Project Manager

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East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 7,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated 'Outstanding' and Eastbourne DGH was rated 'Good' Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

In the summer of 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' (BFF) programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to redevelop and expand our hospitals at Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to over half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £650 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being Caring and Effective. Conquest Hospital and our Community Services were rated 'Outstanding' and Eastbourne DGH was rated 'Good'.

Our two acute hospitals have emergency departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. Our centre for trauma services and obstetrics is at Conquest Hospital, while our centre for urology and stroke services is at Eastbourne DGH. At Bexhill Hospital we offer a range of outpatient, day surgery, rehabilitation and intermediate care services. At Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital we offer outpatients, rehabilitation and intermediate services. At Uckfield Community Hospital we provide day surgery and outpatient care.

In the community, we deliver services that focus on people with long term conditions living well outside hospital, through our integrated locality teams working with district and community nursing teams. Community members of staff also provide care to patients in their homes and from a number of clinics, health centres and GP surgeries.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and professional individual to join the Transformation Programme Team at Sussex Pathology Network.

The Sussex Pathology Network is one of 27 pathology networks across England. It is a collaborative network of three local trusts across seven sites:

• East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT): Eastbourne and Hastings
• Queen Victoria NHS Foundation Trust (QVH): East Grinstead
• University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSx): Brighton, Haywards Heath, Worthing, and Chichester

The overarching aim of the Sussex Pathology Network (SPN) is to deliver the NHS England vision of a consolidated and collaborative pathology network which is achievable in an acceptable timeframe, improves resilience and quality across the network, delivers sustainable savings and is sufficiently flexible to adapt to the changing clinical and technological environment.

We are seeking someone who can demonstrate excellent project management skills and the ability to turn their work into excellent written and verbal outputs. They would be working with people at all levels and in a wide range of services and locations - so need the ability to communicate effectively and with confidence as well as demonstrate Trust values.

Main duties of the job

This role is to project manage the implementation an enterprise solution of Ordercomms across Sussex. Ordercomms is used by clinicians in a range of care settings to request Pathology and Radiology diagnostics, and also to receive the results.

The post holder will manage the delivery of the project on behalf of all stakeholders and will report into both the Pathology and Imaging Networks
• Responsible for the development and delivery of the Sussex Enterprise Ordercomms Project implementation.
• Responsible for the planning, delivery and organisation of complex multistranded projects applying PRINCE 2 methodology to control the project
• Responsibility for compliance with the Sussex Pathology Network configuration management and governance processes
• Maintain an overview of all workstreams' performance against plan, identifying risks, issues, dependencies and relationships between workstreams; advising on and implementing appropriate mitigating and corrective actions or adjustments to the project plan
• Hold the budget for the project, manage resources, timescales and costs and provide regular reports to the project Board including highlight and exception reports
• Maintain and regularly monitor project risk logs and develop contingency plans / recommendations for identified issues

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent.
• Track record of delivering to PRINCE 2 methodology
• PRINCE 2 Foundation Certified
• Documented CPD to Masters Degree or equivalent level

Desirable criteria

• APMP Introduction

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience working in a health or local government setting; good understanding of NHS decision making procedures.
• Understanding of challenges around the national and local drivers for change.
• Experience of successfully implementing change in a complex multi organisational environment with a wide range of stakeholders and professional groups.
• Delivering complex projects with Board level engagement
• Management and delivery of reports at Board level including financial analysis
• Communicating complex information to audiences who have no knowledge of the area

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work collaboratively across a wide range of organisational and cultural boundaries, maintaining a clear sense of objectives and purpose
• Ability to provide vision and direction in a compelling way to individuals and teams to ensure project team delivers to schedule.
• Ability to analyse and review complex facts and information, and develop a range of options to support decision making.
• Ability to facilitate constructive discussion and debate which leads to the formulation of action plans.
• Ability to influence and gain commitment from key stakeholders
• Ability to produce complex written project briefs and reports, with supporting analysis, to support the decision-making functions.
• Strong presentation skills and an ability to assist in the presentation of complex information to a wide audience.
• Advanced IT and keyboard skills for data manipulation, report production and analysis in a variety of programmes.

Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Our vision is to be:

• The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.

Our mission is to:

• Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.

Our strategic objectives are to:

• Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
• Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients' experiences.
• Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.

Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:

• Safe
• Effective
• Caring
• Responsive and
• Well led

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download

• Ordercomms Project Manager JD and Person Spec (PDF, 256.6KB)
• Guidance for Applicants - AFC (PDF, 152.4KB)