Programme Manager MHED and NMHC

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team to support our implementation of Mental Health Emergency Departments and Neighbourhood Mental Health Centres within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust If you have programme management experience and would like to work in a large NHS community Trust, this could be your new post!

The role will be based within the Transformation and Programme Management Team supporting and working with a wide range of health and care partners.

The role of Programme Manager is to support the workstream SRO, clinical lead and responsible Directors in delivery of the stated objectives of the workstreams.

The post holder will contribute complex project management expert knowledge and experience in guiding others through the challenges of service transformation projects with complex stakeholder management.

The post holder will define a clear strategic direction, setting out plans for project delivery, coordinating redesign and influencing strategic development. If you are enthusiastic and resilient, enjoy challenge, are numerate and self-motivated this is a role for you and will allow you to be a part of an exciting and ambitious programme of work.

Main duties of the job

• Supervise and lead Change Managers and Project Support Officers within the Improvement Team.
• Provide high-quality leadership that fosters a culture of improvement and innovation.
• Mentor and coach team members, both within and external to the Improvement Team.
• Exhibit exemplary leadership behaviour and remove obstacles to enhance team effectiveness.
• Advocate for and implement best practices in change management across the team.
• Offer formal and informal support to clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Actively assist and collaborate with peers in the Improvement Team.

This role is pivotal in promoting a supportive and innovative work environment, guiding change processes, and ensuring the adoption of best practices within the team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Establish systems and processes to maintain oversight of and ensure successful delivery of programme activity.
• Contribute complex programme management expert knowledge and experience in guiding others through the challenges of culture change and complex stakeholder management.
• Work with the SRO and other relevant stakeholders to define measures and gain business buy in for adoption of deliverables.
• Work in partnership with clinical leads to form and sustain effective clinical collaboration for the workstreams.
• Ensure strategic programme benefits are defined, agreed, accepted and can be tracked.
• Demonstrate effective governance of strategic programme risk and issue management to ensure that risks to delivery and benefit realisation are understood and mitigated or accepted.
• Responsible for ensuring there is visibility of all projects within the programme and work in partnership with the directorate triumvirate leadership teams, and Head of Improvement to monitor delivery of the trust wide portfolio of programmes.