Clinical Project Manager - Theatre

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic Clinical Project Manager in Theatres to lead and support initiatives aimed at improving theatre productivity, efficiency, and patient flow. In this role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to streamline processes, implement innovative solutions, and drive operational excellence in the theatre environment. Your expertise will help optimise resource use, reduce delays, and enhance overall theatre performance, contributing to better patient outcomes. If you are a proactive leader with HCPC or NMC registration who has a passion for healthcare improvement, we invite you to join our team and make a meaningful impact.

Main duties of the job

Stakeholder Engagement

Lead the development of productive relationships with key programme stakeholders at all levels across the Trust, and beyond where required

Maintain communication channels between all stakeholders: organise meetings; chase responses and actions; and send minutes, updates, alerts and project/programme information to all stakeholders.

Support clinical teams in the development, tailoring and implementation of systems and processes.

To establish and maintain effective working relations with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and relevant clinical areas to promote good communication and a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.

Clinical

To demonstrate clinical expertise and credibility in practice (anaesthetics/scrub/recovery)

To be a role model and maintain high standards of practice for all grades of clinical staff

To encourage and foster a safety culture which supports a learning environment and aligns with our Theatre Charter

To ensure the maintenance of a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care.

To keep own clinical skills current

To assist in clinical audits ensuring they are submitted within the agreed time scale and monitored effectively reviewing and reporting progress through the governance structure.

To enhance the clinical environment and working practices through evidence-based research.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Project Management

To manage and successfully deliver projects as part of the Theatre Productivity & Improvement Programme through a hands-on approach to achieve successful implementation.

Regularly report on progress, monitoring progress against plan, and delivery of the project purpose.

Responsible for developing and maintaining all project documentation in line with project management methodology. This includes Project Initiation documents, business cases, project plans, risk registers and performance packs.

To organise and take a lead in project team meetings, involving stakeholders, suppliers and other members of the organisation as necessary.

To provide written reports at the conclusion of projects or after an agreed period of time on the measured outcome of the project as a whole, its constituent parts and the project personnel.

Collaborate with senior staff in the course of managing projects, to navigate, direct, plan, allocate work and drive motivation of the staff assigned to or directly involved with the project.

To represent the Surgery Division and Theatres in all communication with contractors, suppliers and providers in delivery of project objectives.

Establish local project performance indicators and monitor and report against them.

Co-ordinate the projects assigned, providing a full overview to the programme lead.

Develop and maintain effective systems for collating and managing all project documents for the programme.

Appropriately manage and prioritise workload to include emails, telephone calls or other communications.,

Manage priorities and resolve conflicts, prioritising those projects and activities that contribute to achieving strategic objectives, improved patient care and operational efficiencies.

Participate in procedural document (Policy, LocSSIP, SOPs and local processes) changes and implementation across the directorate and division ensuring alignment to Trust policy to support sustainable service change and improvement.

Contribute to the development of Trust-wide policy as a subject matter expert

Deputise for colleagues and senior managers as required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• HCPC or NMC Registration
• Project management qualification or relevant experience.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Multi-skilled in two or more disciplines: Anaesthetics, Scrub, Recovery
• Master's degree in related subject or evidence of studying at this level

Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent clinical experience at a Band 6 role
• Experience in project management including planning, implementation and report writing
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS and emerging national policy.
• Data analysis, problem solving and option development and appraisal.
• Experience of presenting to a wide range of audiences
• Experience of drafting corporate documents.
• Relevant experience working in a health or social care organisation
• Experience of delivering to tight deadlines

Desirable criteria

• NHS experience - ideally in large acute setting.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of project management, data management and analysis methods.
• Good knowledge of health and social care policy, political and social context
• In-depth understanding of change management
• Knowledge of system working

Skills

Essential criteria

• Time-management skills (including prioritising workload)
• Ability to work as part of a larger team and when required independently.
• Ability to understand, interpret and analyse complex issues
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and deliver outcomes
• Excellent written and presentation and report writing skills
• Demonstrates a current and in-depth knowledge of specialist area of practice
• Skilled in conducting and analysing audits
• Excellent communication skills and ability to network with staff
• Confident with using Microsoft Word, Excel, & PowerPoint
• Ability to influence and achieve consensus

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Energy, enthusiasm and the ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Highly self-motivated.
• Temperament and ability to act effectively in challenging and emotive situations
• Flexibility in approach and attitude.
• Sensitive to the needs of clinical environment
• Exemplary role model

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Candidate Information Pack - Clinical Project Manage (PDF, 822.0KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)