Programme Manager London, England
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time
London, England
91317 - 104122 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity to lead the project team to deliver the Finance workstream of the North West London Integrated Care System's (NWL ICS) Corporate Development Programme.
Our Corporate programme vision is to remove duplication and waste, share expertise, streamline, simplify our processes and minimise our physical footprint to deliver the most cost-effective services. Finance is one of six work streams within the corporate programme. Our vision for finance is to provide a high quality and value-adding finance function through:
- Standardised, centralised and digitally optimised services where possible
- Local services where necessary
- Our services will be efficient, customer focussed and value-adding
The post holder will focus specifically on the planning and implementation of the North West London single finance system and service centre. The post holder will support the Senior Responsible Officer and the NWL NHS Boards on the delivery of the initiative and its programme of work, in a dynamic and complex environment.
The post holder should have extensive experience of working at a senior level in a project management environment, including experience of working with executive colleagues from mobilisation to completion stages of projects. The post holder must be able to take ownership of areas of work and manage all aspects of agreed projects and colleagues in the project team. Evidence of effective delivery is a pre-requisite for applicants.
Individuals must be able to build and sustain positive working relationships with staff at all levels and across all organisations, with operational and clinical teams, and teams within finance, ICT, procurement services. The post holder will need to plan work and potentially respond at short notice to requests from Executives and/or Boards.
The role will require working flexibly to tight timescales across multiple teams and work streams. A commitment to co-production is essential.
The role is part time on a 1 year fixed term contract.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
This post is hosted at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Trust on behalf of North West London Integrated Care System (ICS), which is one of the biggest and most complex ICSs. We have a diverse population of over 2.4 million people with multiple providers including 350 GP practices, eight local authorities and integrated care partnerships, 45 primary care networks, four mental health/community acute trusts and four acute trusts and numerous voluntary organisations. We have the largest ICS budget in the country and strong history of joint working across the health and care system. We employ circa 65,000 people in NHS organisations.
The Programme Manager will be a key member of the Programme Delivery team, working with the Senior Responsible Officer and representatives from NHS North West London participating organisations.
The Programme Manager is responsible for the development of all aspects of the initiative, working with all partner organisations and potential system providers. The postholder will produce content supporting the development of the initiative, facilitate key meetings with senior and executive colleagues and key decision points. The role will also include evaluation and monitoring processes to measure project benefits, and will work to resolve any potential conflicts between the project objectives and stakeholder needs.
Write highly complex, detailed reports for a variety of senior audiences, e.g. board papers, multi-stranded business cases, and options appraisals.
Use negotiating skills to persuade senior managers on the importance of programme initiatives.
Make formal presentations to large groups of people often at a very senior level.
