Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Do you want to lead change that genuinely improves the lives of children and young people? Are you motivated by working across organisational boundaries to turn ambitious ideas into real, measurable impact? If so, this Band 7 Transformation Project Manager role at West London Children's Healthcare offers a unique opportunity to make a difference at scale.

In this role, you will play a pivotal part in delivering ambitious improvement and transformation programmes that improve quality, experience and outcomes for children and young people across North West London. Working closely with the Head of Strategy and Partnerships, you will lead and coordinate complex, multi-partner projects across all WLCH sites and the wider NW London system, bringing together five acute trusts, the Integrated Care System, and key partners across health, care, education and the voluntary sector.

Why join us? You will have the opportunity to shape and deliver high-profile programmes including Youth Work, Epilepsy Transition and Respiratory Services, using robust project management, change management and co-design approaches. You will help amplify the voice of young people, strengthen pathways and data.

This role is ideal for a clinical or operational leader who thrives in complexity, enjoys building relationships and influencing at system level, and is passionate about delivering meaningful change that puts children and young people at the heart of everything we do.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and coordinate multiple transformation and pathway improvement projects across acute, community, academic and voluntary sector partners.
• Develop and maintain clear project plans, documentation, milestones, risks, issues and budgets, ensuring delivery to agreed timescales.
• Provide high-quality reporting and assurance through appropriate governance structures, boards and committees.
• Build strong relationships with clinical, operational and strategic leaders, enabling effective co-design, engagement and system working.
• Champion the voice and experience of children and young people, embedding inclusive and person-centred approaches throughout project delivery.
• Work with business intelligence, digital and data teams to define data requirements, improve data capture and use insight to measure impact and outcomes.
• Apply a range of project and change management methodologies to manage complexity, resolve challenges and deliver benefits.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree plus experience in a relevant clinical, operational or equivalent role

Desirable criteria

• Training/qualification or significant experience in public participation & involvement
• Quality Improvement training
• CIPD qualification or working towards
• Project/ qualification management training/Experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects with demonstrable outcomes
• Experience of creating and presenting information in various formats, to different audiences
• Experience of working within a person/patient- focused environment
• Experience of working within a person/patient- focused environment

Desirable criteria

• Experience of co-design activities
• Experience using various digital platforms
• Experience implementing Quality Improvement Methodology within a healthcare context

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Robust and current knowledge of Service User experience agenda in health and social care governance, and NHS structures
• Knowledge of equality, diversity & inclusion agenda

Desirable criteria

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)