Digital Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Produce a Project Initiation Document (PID), Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP) that covers the overall timeframe of the programme, with more detailed, sub-DIPs to address specific periods of key activities (e.g. go live planning).
• Plan and allocate resources to projects, from both within and outside the project team. This will require cross-departmental working and negotiation across various departments and organisations.
• Define and issue all work packages ensuring they are delivered in accordance within project timescales, cost, scope and quality.
• Critically evaluate the quality of project plans and the organisational capability and capacity to achieve the planned outcomes.
• Manage both the dependencies and the interfaces between other programmes/projects.
• Monitor overall progress against the DIP on a day-to-day basis, resolving issues and initiating decisive and corrective action as appropriate.
• Identify and mitigate any project risks ensuring that the minimum number of risks become issues, to include the provision of a comprehensive Risk log.
• Provide direct support to the project / workstream leads and take immediate and decisive action where the project / workstreams are failing to meet key milestones or targeted levels of improvement.
• Ensure that the delivery of new products or services from the Trusts chosen provider(s) meets the requirements of the clinical services, to the necessary standards of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost.
• Ensure that the various work streams complete tasks to the appropriate levels of quality, within the specified constraints of time and cost, in accordance with the project plan and governance arrangements.
• Work closely with Project Executives to manage projects effectively.
• Maintain a comprehensive performance and reporting framework with which to keep the Project Executive, Project Board fully appraised of progress against the project plan, including a summary of any key risks to delivery and actions taken to mitigate those risks.
• Understand the critical path of projects and the overall programme and make decisions regarding any necessary escalation to the Digital Programme Director.
• Confidently and accurately run budgets for allocated projects so that the overall Digital Programme budget function is successful. Within this the Project Manager will proactively monitor expenditure and costs against deployment plans.
• Manage the dialogue and negotiations, including financial and operational matters, between the Trust and third party suppliers as appropriate.
• Act as the primary contact between the Trust and its chosen providers for the implementation of Health Informatics projects.
• Provide expert advice to clinical and operational leaders regarding necessary changes to working practices as part of the implementation of Health Informatics projects.
• Provide expert advice to clinical and operational leaders regarding the suitability and viability of existing and proposed electronic clinical systems.
• Manage effective communication with all stakeholders.
• Proactively engage with staff at all levels and in all professional groups as appropriate, communicating complex and emotive ideas, negotiating and influencing the changes to deliver the identified benefits.
• Ensure that all complex technical information is translated appropriately and conveyed to work stream leads and clinical services in a non-technical, understandable manner.
• Act in an advisory role to key decision making forums, providing recommendations

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in an IT project management environment.
• Prince2 Practitioner or Agile qualification

Experience

• A demonstrable proven track record in the successful delivery of large scale and complex digital projects on time, to budget and within the defined scope and quality standards within a healthcare setting.
• In depth working knowledge of the NHS, including its use of digital workforce systems across all care settings.
• In depth working knowledge of current processes and ways of working and how digital solutions can be applied to a healthcare setting to ensure benefits can be realised.
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical and corporate governance and risk management systems and processes.
• Leading and sustaining transformational change within a complex organisation
• Experience of working with NHSE on Workforce Data Standards projects

Skills and Abilities

• Proactive approach to solution delivery.
• Be self-motivated and organised and have an appreciation of current and emerging of digital technologies applied in a healthcare setting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to liaise effectively with senior personnel and multi-disciplinary teams, in both the NHS and private sector
• A confident and skilled negotiator when dealing with third party suppliers of digital clinical systems
• Capable of delivering an array of competing priorities.
• The ability of operating across organisational boundaries, with the ability to empathise to differing needs of stakeholders.
• Highly developed interpersonal and facilitation skills, with ability to gain and maintain credibility at all levels of the organisation, including Executive Directors and senior clinicians.
• Highly effective presentation skills and the ability to present well-reasoned and structured argument, verbally and in writing.
• Highly developed analytical skills.
• Ability to understand, analyse and interpret complex business issues and facilitate a resolution
• Self-motivated, proactive and innovative with a 'can do' attitude
• Procedural knowledge of project management processes and associated documents and ensure best practice is adhered to
• Proficiency in the use of ICT applications to support efficient work activity including the analysis, interpretation and presentation of complex data. Proficient in the use of MS Project and MS Visio.
• Ability to manage priorities in order to meet specific deadlines
• Ability to hold direct and non-direct reports to account.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Blackpool Teaching Hospital

Whinney Heys Road

Blackpool

FY3 8NR

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/