Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is seeking a skilled and dynamic Project Manager to join their team. This is an exceptional opportunity for individuals with the required experience and qualifications. Applications are welcomed from candidates seeking a Certificate of Sponsorship.
About the Trust
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust, with a turnover of £2.8 billion, offering unparalleled opportunities in the healthcare sector. Serving over 1 million patients annually, MFT is committed to creating an integrated health and social care system that sets the standard for excellence.
Why Join MFT?
Unrivaled Scale and Collaboration: Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, MFT fosters innovation, collaboration, and transformation.
A Digital Leader: As a digitally enabled organisation, MFT drives operational efficiency and improves experiences through innovations like Hive, its state-of-the-art Electronic Patient Record system launched in 2022.
Academic and Research Excellence: A major academic research centre and education provider, MFT supports high-quality research and innovation.
Sustainability Commitment: With the launch of its Green Plan, MFT is committed to sustainable healthcare practices.
Inclusive Culture: MFT champions a culture of inclusion, transparency, and equal career development opportunities while prioritising staff health and well-being.
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Join a workforce of 28,000 dedicated professionals working to shape the future of healthcare and achieve their most ambitious goals. At MFT, you’ll find opportunities that inspire growth, collaboration, and innovation.
Apply today and take the next step in your career with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
Position: Project Manager
Salary: £46,148 to £52.809 a year, pro rata
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Trafford, Greater Manchester, UK
About the Role
The Greater Manchester Trust Provider Collaborative (TPC) brings together NHS organisations delivering a range of acute, community, specialist, mental health and ambulance services to improve the health of the population of Greater Manchester.
The GM Trust Provider Collaborative delivers its work through its CEO meetings, its director groups (supporting work in specific disciplines such as workforce and finance) and through provider-led groups/ system boards leading on specific areas of system transformation.
A small team has been established to support Trust Provider Collaborative meetings and its work. As well as ensuring the smooth running the meetings, the Project Manager will provide support to the various provider director groups which take forward actions and projects on behalf of TPC. You will be responsible for the scoping and delivery of projects, as well as ensuring that work across the director groups is aligned as part of the overall Greater Manchester strategies and programmes.
Main Duties
- Supporting preparation for and follow up actions from the meetings of TPC groups
- Supporting coordination of TPC Director Group meetings and delivering pieces of work on behalf of the group where needed / appropriate
- Liaising with a wide range of stakeholders and senior colleagues
- Collation of various returns and information from GM Trusts: reviewing data sets and pulling out key information/themes as required
- Supporting and working closely with the TPC Team ensuring papers / proposals follow appropriate governance processes
- Dealing with competing pressures across multiple projects and workstreams, prioritising and responding to situations on a daily basis e.g. managing of unexpected risk and ensuring outcomes are achieved within budget and timescale tolerances.
- Ensuring the effective communication of plans to relevant stakeholders.
- Developing excellent relationships with senior managers, clinicians and other health care professionals.
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant professional experience.
Desirable
- Further training or significant experience to post-graduate diploma level in project management.
- Prince 2 Practitioner
Training (Essential)
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development, including specialist training in areas such as: -Business Case development and appraisal -Risk Management -Programme and Project Delivery methodologies (including Prince 2) -MS Project Planning -Change Management and Controls
Experience/skills (Essential)
- Demonstrable implementation experience in leading change projects utilising project management methodologies
- Experience of operating in a matrix management structure
- Experience in the development of business cases
- Experience in applying budgeting, benefits tracking and demand management principles to projects
Desirable
- Experience in leading change projects utilising project management methodologies in a health and/or social care environments
Personality (Essential)
- Ability to manage a range of activities to formulate plans that have effect across multiple disciplines
- Demonstrates a high level of communication skills
- Ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Demonstrates a collaborative approach and good team working
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- A solid understanding of the application of information technology and how it can be used to achieve organisational effectiveness
- Ability to manage, motivate and develop project staff in a matrix environment
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure
- Excellent business, and financial management skills
- Demonstrates problem solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to deliver at pace in complex environment
- Demonstrable excellence interpersonally; articulate, creative, self-aware, controlled and conf
- Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a passion for results and achieving goals
Desirable
- An ability to negotiate and influence others in a positive manner with the confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to achieve change/improvement
- Ability to critically analyse and interpret complex data to achieve desired strategic outcomes
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiation, training, empathic or re-assurance skills are required
- A solid understanding of the application of information technology and how it can be used to achieve organisational effectiveness within the healthcare environment
Other (Essential)
- Travel between Trust sites
Desirable
- Driving License/ Car Owner
Benefits
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
Required Documents
- CV/Resume
- Cover Letter
Application Process
Interested and qualified candidates should kindly CLICK HERE to learn more and apply
Application Deadline
January 7, 2025