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Barts Health NHS Trust

About

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Contact

Address: 20 Churchill Place; Canary Wharf; London; E14 5HJ
Contact Number: 020 7377 7000

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Jobs Website

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Ref: 259-6823494WXH Vacancy ID: 6823494

Senior Project Manager

Accepting applications until: 08-Dec-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 08-Dec-2024 23:59

Location

Site: Whipps Cross Hospital
Town: London
Postcode: E11 1NR
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

12 months (End date- 31/12/2025- Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months)

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £67,950 - £78,028 per annum inc
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8b)

Specialty

Main area: WXH WOMEN&CHILDRENS MANAGEMENT

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Demonstrate political awareness and experience of working with directors and senior leaders in politically sensitive and unpredictable environments
Educated to masters level of equivalent experience working at a senior level
Knowledge of the NHS strategy, structures, current policy and decision making
Proficiency in a range of IT packages and tools. This would include MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Desirable criteria

Leadership/management qualification or experience
Formal qualification or equivalent level of experience in project and programme management
Qualification/training in improvement science methodology (QI)

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of delivering large-scale transformation projects in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments and within complex organisational structures
Demonstrated significant experience of leading engagement with senior managers, clinicians, service users and key stakeholders

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and experience of delivering change management using improvement science methodologies

Skills

Essential criteria

Experience of effectively managing competing priorities and multiple stakeholders in highly politicised environments
Experience of building excellent collaborative networks, influencing and working through others to achieve objectives
Demonstrate proven leadership skills, including successful management of complex projects across different services, disciplines and functions with multiple stakeholders
A proven track record of delivering successful projects to time critical deadlines under pressure and on budget
Business case development
Demonstrated significant experience in producing and presenting high quality, reports and briefings, including at times contentious information to senior audiences
Ability to analyse and interpret highly complex information and develop potential options/ recommendations on the most appropriate course of action
Able to provide and receive sensitive or contentious information and negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues
Demonstrate highly developed skills to help sponsors execute plans that involve changes to service delivery across an organisation or beyond organisational boundaries
Consistently deliver high quality outputs in a pressurised environment across

Desirable criteria

Experience of leading projects across organisational boundaries
Engagement in work to address and mitigate issues relating to access and equity
Experience of patient co-design in strategy and service development to improve patient experience and outcomes

Communication

Essential criteria

Ability to develop high quality reports which synthesise complex information and convey key messages simply in oral presentations
Excellent communication skills; written, verbal and listening
Ability to communicate complex sometime contentious and sensitive
Evidence of delivering against completing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals
Highly skilled in developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success

Capabilities and Attributes

Essential criteria

Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others or negotiate on difficult and controversial issues at senior level internally and externally
Ability to deal with ambiguity, complexity and conflict whilst working at pace
Ability to work without supervision working with competing priorities often to tight deadlines
Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contributions of others, treating everyone with dignity and respect
Understanding and commitment to equal opportunities, equity and the promotion of inclusion and diversity
Consistently looks to improve what they do seeking out innovation
Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
Works across boundaries, looks for collective success