Role Summary
As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading a wide range of transformation programmes across Theatres, Outpatients, Cancer pathways, Diagnostics, Community Services, Digital Innovation, Capital Build Projects, and Environmental Sustainability. The post holder will support their colleagues and provide expert guidance and development to the immediate team and wider organisation.
About the Role
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More detail about the role:
Are you looking for an opportunity to lead transformational change in a supportive and inclusive environment?
Following a successful pilot that created more capacity and improved access for patients through a number of dedicated productivity posts, we want to build on this successful model. The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint 4 exceptional leaders to take an important role in shaping and delivering our ongoing transformational programme aimed at improving our services and pathways and increasing our elective capacity. This work directly supports our Royal Devon CARE objectives:
- Collaboration and partnerships
- A great place to work
- Recovering for the future
- Excellence and innovation in patient care
Our recently updated Transformation Strategy works towards a vision where transformation is embedded in our organisational culture, with ‘Your Brilliant Ideas’ campaigns and Transformation cafes helping to reach out to all staff. These posts offer an excellent opportunity to drive the delivery of change with purpose which will directly improve the care we offer to the population of Devon.
The posts available will take responsibility for a wide range of transformation programmes including theatres, outpatients, cancer pathways, diagnostics, community services, digital innovation, capital build projects, and environmental sustainability. The post holder will support their colleagues and provide expert guidance and development to the immediate team and wider organisation. Current programmes of work include
- Outpatient and Diagnostic Transformation
- Theatre Transformation
- Clinical and service pathway Transformation
- Digital and pathway Transformation
- Quality Improvement (QI), Organisational development (OD) and Culture
- Business Intelligence (BI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Digital Innovation
Please specify in your application if you have a preference to any of the above areas of work. This will be taken into consideration should you be invited to interview.
The Trust is keen to support all managers to be the best they can be, not only for themselves, but also for the services they support. In addition to the normal salary and considerable NHS employment benefits, we are therefore offering the following support for successful candidates:
- A flexible start date to support relocation and/or leave
- Support to complete a recognised project management or service improvement qualification as well as access to in-house methodologies and expertise
- Dedicated mentoring and support from the senior leadership team
- For some posts the opportunity to work across two hospital sites (The Royal Devon & Exeter and North Devon Healthcare) to build experience of cross organisational working
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
Interview Date: to be confirmed
To discuss this opportunity in further detail, please feel free to contact: Johnny Pigott, Senior Programme Manager: jonathan.pigott@nhs.net, Martin Dowdall, Senior Programme Manager: martin.dowdall@nhs.net, Khalia Lancaster-Thomas, Programme Director: khalia.lancaster-thomas@nhs.net. Or arrange an appointment via Lisa Deighton, Transformation Team Secretary: lisadeighton@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
