Project Manager – NHS – Health Inequalities / Mental Health

Salary: £59,452 per year

Project Managers NHS

2 Permanent Roles – Cardiovascular Disease

18 Month Contract – Reducing Health Inequalities/Mental Health

£44,039 per annum with development to £59,451.6 depending on performance

Benefits Package:

Flexible and agile working

25 days holiday + 8 statutory days

Extra days to take between Christmas/New Year bank holidays

Holiday buy-back scheme via salary sacrifice

Contributory matched pension (up to 10%)

Learning and Development opportunities

Open-plan head office

Free parking at the head office

Wellbeing programme

Employee Assistance Programme/Mental Health First Aiders

Digital Perks discount platform

Electric Car Scheme

Social event programme

Project Managers play a critical role in the development and delivery of the projects with day-to-day management responsibility for delivery, problem solving and forward planning.

Duties:

• Support SMEs and entrepreneurs to develop their innovations and work with the research community to get the evidence that’s needed to prove whether or not an innovation works.
• Be supporting delivery of project to introduce innovative practices, products and services into health and care organisations to make a difference to patients and staff.
• Be engaging regularly with clinicians, academics, industry representatives and colleagues from other NHS organisations.
• Work closely with other Projects Managers and Portfolio Coordinators within the team and with Workstream Leads who are responsible for the management of the team.
• Working on a variety of projects at any given time, you will manage key priorities effectively and keep all stakeholders up to date with project progress
• Work closely with senior officers and other clinical colleagues, academics and managers to scope, design, develop and deliver key projects.
• Lead projects as directed by the Workstream Leads, Head of Portfolio and the Executive team.
• Support and advise innovators who are developing healthcare technologies to appropriate support for clinical validation, user testing, intellectual property advice etc.
• Support and advise SMEs with market ready innovations who are aiming to access NHS markets.
• Support the development of detailed documents, plans and resource allocations for projects.
• Produce regular and detailed performance reports against agreed metrics and KPIs for all projects for the Board and stakeholders.
• Design and organise conferences and facilitate workshops in support of projects being managed.
• Maintain all project documentation ready for review and audit.
• Provide a central resource for information about projects – including communications, updates, documentation, progress, and actions.
• Support communications, liaising with the Marketing and Communications Team as necessary
• Send out communications to the team to update everyone on the progress of projects and any issues people need to be aware of.
• Contribute to steering group discussions.
• Actively work as a team member, contributing to initiatives that aim to improve the effectiveness of the team and organisation.
• Manage, monitor and report budget management of projects.
• Contribute and advise with organisational planning, business planning process.
• Demonstrate high standards of integrity when dealing with shared data or information and ensure individual and organisational confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• Deputise for Projects Leads as required.

To apply for this role you must have

Working knowledge of the NHS system, especially ICSs

Experience of managing and delivering a number of concurrent complex project on time and within budget

Knowledge of using techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects, including risk management

Experience of producing business cases

Experience of quality improvement and/or digital

Understanding of NHS/public sector policy relevant to the NHS England Five year Forward View, Sustainable transformation and relicensing

Experience of working with Projects management software

Awareness of budgeting and resource allocation

Highly IT proficient