Centralisation/Standardisation Project Manager

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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 14,000 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

Are you a dynamic Project Manager with a passion in healthcare transformation? Join us at Imperial College NHS Trust and lead on our brand new Outpatients Improvement and Transformation Programme.

18 month Secondment to be considered for internal applicants.

As the Project Manager you'll be at the forefront of delivering key projects on time for our Outpatients Improvement and Transformation Programme, collaborating with a diverse range of clinical and non-clinical staff to achieve our ambitious goals. Whilst this role may be challenging, it is also highly rewarding.

You will work closely with key stakeholders within our Outpatients Services, including Divisional Directors, Heads of Operations, and Clinical Leads, to formalise and implement project plans with a strong focus on improvement, standardisation and centralisation. You'll reconcile competing priorities, secure necessary resources, and adjust plans as needed. Your expertise will be essential in developing local policies and protocols to meet operational requirements.

Resource management is a crucial part of your responsibilities. You'll liaise with clinical and non-clinical teams to ensure proper resource allocation and adherence to budgets. Motivating staff and providing necessary training will be key to meeting project targets.

Main duties of the job

The 'must haves' for this role:

• Extensive project management experience, preferably in a healthcare setting.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven ability to analyse complex problems and develop practical solutions, managing and delivering to tight deadlines.

Your job duties will include:

• Provide high-level project management for the Outpatients Improvement and Transformation programme, ensuring delivery within allocated timescales.
• Establish effective working relationships with clinical and non-clinical staff to achieve project aims and objectives.
• Manage project governance, stakeholder engagement, key risks, and issue escalation.
• Coordinate resources for each project, linking with wider Trust teams for clear planning and communication.
• Lead the design and implementation of communication plans, ensuring accessibility and clarity.
• Produce and present summary reports, collate and analyse complex data for the Programme Board and other stakeholders.

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.

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

Essential criteria

• Masters qualification or equivalent experience
• Prince 2 or equivalent qualification

Desirable criteria

• Marketing or communications qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive project manager experience
• Senior manager experience
• Previous experience of working with a wide range of clinicians to produce project plans / strategy documents
• Experience of successfully leading innovative projects

Desirable criteria

• NHS senior manager experience
• Experience of working in an Outpatient environment

Skills

Essential criteria

• A good knowledge of the NHS
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate highly complex information clearly and succinctly
• Ability to analyse highly complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.

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, 752.5KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 752.5KB)
• Functional requirements (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)