. Also to gain support from other areas in lobbying and influencing decisions made in national forums.

Management of the Portfolio of Projects

• Oversee and control assigned portfolio of projects, allocating responsibilities as required, dealing with triple-helix collaborators (academic and commercial partners) and engaging internal stakeholders in order to ensure that all such projects are delivered on time, to budget and to specification. In particular:
• Planning the programme and monitoring its overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate.
• Facilitating the appointment of individuals to the Project Management teams. Ensuring the delivery of agreed and documented outputs from the project is to the appropriate levels of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the Programme Plan.
• Managing both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects. Initiating extra activities wherever gaps in the programme are identified.
• Management of risks to the programme’s successful outcome
• Quality assurance and overall integrity of the programme focusing inwardly on the internal consistency of the programme; and outwardly on its coherence with infrastructure planning, interfaces with other programmes and corporate technical and specialist standards

NHSGGC Strategies

Ensure that the assigned Programmes are aligned to NHSGGC Strategies and long-term vision of CSO for the Innovation Hubs and pipeline for CfSD; encourage collaboration and co-operation within the spirit of partnership.

Standards & Policies

Contribute to the development of NHSGGC standards and policies to ensure that the organisation works within statutory, local and national strategic frameworks. Ensure that new systems developed and implemented meet all the requirements of the Data Protection Act, including Caldicott and IT Security legislation as well as REC and MHRA approvals as required.

Budget Management

Managing the programme’s budget on behalf of WoSIH, monitoring expenditures and cost against deliverables and benefits realised per project. Ensuring maximum efficiency in the allocation of common resources and skills within the Innovation Hub.

Interface with other Programmes

Ensure the programme develops in tandem with other initiatives within the health board supported by WoSIH as an innovation testbed. Ensure appropriate use of NHS best practice to maximise benefit to the WoS area, in particular links with other Health Board areas and the national Innovation Programme. Provide general and specialist Innovation advice and support to clinicians and managers within the Area as required, supporting the Area’s commitment to clinical effectiveness and service redesign.

The post holder will be expected to play a proactive role in the development, implementation and delivery of the WoSIH Strategy.

Stakeholder Management

• Identification of and communication with all stakeholders in the programme to ensure ownership and maximum take-up of new capabilities, ensuring maximum benefit is realised.
• Be responsible for communicating the vision of integrated eHealth digital solutions and influencing key clinicians and managers in WoS to adopt and embrace the required culture changes, in situations where proposed changes may be met with indifference or resistance.
• Explain wide-ranging and complicated ideas and proposals to large, mixed audiences.
• Reporting progress of the programme at regular intervals to the relevant governance boards

For An Informal Discussion Please Contact

Katriona Brooksbank, Innovation Lead
Telephone No: 07813 395830 or email: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

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