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Eastbourne DGH
Kings Drive
Eastbourne
BN21 2UD

0300 13 14 500

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Ref: 374-JYKN123 Vacancy ID: 5838848

Senior Project Manager

Closed for applications on: 2-Jan-2024 00:02

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Closed for applications on: 2-Jan-2024 00:02

Location

DGH
Kings Drive
Eastbourne
BN21 2UD
East Sussex

Contract type & working pattern

Permanent
Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

£50,952 - £57,349 per annum, pro rata
Yearly

(NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Exciting Opportunity to join a Trust under Government Program for Restructure

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area. 


We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. 


Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes. 


The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. 

 

Job overview

Senior Project Manager

Working within the Project & Property Management Department

Directorate - Estates & Facilities on behalf of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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  • To lead on the internal Capital Projects including charity funded projects taking day to day responsibility for successful delivery of the programme work within time, cost and quality
  • Planning, organising, recruiting as appropriate, to deliver the programmes within the Trust’s governance structure and its adopted management and operating policies.
  • Ensuring that appropriate project management documentation is developed and maintained as the basis for progression of activities and that people, including a range of external contractors are held to account.
  • Developing and refining the governance framework for the project as they evolve with robust reporting systems in place to the relevant Project Board and Executive Management Team.
  • Developing and maintaining a comprehensive framework for management and reporting of risks and issues
  • Coordinating the project with other Trust projects and general operational activity and ensuring that momentum is maintained
  • Ensuring that the project is delivered within the cost, time and quality parameters set by the relevant Board Committees.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.


In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  

Onsite parking is available from £50 per year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • The Capital Projects Department provides a service to the Trust that ranges from- Estates strategic planning, refurbishments, new builds, estates projects and minor capital works as well as ongoing planning of future capital developments in line with the Trust clinical and estates strategy.
  • The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for managing specific capital projects from inception to completion to cost and time:
  • The day to day management of the project (including contractors and whole project budgets) and delivery of the project deliverables within agreed constraints.
  • Planning, monitoring and controlling all aspects of a project to ensure that the most cost effective, timely and appropriate solutions are developed to fulfil the Trust’s strategic goals.
  • Producing project documentation including financial and progress reporting, specific project documentation, highlight and checkpoint progress reports, quality assurance reports, and risk/issue management logs related to their schemes.
  • Producing highly complex design and technical specification information from feasibility to detailed design stages where required.
  • Taking the formal role of Contract Administrator for the delivery stage of a project.
  • Managing the relationship with external suppliers to define and agree business needs, objectives and system requirements and any interfaces with the operational hospital staff, ensuring the scheme delivers the agreed output specification and commissioners/users’ requirements.
  • Line management of the Trust’s internal capital project management team (interim and substantive)

 

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree of equivalent in Engineering / Construction related subject
  • Professional / academic qualification to Masters level or equivalent level or experience of capital development
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant professional or management qualifications e.g. Chartered Status such as RIBA, RICS, CIOB, APM, PMI, etc.
  • Project/Programme Management qualification MSP Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP, APMP etc.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Professional background including specialist knowledge in more one or more of the following areas for at least 5 years:  Architecture  Engineering  Quantity Surveying  Building Surveying  Project Management
  • OR An equivalent level of experience with a minimum of 3 years’ experience delivering capital schemes within the NHS
  • Significant and proven/demonstrable experience of management, and of practical experience in project management of delivering complex building projects across large complex sites within an acute hospital healthcare environment or similar.
Desirable criteria
  • Sound knowledge of corporate governance and an understanding of risk management

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mike Chewter
Job title
Head of Capital
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 131 5287
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