Innovation Project Implementation Manager

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the MSE Innovation Programme which is at the forefront of creating, testing and adopting innovation in the NHS.

We are seeking an Innovation Project Implementation Manager who is experienced in delivering change impacting people, processes and technology, preferably within a healthcare environment. The role will be focused on delivery of innovative projects, supporting staff, patients and residents.

This role is a 6m FTC / Secondment opportunity and will report to the Innovation Programme Manager.

Since 2018, significant work has taken place first across MSENHSFT and then across MSE Integrated Care System (ICS) to understand our innovation readiness as an organisation, develop a flagship fellowship programme and develop new opportunities for innovation and innovators to work with us.

Our shared approach to innovation across the partnership:

Generates or surfaces potential ideas for innovation
Creates consistency in the way these ideas are incubated (including support and investment)
Supports the adoption, adaptation and spread of proven innovations across the Trust
Manages the risks involved by creating clear and transparent decision-making processes at every stage
Improves our innovation capability creating a brand that innovators want to come and work with.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will drive, and be responsible for, the implementation and delivery of innovation projects to achieve programme aims and objectives.

The role involves collaborative working with internal and external stakeholders, and requires excellent communication skills.

It would be beneficial to have experience of:

building effective working relationships
working with patients and members of the public
working in partnership with delivery partners, external suppliers, and businesses
delivering innovation or improvement projects
comms and engagement

Working for our organisation

With a workforce of approximately 16,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of this interesting role, please see attached job description, but some of your responsibilities will be to:

Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
Develop project plans and associated communications, benefits and stakeholder documents.
Set, continually manage and effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
Support and manage project(s) development and delivery from beginning to end, as agreed and directed by the Programme Director for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors (if required) and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Stakeholder management

Desirable criteria

• Experience of running Innovation / Quality Improvement / Change Management projects

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of successful project management & project leadership
• Experience of running engagement events for projects

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to graduate level or relevant work experience at an equivalent level

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Innovation Manager JD (PDF, 656.5KB)
• Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
• AFC Pay Poster 23/24 (PDF, 40.2KB)
• Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)