Project Manager (Pathology)
12 days ago
North Shields
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way! What the Northumbria Way means for you: • Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub, • Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups, • A range of flexible working opportunities, • Generous annual leave and pension scheme, • Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies), • Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes, • Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare. Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care. We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services. We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy. Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Pathology Department is currently underway with a programme of transformational change to enhance the user of technology, automation, digital systems and equipment across pathology services in support of patient care and operational efficiency. The post holder will, under the guidance of the Pathology Programme Manager, be responsible for management and delivery of multiple concurrent pathology projects ranging from small operational initiatives to major transformation programmes exceeding £1 million in value. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. Please note: for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval from your current manager and have completed documentation required beforehand (see secondment policy) , as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made. Full time 37.5 hpw (Part time hours may be considered) • Responsible for management and delivery of multiple concurrent pathology projects ranging from small operational initiatives to major transformation programmes exceeding £1 million in value. • Projects may impact a small specialist team or large-scale organisational groups across multiple services and professional staff groups., • Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary project teams, suppliers, stakeholders and senior leadership groups across the organisation., • Responsible for development and maintenance of project plans, governance documentation, reporting arrangements, risk management processes and implementation schedules., • Provide project reporting and assurance through the Pathology Programme Manager, Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) and Project Boards. We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England. The post holder will provide project management leadership for the procurement, implementation and delivery of multiple pathology projects and transformation programmes ranging from operational improvements to large-scale digital and service redesign initiatives. The post holder will ensure projects are delivered safely, effectively and in accordance with agreed objectives, quality standards, budgets and timescales. The post holder will work collaboratively with clinical, operational, digital and corporate stakeholders to coordinate project activities, governance, reporting, communication and implementation planning. The post holder will support performance improvement, service development and organisational change across pathology services and associated programmes. The post holder will role model compassionate and inclusive leadership behaviours, supporting collaboration, engagement and continuous improvement across teams and organisational boundaries. • Significant experience of project management techniques and processes, • Experience of procurement processes, contract management and supplier engagement., • Skills and experience in business case development and benefits realisation planning, • Skills and experience in the creation of business cases, • Skills and experience in procurement and the necessary processes., • Skills and experience in process mapping utilising relevant software, • Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools, • Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods, • Knowledge of NHS Pathology services OR equivalent experience of training, staff and project management knowledge to post graduate diploma level equivalent., • Degree or substantial project management experience., • Qualification and experience in project management methodology to PRINCE2 Practitioner level or equivalent. Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children' homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme. We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on option 2. Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance. Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust! Certificate of Sponsorship Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay. 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. Name Hannah Bacon Job title Pathology Programme Manager Email address Did you find what you were looking for? 3887 responses #J-18808-Ljbffr
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