Project Manager

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust only.

Permanent role based at PHU or IWT

Job purpose  

To project manage the delivery of projects within the Trust Digital Transformation Programme 

Job summary 

Working as part of the digital programme team, the project manager will lead the day-to-day management of all aspects of Digital Transformation project(s). Under the delegated responsibility of the project board, you will take one large scheme – or multiple smaller schemes – within the Digital Transformation programme through the full project lifecycle from business case, through planning, delivery and ultimately project closure 

Specific Core Functions 

• Owning the planning of the project, developing the project initiation document and agreeing project milestones, timelines and resources. 

• Lead the facilitation of changes to business processes needed to realise the benefits from new digital technology 

• Actively managing relationships with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders both within the trust and in other partner organisations. 

• Leading the recruitment of project resources and managing their contribution to project delivery. 

• Owning the development of key project documentation including project initiation document, risk and issue logs, financial tracker and benefits log. 

• Identifying and mitigating issues and, when necessary, escalating them to the project board for support. 

• Monitoring plans and overall progress and use of resources, taking corrective action where necessary to ensure that the deliverables of the project are produced on time, within budget and to the expected quality. 

• Applying trust project management methodology (PRINCE2 and Agile) and sharing expertise to support development of junior colleagues. 

• Managing the procurement process where necessary, working with external suppliers to hold them accountable for delivery of their scope of work. 

• Identifying dependencies with other projects within and outside the digital transformation portfolio and working with peer project managers and the programme manager to ensure they are met. 

• Communicating project plans, progress and issues through regular highlight reporting. 

Please read the full job description before applying for this role.

Qualifications

Qualifications 

• Masters Degree or equivalent specialist knowledge 

• Evidence of further professional development 

• PRINCE2 or PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner 

Experience  

• Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to develop collaborative and effective working relationships with all project stakeholders and team members 

• Demonstrable ability to lead large, complex projects 

• Able to identify and apply project and programme methodologies with consideration to the scale and complexity of individual projects 

• Ability to work on own initiative, leading and motivating other staff to deliver set objectives on time and within target 

Knowledge  

• Knowledge of benefits planning and management 

• Knowledge of service improvement tools and techniques 

• Knowledge of gathering user requirements and of user-centred design principles 

• Evidence of ongoing professional development 

• Understanding of healthcare information and information systems 

• Programme Management qualification (e.g. MSP) 

• Understanding of current Information Governance legislation and policy 

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

About the Company

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. 

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.   
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.  
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.  
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations. 
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.  
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.  
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.  For internal applicants the existing primary location will remain unchanged. The staff mobility local agreement will apply.