Programme Manager
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to join the Programme Management Office at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, where you will play a key role in supporting colleagues to transform and improve services. We are interested in receiving applications from individuals with a passion for PMO working, in a complex and fast-paced healthcare provider environment. If you are excited by the challenge of working in a PMO function, to deliver world class healthcare for patients, and support the organisation to meet its strategic objectives, we look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
As Programme Manager within the PMO, you will be responsible for supporting our teams to develop and deliver schemes within the Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) plan. You will be responsible for maintaining high levels of governance across the CIP schemes and will work with key stakeholders to manage the creation and delivery of schemes.
You will need to possess excellent project management skills and have a good working knowledge of finance within the NHS. You will need to be able to analyse and interpret complex financial data and present it clearly so that it is understandable to a wide audience. You must also possess excellent interpersonal skills to be able to work closely with our divisional colleagues.
About us
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below. The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work.
We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have. Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk) From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
Educated to master's degree level or equivalent experience in a project management / service improvement field Project / programme management qualification (e.g. PRINCE 2, MSP)
Experience · Essential
Demonstrable experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments Proven successful track record of leading and sustaining transformational change within a complex organisation Experience of leading, challenging and performance managing teams and individuals Budgetary management experience, including applying financial control and achieving financial savings targets Significant experience of the NHS operational environment, patient care and clinical safety and quality
Skills · Essential
Able to understand and present complex, sensitive or contentious information (relating to finance, performance or change) both formally and informally to small groups and present to large audiences Able to use complex and sometimes conflicting data to draw comparisons and make recommendations on a range of complex project issues, where there may be more than one course of action.
Knowledge · Essential
Highly developed specialist knowledge of project management and significant knowledge of improvement techniques Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare strategy / policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
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
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . 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 (Opens in a new tab) .
