Senior Project Manager

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring, self-motivated individual to join Bolton NHS Foundation Trust's Digital Team as Senior Project Manager on a fixed term basis.

The team are a group of staff from a number of disciplines and backgrounds and we will expect you to be ready to hit the ground running working together with them and clinical colleagues to lead the delivery of a number of our key projects within the Digital Programme.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

The demands and scale of the projects you will work on will vary but we will look to you to utilise the following: experience of delivering large scale change; skills to manage competing demands; ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities; response to short deadlines; effective communication to all stakeholders, flexibility to take on all tasks within a project and your ability to quickly build strong working relationships.

You will work across health and care settings to deliver digital transformation to patients, clinicians and support functions. Managing a project and seeking opportunities to deliver benefit to our staff and thrive on diversity of work. You may find yourself presenting to project boards, briefing groups, facilitating process mapping workshops, drawing process maps, preparing business cases, defining project scope, developing the project plan, completing project documentation and producing highlight reports.

Working for our organisation

The successful candidate will be qualified in Prince2, will excellent interpersonal skills and able to engage with stakeholders at all levels.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
• Prince II Project management qualification

• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Member of relevant professional body

Experience

• Significant experience in IM&T / Informatics.
• Experience of managing NHS Projects
• Experience of developing business cases for strategic IM&T investment.
• A proven ability to work effectively and sensitively in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience monitoring budgets and business planning processes reporting status and issues to the Project Board.
• Experience in the process and identification of benefits realisation.

• Knowledge of NHS informatics and business requirements.
• Knowledge of existing and emerging technologies applicable to health and clinical practice.
• Experience of working at or very close to Board level.
• Experience of working on projects that deliver efficiency savings.
• Experience of managing relationships with other organisations (suppliers / customers)

Skills

• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stake holders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
• Well -developed complex problem solving skills.
• Well -developed and proven ability to innovate and implement change.
• Strong communication and motivation skills.
• The ability to communicate contentious information to an audience that may not be receptive.
• Ability to manage multiple streams of work and juggle conflicting priorities and objectives
• Ability to prioritise and delegate appropriately.
• Ability to plan and organise technical projects
• Solid understanding of business practices with a fundamental understanding of project management methodology.
• Can articulate and engage others in a vision for IM&T as an enabler for improvements in clinical quality, efficiency and effectiveness .

Knowledge

• Knowledge of GP Systems e.g. EMIS, TPP, System One
• Familiarity of the GP IT Operating Model.

Other

• Able to work under pressure and to plan and prioritise workload effectively to deal with competing demands whilst meeting tight deadlines
• Demonstrates a flexible approach to working in order to meet the demands of the post.

We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.

We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.

Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.