An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to support with Making Every Contact Count (MECC) across ESNEFT. This post is Fixed Term/Secondment until 31st March 2027.
You will promote MECC across the Trust sites, working closely with clinicians and partners to continue the delivery and promotion of the project. Continue to work with colleagues and delivery partners across the Integrated Care System (ICS) to promote MECC conversations and place patient well-being at the heart our approach.
* To develop and establish the MECC approach across the Trust and community settings, in collaboration with our ICB and community partners.
* To engage and enable colleagues to undertake MECC conversations.
* To support, facilitate, promote, monitor and improve progress of the MECC project outputs and outcomes.
* To promote the MECC and Quality improvement (QI) approaches by supporting developing Health Inequality and Trust projects to adopt MECC principles.
ESNEFT Employees will be offered on a secondment basis.
Work with the Clinical Leads, partner organisations and other key stakeholders to drive forward the delivery of MECC.
An engagement specialist, the MECC Project Manager will actively encourage, train and support clinical teams to have MECC conversations with patients across clinical settings.
Network and liaise with health professionals and others within the Trust, providing specialist knowledge and expertise around MECC including advising the Trust's Executive Sponsor, Clinical Lead and clinical champions
Back up operational activities with robust project documentation, ensuring all aspects of project management best practices are me
Support and attend the Trust's Inequalities Steering Group by providing progress updates on the MECC project. Attend Integrated Care System (ICS) meetings as required.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.