Transformation Project Manager

Job overview

As a member of the Improvement Delivery Team, the Transformation Manager will have day to day responsibility for the scoping, co-ordination, and delivery of Trust projects within the Improvement Delivery Team that support Whittington Health’s transformation and improvement agenda. The individual will also work with a clinical division to drive forward operational transformation and cost improvement opportunities.

We are expanding our existing team of programme and project professionals with additional delivery capacity and would welcome candidates with operational experience and project management expertise. The Improvement Delivery Team are focusing on 3 organisation wide transformation programmes including Elective, Flow and Outpatients. Your role will deliver programme management expertise against one of these programmes, to ensure operational transformation is delivered with a project management approach.

As Transformation Manager you will work with multi-disciplinary teams including senior clinicians, operational service teams and corporate support services to ensure a collaborative and well governed approach to transformation and delivery.

Main duties of the job

You will have oversight responsibility for key programmes within the organisation and therefore your ability to negotiate, engage and resolve issues will be critical to ensure successful project delivery. You will work both autonomously and collaboratively with a broad range of colleagues including senior management and clinicians to help identify and deliver financial efficiencies and change for the organisation.

You will have individual responsibility for managing several sub-programmes and projects the Trust’s Improvement Programme, enabling the transformation of services. The role will involve delivering changes and improvements that are high priorities, challenging and significant, assessing the impact of change on both the organisation and staff and planning and managing the process to minimise disruption.

Programme and Project Management

To lead the planning and co-ordination of projects/programmes across the trust To set up and lead meetings to deliver projects successfully, ensuring project governance methodology is followed To monitor progress against project plans, provide associated documents (PID / Highlight Report / Project Updates) to assorted committee.

Communication and Relationships

Develop strong working relationships with a breadth of stakeholders– e.g. Clinical Director, Operations Director, Service Teams, Executive ∙ Communicate with and influence a range of stakeholders  Responsible for day to day management of junior member(s) of the team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

To ensure that projects are implemented adhering to best practice and tools are in place to promote and monitor this.

To work collaboratively with team, service leads and trust operational staff, members of the finance team and external stakeholders to generate and evaluate strategies.

To generate project and implementation plans through the interpretation of policies and strategies to meet Trust business objectives.

Regular requirement to use computer software to develop or create statistical reports requiring formulae, query reports.

To design a comprehensive shared folder (information) system to support the monitoring and progression of cost improvement projects.

To identify opportunities for further Improvements by using local and national benchmarking data.

Responsible for day-to-day management of junior member(s) of the team

Delivery and support to Divisions for specific training as required e.g., project management.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

David Crosby

Job title

Head of Improvement and Delivery

Email address

[email protected]