Digital Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

a) Establish project boards to monitor progress and individual project teams to take workstreams forward. Brief the project board and project teams on the Executive Teams expectations.

b) Ensure arrangements are in place for regular project board and project team meetings; co-ordinate the collation, review and monitoring of progress against project plans.

c) Support Trust staff in developing project proposals and business cases, defining project and programme benefits, and monitoring and implementing projects within a structured framework. Work with the Senior Informatics leads to develop a comprehensive project management support service.

d) Maintain up to date knowledge of good practice in programme and project management. Work with Digital leads to identify developments of relevance to Digital programmes portfolio and ensure these are implemented.

e) Develop and implement policies, procedures and guidance to ensure the effective planning and implementation of individual programmes and/or workstreams. These can range in scope from those that impact on individual services to those that have Trust-wide relevance.

f) Identify and assess risks to the achievement of intended outcomes of individual work programmes. Work with Digital & Data Leads to put plans in place to manage and mitigate those risks. Ensure risks and action plans are entered into the relevant risks registers.

g) Keep up to date with developments in local and National Health Service policy and changes to relevant legislation.

h) Act as a role model for project managers and other colleagues actively engaged in progressing work stream project plans. Provide guidance and advice on good practice in project management.

i) Benchmark the Trusts programme and project management practices and processes against other healthcare providers.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing complex data-centric projects
• Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of the principles of project management

Desirable

• Experience delivering change programmes and can demonstrate measurable improvements

Qualifications

Essential

• Agile Project Management Methodology - Practitioner minimum

Desirable

• PRINCE 2 Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Develop and maintain project plans. Managing uncertainty and identifying where there is impact across the whole programme/organisation
• Ability to adjust quickly to new courses of action
• Able to manage effectively competing priorities

Desirable

• Experience analysing and interpreting data to drive change in an organisation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brighton General Hospital

Brighton

BN2 3EW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/