NT GLH Informatics Senior Project ManagerGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation TrustThis role is for a diligent Senior Project Manager who is looking to further their career in Project Management and ICT by leading and overseeing ICT projects within the fast-paced world of Genomics.
You will be responsible for delivering projects on time, within budget, and in accordance with the highest standards.
Genomics is a rapidly expanding and innovative area of medicine, underpinning new treatments, technologies and approaches to managing patients with a wide variety including cancer, rare diseases and common conditions such as hypercholesterolaemia.
Over time, genomics will inform more and more treatment decisions made by clinicians.
NHS England's ambition is to enable the NHS to harness the power of genomic technology and science to be the first national health care system to offer consistent and equitable genomic testing for the people of England.
The Informatics Senior Project Manager will be joining the informatics team during an exciting time where the North Thames GLH are participating in several high-profile national projects and have the opportunity to participate in several more in coming months under the leadership of the Informatics Director.
This is a new and exciting role which requires a high degree of organisational skill, the ability to prioritise workload, manage with competing priorities as well as possess excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
Main duties of the jobLead and manage a range of projects through their project life cycle, directing and motivating the project team to secure delivery.Lead the creation of up-to-date project documentation, track delivery of agreed schemes, and prepare presentations on progress for senior stakeholders (including the Trust Board).Lead work with managers across the Trust to effectively estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful delivery of projects.Support genomics managers and SROs on the development of business cases and feasibility studies.Lead analysis, projects and areas of development as directed by the Informatics Director and Chief Operating Officer.Use knowledge and skills to inform appraisals of options for service redesign and the assessment of risks and issues associated with each option.Foster good communications and effective team working with all disciplines of staff to ensure support and collaboration with all informatics programmes.Present data and information in report format and presentations as required by the Informatics Director and project sponsors.About usGOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged.
All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
Job responsibilitiesThe full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person SpecificationAcademic/Professional Qualification/TrainingPost Graduate Qualification in health information, Project/Programme Management or information technology or equivalent experience.Experience/KnowledgeExperience of managing groups of staff with disparate skills and roles.Experience of managing large scale and/or composite projects, delivering to plan and managing exceptions in a complex environment.Experience of managing stakeholders, ensuring high quality and timely communications across project groups and organisational development.Experience of Project Reporting including the use of Checkpoint, Highlight, RAG and both stage and project Exception reports.Experience of Financial Planning, Project Budget Management, Cash Flow and Project Cost reporting.Expertise around the roles and responsibilities of the Project Board / Team and how they interact.Understanding of Project Strategies including Risk, Quality, Communication and Configuration, their content and application.Knowledge of Managing Successful Programs and/or Management of Risk and/or Management of Value.A knowledge of ICT procurement and contact process, preferably in a public sector position.Skills/AbilitiesSkilled manager of people and resources in a flexible, complex environment made up of variable work teams and suppliers typified in project work.Strong presentation and communications skills including the ability to represent ICT at events and meetings internally and in external environments.Advanced written skills - able to write complex business papers, reports and policy documents that are suitable for approval by high level Trust groups.Ability to assess complex project related issues within the health care environment and to identify solutions.Ability to engage and negotiate with suppliers to identify beneficial outcomes of project related problems.Ability to work as part of a cross-organisational partnership.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
ContractPermanent
Working patternFull-time
Reference number271-GEN-6860782
Job locationsGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
£61,927 to £68,676 a year per annum inclusive
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