Project Manager – Severe Intestinal Failure Programme

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Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills and project management experience? Do you have previous experience of working on a large scale change project? An exciting opportunity has arisen to project manage the creation of a new care pathway in Gastroenterology, working and coordinating with multiple NHS Trusts in the South West of England.

The post holder will be well supported by experienced staff and highly engaged clinical teams.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead the delivery of a nationally-funded project to develop a new Severe Intestinal Failure (SIF) pathway in the South west for Surgical and Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN) cases. This role will require:

• Project and programme management
• Service improvement and process redesign skills
• Facilitation and communication expertise, including working with internal and external stakeholders

The role will include updating project documentation, facilitating conversations and workshops, the use of service improvement tools and methodologies, coordinating ongoing assessment against KPIs and evaluation of the project.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Educated to degree level or an equivalent level of experience in Project Management
• Evidence of continuing professional development

• PRINCE2 or other accredited Project Management Qualification or equivalent experience

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience managing projects
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of change management
• Demonstrable involvement supporting service redesign projects that delivered quantifiable improvement
• Knowledge of business planning processes and developing a case for change
• Experience of working across complex stakeholder relationships
• Experience of working with multi -disciplinary teams
• Knowledge of health policy and key improvement initiatives to support the strategic priorities of the ICS
• Knowledge of innovation and quality improvement tools and techniques
• Experience of coaching and challenging others

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to gather and interpret relevant information
• Well-developed analytical and decision-making skills
• Ability to present concise and considered information
• Ability to spot opportunities where others see a problems
• Able to understand complex health and social care agendas and relationships
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office products
• Ability to maintain focus in an environment of multiple conflicting demands on time and resources
• Ability to reach pragmatic solutions to different types of challenge
• Self-motivated with a positive can-do attitude
• Able to navigate the landscape of stakeholder relationships, especially in contentious situations
• Able to work independently or as part of a team

• As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
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