Senior Digital Projects and Change Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 - 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continual professional and/or personal development

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate qualification
• PRINCE2 Foundation/Practitioner
• APMG Foundation/Practitioner
• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) qualification
• Registered Nurse or Allied AP AP AP AP For Employment Services Use Only: Unique Reference Number: Health Professional, with a relevant, up to date qualification and registration

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of delivering complex, large scale digital projects or clinical change/quality improvement within mental health services
• Experience of leading on projects involving stakeholders from a number of different disciplines, in order to improve the quality of care
• Experience of working with complex information and using persuasive and effective negotiating skills
• Experience of line managing staff, including delivering appraisals, annual leave and sickness management and other personnel issues
• Experience of using the internet to undertake research and maintain awareness of the latest Department of Health or NHS legislation and policy changes
• Proven ability to manage budgets and human/financial resources effectively, demonstrating staff management and leadership skills
• Experience of managing complex clinical change and undertaking benefits realisation
• Considerable experience in planning and delivery of significant organisational change
• Experience of assessing requirements and the development of technical/functional specifications of requirements
• Experience of tendering and procurement of IT or related products and services
• Experience of developing and implementing strategies, policies and action plans
• Experience of process mapping and service redesign
• Experience of group facilitation

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working for the NHS and/or in mental health
• Experience of using core electronic health IT systems, such as Electronic Patient Records (EPR) and ePMA systems
• Experience and understanding of national clinical informatics strategies and initiatives
• Experience of contributing to an organisations Digital Strategy

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of NHS digital technology and data standards and strategies, such as the NHS Digital Care Plan, Data Saves Lives, What Good Looks Like framework
• Thorough understanding of the NHS and/or social care national IM&T agenda
• Knowledge of key broader NHS policy, such as The Long Term Plan
• Thorough understanding of how NHS and social care organisations operate
• Thorough knowledge of health system IT systems
• Sound understanding and working knowledge of change management concepts such as process mapping, process redesign, stakeholder expectation management
• Knowledge and practical application of financial and risk management

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of the current NHS mental health strategies and plans
• Knowledge of upcoming contracting and commissioning changes within the health and social care system
• Understanding of NHS procurement and tendering processes

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to lead and manage change
• High standard of report writing and presentation skills
• Excellent organisation skills, with the ability to work under pressure, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
• Ability to manage a multi-faceted teams
• Excellent negotiation, persuasion and motivation skills
• Ability to maintain an understanding of numerous dependant Trust wide priorities
• Excellent analytical skills, being able to interpret and present data in a number of different formats
• Capability to evidence a broad range of leadership skills
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail
• Excellent change management skills
• Excellent project and change management skills including an in-depth understanding of project and change management techniques AP/ IN AP/ IN AP/ IN AP/ IN AP/ IN AP/ IN AP/ IN AP/ IN AP/ IN For Employment Services Use Only: Unique Reference Number: including the ability to readily identify, embrace and deliver change in highly contentious or sensitive environments
• Ability to be able to change focus quickly in response to changing demands
• Ability to develop good working relationships with staff of all disciplines and at all levels

Desirable criteria

• Excellent project and change management skills including an in-depth understanding of project and change management techniques

Qualities

Essential criteria

• Self-confident and motivated, with the ability to enthuse and motivate others to succeed
• Team player, open, honest and compassionate
• Focused, proactive and resilient with practical problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal awareness to support with effective teamworking with colleagues
• Conscious of own development needs and the development needs of others, with an interest to nurture talent where appropriate
• Flexible and adaptable attitude to working requirements
• Willingness to work creatively and find new ways of working if required for success
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise conflicting tasks
• Ability to learn and apply new skills to different subject areas
• Ability to work effectively within a team or under own initiative and take decisions about an appropriate course of action without supervision

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of innovative and thought-provoking idea generation

Other

Essential criteria

• There is an occasional requirement to travel to relevant regional/national events. Also, to regularly travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings relevant to the role

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www..nhsemployers.org

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

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Documents to download

• Senior Digital Projects and Change Manager JD/PS (PDF, 267.6KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 178.0KB)
• Guidance on the pre-employment checks procedure (DOC, 35.5KB)
• DBS Policy Statement (PDF, 111.7KB)
• Foundation Trust Membership (PDF, 85.3KB)
• Salary On Appointment Guidelines (PDF, 296.4KB)
• Trust Values (PDF, 149.6KB)
• Privacy Notice (PDF, 368.4KB)