09 Oct
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff
Job description
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative team in Cardiff and Vale UHB. We are seeking a Project Manager to join our Shaping Change Team, to help us support the development and implementation of key projects that will deliver services that provide optimum patient care, ensure efficient use of resources and which promote a culture that is progressive and inclusive.
Working with a range of partners across the Health Board, the successful post holder will have a key role in facilitating, supporting and increasing the organisation's project maturity through robust project management processes, focused both on structures that simplify change, and supporting the people who enable it.
To be successful in this role we are looking for candidates with a proven track record of implementing change and / or transformation projects within complex organisations and systems, in-depth knowledge of project management tools and techniques, and an appropriate educational background.
We are searching for individuals who share our Health Board values :
- Kind and caring
- Respectful
- Trust and integrity
- Personal responsibility
Main duties of the job
Working directly to the Head of Improvement & Implementation and supporting the Assistant Director of Improvement, Implementation & Spread, providing wide-ranging specialist project management advice and delivery across key Cardiff and Vale priorities.
To ensure top performance and delivery of programme aims, the post holder will be required to provide project mentoring, facilitate workshops, drive best practice, support the design and shape of projects,
help develop project management capability across the organisation and project manage key projects.
The post holder will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and / or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing around 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services.
Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well",
and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal.
As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research.
Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.
Situated to the west of Cardiff,
the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline.
Whether city life or rural living, Cardiffand the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience.
- A project or people management qualification or equivalent experience to post graduate diploma level.
- Qualified in PRINCE II methodology (Practitioner) or other recognised project management qualification.
Desirable
Change Management Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of service re-design (with demonstrable benefits)
in a complex environment.
- Evidence of managing service change at a senior level.
- Experience / knowledge of working within the NHS or a similarly complex organisation in the delivery or management of operational services or change projects.
Special knowledge
Essential
- Experienced in the production of high quality project documentation including business cases and project plans.
- Comprehensive understanding of national, regional and local challenges and key performance drivers in regards to delivery of health services.
- Knowledge of MS-Office suite of software, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
▶️ Project Manager
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