Digital Transformation Senior Project Manager

Project Management

Designing specific areas of the Digital Transformation working agenda, developing and implementing the changes and proactively monitoring progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate

Assisting with the definition of governance arrangements for specific projects

Develop comprehensive project plans for each project

Managing third party contributions to each project, to include primary care and other external partners (e.g. Local Authority, Public Health, Third Sector, Commercial)

Working with manager to manage both the dependencies and the interfaces between different projects

Support line manager and service managers to scope out change to clinical pathways to improve quality and productivity, defining policies, procedures and supporting documentation (eg process maps and guidelines) for proposed changes.

Working with clinical staff, motivating and encouraging them to review their working practices and how they deliver services as a result of proposed changes

Managing risks to each projects successful outcome

• Initiating extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps identified or issues arise
• Supporting and encouraging behavioural change to meet the Trusts aims and objectives
• Ratifying baselines set at project initiation and ensuring that project are delivered to time, cost and with quality.
• Where there is extra demand, support the optimisation team in preparing project materials in preparation for Clinical Design Authority sign off.
• Ensuring that at handover to BAU there are methods to track expected benefit and ensure that they are realised

Staff Engagement

Help develop a staff engagement plan for implementation of specific projects and the broader clinical transformation strategy

Undertake training and development for staff as appropriate to ensure the successful delivery of projects.

Resource Management

Facilitating the involvement of individuals to the project delivery team as required. Ensuring that staff engagement is an integral part of the programme so that the new systems get quickly embedded into practice

Ensuring that the delivery of new services from the projects is to the appropriate levels of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the programme plan and programme governance arrangements

Communication

Develop a communications strategy for the individual projects that the post holder has responsibility for in conjunction with line manager

Day to day responsibility for the communications with stakeholders directly involved with the implementation of the projects

Lead on broader digital transformation communication plans setting up appropriate communications as required.

Develop and undertake presentations to a wide audience and to a high standard. The job holder will particularly build relationships and communicate with:-

Business Manager and Business support officers

All project leads and stakeholders to ensure a smooth implementation of change/project deliverables

Staff and Managers

Internal and external stakeholders, GP practices & ICBs, Local Authorities, Public Health, third sector, internal and external suppliers