Project Manager

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Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager within the Health Boards Digital, Data \& Technology Directorate, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB).

ABUHB is an integrated, progressive and ambitious teaching and research organisation who are in the midst of delivering a major programme of change to transform healthcare for our patients and citizens.

ABUHB recognises now more than ever, that digital technology has become fundamental to the way we live our lives and to the health and care of our population and through this recognition, have developed the ABUHB Digital Strategy – Transformation through Digital.

The projects you will work on form part of the Technical Delivery project within Digital Community Programme allowing you to build on your current skills and experience and providing opportunities for personal and professional development. As part of the wider technical project delivery the successful candidate will be required to lead on specific tasks such as; Integrating NHS Systems with 3rd party applications and Data Migration ETL processes for which you will need strong technical skills and knowledge.

You will work with a wide range of stakeholders from varying professions across the health board, other NHS and 3rd party organisation/suppliers. This will include a requirement for you to attend sites in person regularly, sometimes at short notice. If you are looking for a new challenge in a prosperous department then this role is for you.

Main duties of the job

This role will be responsible for managing small and medium-sized projects, aligned to PRINCE2 methodology. This roles responsibilities include:

• Delivery of projects including planning, executing, implementing, monitoring, and closing, to the required standard of quality and within the specified time and cost.
• Supporting the implementation of large scale projects with the Programme Manager, Senior Project Manager and Business Change Manager, including task and work package management, risk and issue management, progress reporting and creating and maintaining all project documentation.
• Managing work packages across projects, ensuring deliverables are aligned to requirements and meet the relevant standards, working with third party suppliers and in-house teams, including technical and operational teams to ensure long term processes are in place for management and maintenance of the product / service.
• Provide management, mentoring, support and training as appropriate, including training colleagues, and new staff in the application of the local Project Management Framework and other key documents and, to use various bespoke Microsoft Office 365 applications such as Project and Visio.
• Manage project teams and workstreams to deliver the technical requirements of the project.
• Being responsible for producing a result that can achieve the benefits and performance improvements as defined in the project business case/brief.

This post is Fixed Term for up to 28 months.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The health board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020\. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Degree level or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience
• PRINCE2 Foundation or demonstrable equivalent project management experience
• Specialist knowledge of Information Technology implementation processes
• Up-to-date knowledge of digital health systems and their application in a healthcare environment
• Sound knowledge or experience of change management and quality improvement/transformation
• Up-to-date knowledge of information governance and GDPR
• Specialist knowledge of risk analysis processes
• Knowledge of data definitions, data standards and statutory reporting
• Evidence of relevant Continued Professional Development

Desirable criteria

• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Management Qualification Diploma level
• ITIL or equivalent qualification or experience
• Knowledge of agile methodology
• Knowledge of procurement law relating to health and IT systems
• Knowledge of training methodologies

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of implementing digital projects within a complex environment
• Experience of project management
• Demonstrable success in leading and motivating teams
• Experience of financial and budget management
• Problem identification and solving
• Experience in Microsoft Applications (e.g. Word, Excel, Teams, Project etc)

Desirable criteria

• Proven ability to influence at all levels of the organisation to facilitate decision making
• Working in a wide variety of roles and specialities

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability to work with a range of stakeholders
• Ability to establish, develop and lead a team
• Understanding of leadership qualities
• Persuasive and negotiation skills
• Analytical skills
• Effective written and multi-media communication skills to share project work e.g. (e.g. Powerpoint, Sharepoint and Teams)
• Ability to communicate verbally with all levels of the organisation
• Ability to translate technical information into easily understandable language
• Innovator and lateral thinker
• Understanding of Informatics/ICT and application to health care
• Flexible and adaptable to meet all aspects of the work
• Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and on own initiative, within project tolerance
• Works for the benefit of the team
• Time Management skills
• Completer Finisher
• Flexible in approach to try new procedures and practices

Desirable criteria

• Ability to gather data sourced from Health Board based systems
• Knowledge of procurement law relating to health and IT systems
• Awareness of Patient Pathways
• Knowledge of NHS data dictionary, datasets and data flows
• Sound Knowledge of key systems implemented in the Health Board

Other

Essential criteria

• Able to move between sites in and outside of the Health Board as demanded by job role