Band 7 - Operational Project Manager, Redevelopment Clinical Design
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
7 days ago
Posted date7 days ago
N/A
Minimum levelN/A
General ManagementJob category
General ManagementJob summary
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is progressing the next stage of work to deliver a new Watford General Hospital, supported by renewed commitment from NHS England and the New Hospital Programme.
To support this progress, the Trust is expanding its redevelopment programme team to help take forward this high profile and complex programme of work.
Subject to public consultation and formal approvals, the programme also includes proposals for Mount Vernon Cancer Centre services. This work is being developed as part of the Combined Watford Scheme and is being progressed in collaboration with University College London Hospitals (UCLH).
This is a key role supporting a wide portfolio of projects from inception through to completion, ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality standards while maintaining full compliance with statutory, regulatory and Trust requirements.
The post holder will work closely with clinical, operational and estates colleagues to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and with minimal disruption to patient care.
Main duties of the job
Plan, manage and deliver a portfolio of redevelopment and enabling works projects, including service decant and relocation activities, ensuring delivery to agreed time, cost and quality parameters.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules and programme milestones, incorporating phased service moves where required.
Support the planning and coordination of decant and relocation programmes, ensuring services are safely transitioned with minimal disruption.
Monitor project progress, identifying risks and issues and implementing corrective actions.
Ensure effective project governance, including maintaining action logs, risk registers and decision logs.
Assist with monitoring project budgets, including costs associated with relocation and enabling works.
Facilitate effective working relationships between clinical, operational and corporate teams.
Portray a professional image and contribute to the team culture by maintaining positive working relationships with peers, colleagues and external stakeholders.
Promote a culture aligned with Trust values: empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive.
About us
With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience. Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others. We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking If you have a disability or long-term health condition and require support or guidance please contactwestherts.recruitment@nhs.net If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form. We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to manage a broad and complex portfolio of redevelopment and enabling works, working collaboratively with clinical and corporate divisions to coordinate the safe and effective relocation of services, staff, and equipment.
Reporting to and working under the direction of the Redevelopment Clinical Design Team, the post holder will provide oversight across multiple projects. This includes planning and organising activities with staff and stakeholders, ensuring effective implementation, monitoring progress, and maintaining clear communication of project timelines.
Aligned to the organisations vision of delivering excellent patient care together, the post holder will demonstrate and promote the values of being empowered, compassionate, professional, and inclusive.
The post holder will oversee project governance processes, including maintaining accurate milestone schedules and programme plans, producing timely meeting minutes, and preparing reports and dashboards for project boards. They will also be responsible for maintaining risk, issue, change, and decision logs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to manage a broad and complex portfolio of redevelopment and enabling works, working collaboratively with clinical and corporate divisions to coordinate the safe and effective relocation of services, staff, and equipment.
Reporting to and working under the direction of the Redevelopment Clinical Design Team, the post holder will provide oversight across multiple projects. This includes planning and organising activities with staff and stakeholders, ensuring effective implementation, monitoring progress, and maintaining clear communication of project timelines.
Aligned to the organisations vision of delivering excellent patient care together, the post holder will demonstrate and promote the values of being empowered, compassionate, professional, and inclusive.
The post holder will oversee project governance processes, including maintaining accurate milestone schedules and programme plans, producing timely meeting minutes, and preparing reports and dashboards for project boards. They will also be responsible for maintaining risk, issue, change, and decision logs.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
Essential
Essential
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
Essential
Essential
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
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
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. .
Additional information
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
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
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. .
Employer details
Employer name
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Watford General Hospital
Watford
WD18 0HB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is progressing the next stage of work to deliver a new Watford General Hospital, supported by renewed commitment from NHS England and the New Hospital Programme.
To support this progress, the Trust is expanding its redevelopment programme team to help take forward this high profile and complex programme of work.
Subject to public consultation and formal approvals, the programme also includes proposals for Mount Vernon Cancer Centre services. This work is being developed as part of the Combined Watford Scheme and is being progressed in collaboration with University College London Hospitals (UCLH).
This is a key role supporting a wide portfolio of projects from inception through to completion, ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality standards while maintaining full compliance with statutory, regulatory and Trust requirements.
The post holder will work closely with clinical, operational and estates colleagues to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and with minimal disruption to patient care.
Main duties of the job
Plan, manage and deliver a portfolio of redevelopment and enabling works projects, including service decant and relocation activities, ensuring delivery to agreed time, cost and quality parameters.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules and programme milestones, incorporating phased service moves where required.
Support the planning and coordination of decant and relocation programmes, ensuring services are safely transitioned with minimal disruption.
Monitor project progress, identifying risks and issues and implementing corrective actions.
Ensure effective project governance, including maintaining action logs, risk registers and decision logs.
Assist with monitoring project budgets, including costs associated with relocation and enabling works.
Facilitate effective working relationships between clinical, operational and corporate teams.
Portray a professional image and contribute to the team culture by maintaining positive working relationships with peers, colleagues and external stakeholders.
Promote a culture aligned with Trust values: empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive.
About us
With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience. Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others. We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking If you have a disability or long-term health condition and require support or guidance please contactwestherts.recruitment@nhs.net If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form. We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to manage a broad and complex portfolio of redevelopment and enabling works, working collaboratively with clinical and corporate divisions to coordinate the safe and effective relocation of services, staff, and equipment.
Reporting to and working under the direction of the Redevelopment Clinical Design Team, the post holder will provide oversight across multiple projects. This includes planning and organising activities with staff and stakeholders, ensuring effective implementation, monitoring progress, and maintaining clear communication of project timelines.
Aligned to the organisations vision of delivering excellent patient care together, the post holder will demonstrate and promote the values of being empowered, compassionate, professional, and inclusive.
The post holder will oversee project governance processes, including maintaining accurate milestone schedules and programme plans, producing timely meeting minutes, and preparing reports and dashboards for project boards. They will also be responsible for maintaining risk, issue, change, and decision logs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to manage a broad and complex portfolio of redevelopment and enabling works, working collaboratively with clinical and corporate divisions to coordinate the safe and effective relocation of services, staff, and equipment.
Reporting to and working under the direction of the Redevelopment Clinical Design Team, the post holder will provide oversight across multiple projects. This includes planning and organising activities with staff and stakeholders, ensuring effective implementation, monitoring progress, and maintaining clear communication of project timelines.
Aligned to the organisations vision of delivering excellent patient care together, the post holder will demonstrate and promote the values of being empowered, compassionate, professional, and inclusive.
The post holder will oversee project governance processes, including maintaining accurate milestone schedules and programme plans, producing timely meeting minutes, and preparing reports and dashboards for project boards. They will also be responsible for maintaining risk, issue, change, and decision logs.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Bachelors degree or equivalent; or relevant previous experience in a programme/project management office and successful delivery
- Principles and practice of change management theories or relevant experience
- PRINCE2 practitioner, or equivalent project management qualification.
- Experience of completing projects of change within a healthcare setting
Essential
- Project or change management best practice.
- Knowledge of NHS processes
- MS Office including MS Project
- Knowledge of NHS contracting process.
Essential
- Relevant experience of operational or project implementation/experience
- Proven ability to prioritise and organise workload.
- Experience at management level
- Experience in financial management and budgeting skills.
- Experience of dealing with conflict and working with colleagues to agree remedial action as required
- NHS or other public service background
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Bachelors degree or equivalent; or relevant previous experience in a programme/project management office and successful delivery
- Principles and practice of change management theories or relevant experience
- PRINCE2 practitioner, or equivalent project management qualification.
- Experience of completing projects of change within a healthcare setting
Essential
- Project or change management best practice.
- Knowledge of NHS processes
- MS Office including MS Project
- Knowledge of NHS contracting process.
Essential
- Relevant experience of operational or project implementation/experience
- Proven ability to prioritise and organise workload.
- Experience at management level
- Experience in financial management and budgeting skills.
- Experience of dealing with conflict and working with colleagues to agree remedial action as required
- NHS or other public service background
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
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
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. .
Additional information
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
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
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. .
Employer details
Employer name
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Watford General Hospital
Watford
WD18 0HB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
JOB SUMMARY
Band 7 - Operational Project Manager, Redevelopment Clinical Design
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Watford
7 days ago
N/A
Full-time
Band 7 - Operational Project Manager, Redevelopment Clinical Design