Job overview
** THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST EMPLOYEES **
UHSussex NHS Trust seeks to employ B7 Efficiency Business Partners, depending on skills and experience, on a 12-month secondment.
The Trust has an ambitious and challenging Efficiency and Improvement Programme which requires continuous development in the way services are delivered to further enhance patient experience, quality of care and outcomes and ensures the Trust becomes financially sustainable.
As part of this efficiency programme, there are some exciting new key initiatives that are being taken forward within Corporate Hub Arrangements; Workforce ; Estates Improvement Programme; Productivity, Theatres and Outpatient Improvements that require project management support.
If you are motivated by this agenda and have a proven record for delivering the dual goals of service and cost improvement, we look forward to hearing from you. You will need to be an experienced project manager with exceptional governance skills and used to influencing and delivering change in a complex environment. You will be highly motivated, personable, credible and confident to work on different aspects of the efficiency programme and with the level of autonomy appropriate to your grade. You will be a strong team player and will value the importance of fostering effective relationships and achieving results in partnership with others. You will be ready for a new challenge in a fast-paced organisation and committed to helping the Trust deliver its vision.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with operational and corporate teams and using project management and service improvement skills and tools to scope, develop and support delivery of workstreams that contribute towards the Trust’s annual Efficiency Programme.
The programme management roles will be aligned to support complex projects within the efficiency programme and will report to the Heads of Efficiency within the Efficiency team.
They will work closely with Heads of Efficiency, Efficiency/Finance/HR Business Partners and the Trust’s leadership teams, utilising project management skills to enable delivery of the divisional workstream outcomes within agreed quality, cost and time parameters.
The Efficiency Programme traditionally comprises a mix of core tactical and strategic pay and non-pay cost-saving actions, alongside income generation.
Integral to the role is the delivery of both financial and non-financial benefits and these roles will ensure that clear and measurable key performance indicators and targets are set for each project, and they will continue to ensure benefits realisation remains a key focus throughout project delivery.
Travel across hospital sites may be required i.e. RSCH, PRH, SRH, WOR and Southlands
Working for our organisation
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Please see the full Job Descriptions for the main responsibilities for Band 8a attached
Person specification
Essential and Desirable
Essential criteria
2. Educated to Master’s level or demonstrable equivalent career path experience
3. Practical experience of implementing small to medium scale improvement projects, including definition, design, delivery, and evaluation
4. Programme management knowledge including cost, quality and risk management.
5. Excellent communication and presentation skills, through all mediums and ability to adapt communication style depending on stakeholder
6. Ability to understand and communicate performance and financial information to help third parties understand inter-dependencies
7. Strong analytical skills and knowledge of how to use data appropriately and correctly
Desirable criteria
8. Experience of managing large scale projects including definition, design and delivery
9. Ability to translate analysis of performance data into discussions which may redirect or change the perceived outcome requirements
10. To be able to review evidence to generate options and take autonomous decisions to facilitate resolution in relation to project scoping and delivery
11. Experience of cost/benefit analysis of expenditure and management of budgets
12. Experience of leading an end-to-end continuous improvement project in any industry
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential criteria
13. Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles
14. Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
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