Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Band 8a HCP Senior Project Manger JD PS FINAL MOC 2025.docx

Project Management

1. Identify project resources required to deliver the project, and agree how and from where this will be resourced. This includes the identification of work-stream leads for the project: including the clinical leads.

1. Ensure the project scope is clearly defined and agreed, ensure the project is managed within the agreed scope and escalate unavoidable scope creep.

1. Source and identify best fit solutions; lead and analyse process mapping, benefits analysis and workload and performance audits within the operational area of implementation to establish clear and realistic expectations in terms of deliverables and the benefits these will bring.

1. Manage work-stream links and dependencies; ensuring that no work is either overlooked, or duplicated; ensuring work stream-related risks (particularly those associated with interdependencies between projects) are managed to a successful outcome and that the impact of any change is related back to its impact upon the operational area of implementation and the stage the business case is at.

1. Leading the development of workforce training and development strategies to ensure that all staff, whether project support staff, the multidisciplinary project team, or staff within the operational area of implementation have the requisite skills, training and experience to deliver the project and the wider programme.

1. Produce high quality outputs (as agreed with Project Committees) as required through the work streams, ensuring accuracy and robustness of information; using appropriate modalities to produce documents and presentations for the workstreams (and project as requested) and for general project management (e.g. Including use of excel, PowerPoint etc.)

1. Manage the successful implementation of the project and undertake post-project evaluation.

1. Develop plans with relevant clinical services to ensure the use and benefits of the OFH programme are sustained beyond the initial rollout and become business as usual.

Person specification

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Commitment to on-going learning/training.

Desirable criteria

• Project Management Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Good understanding of the wider NHS and social care policy, including integrated care
• Significant experience of working in partnership and collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders across a health and social care economy.
• Demonstrable experience within strategic development within a healthcare setting
• Line management experience. Business case development experience.
• Able to demonstrate experience of being patient centric in approach to service development and planning.
• Change 'Champion' - able to demonstrate evidence of supporting delivery of a change programme to achieve targets set
• experience of effectively applying change management skills in an environment influenced both by internal and external changes.

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria

• Communicate highly complex or sensitive information clearly and concisely to staff at all levels of the organisation.
• Present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to groups.
• Support the function of effective working relationships with key stakeholders, both within and external to the Trust.
• Motivational skills to encourage collaborative working to improve services/performance where there maybe resistance to change.

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria

• Support & manage complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
• Review business cases and use qualitative assessment to ensure compliance with a range of targets.

Skills

Essential criteria

• There is a frequent requirement for sitting in a restricted position (i.e. at a workstation) for some periods of the day.
• The post-holder will be required to travel independently regionally and nationally

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria

• As a completer finisher, the post holder will be required to work to tight deadlines and deliver multiple projects to agreed quality standards and timescales.
• Effective prioritisation and ability to support multiple complex projects at the same time.
• Evidence of supporting multiple competing priorities
• Coordinate multi -disciplinary teams and stakeholders, working collaboratively, in order to drive project management of business development within CMGs and across the Trust.
• Ability to develop and support plans (with partners) that will be implemented across the Trust and local health system .

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential criteria

• A 'can do' (and 'will do') attitude. Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
• Ability to be flexible and respond to the needs of the organisation.
• Well-developed emotional intelligence, being aware of self and impact on others
• Credible and effective leadership qualities, including being open and responsive
• Integrity and personal credibility. Strives for excellence, innovative and creative
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines where there are competing demands
• Employ effective communication, negotiation and influencing skills to enable an effective change management with stakeholders at all levels who may hold differing and contentious views
• Ability and experience of handling sensitive discussions/ publications with service providers which may have a challenging level of acceptance

Additional Information

Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.

UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.

The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.

COVID 19 Risk Assessment

Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.

The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.

If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.

Covid Vaccination Status

Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.

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Documents to download

• N/A (PDF, 245.1KB)
• HCP Senior Project Manager (PDF, 245.1KB)
• Understanding your right to work in the UK (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Employee Benefits (PDF, 578.5KB)