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Job overview

The Project Manager role is responsible for co-ordinating key strategic projects as part of the Trust’s Transformational Programme, as well as supporting and monitoring delivery of the cost improvement plans. This is a key role in helping the organisation achieve a fit and sustainable future.

The Project Manager is responsible for the day to day management of a project; start up, maintaining, supporting, facilitating, monitoring progress, closing and evaluating the work streams. 

Transformational Projects will include complex multi-dimensional project strands that will have wide reaching impact across the organisation.  This role will manage the delivery of such projects, including changing demands and pressures that may impact delivery.

The Project Manager will be based within the Service Efficiency Team. 

Main duties of the job

• Work with Lead for Service Efficiency to deliver identified project objectives
• Regular dialogue with stakeholders to identify potential cost improvement schemes
• Co-ordinate the assessment of the scheme’s financial value, quality benefits and key risks to delivery
• Develop the project plan, identifying resource requirements, investment needs, milestones, owners, KPIs, engagement and communication strategies
• Ensure that plans are worked up in good time and that the pipeline of schemes meets with the requirements of the project planning lifecycle.
• Throughout delivery monitor progress and work with stakeholders to ensure actions are completed on time and in budget, escalating any issues and offer solutions to potential risks and issues.
• Ensure the value from the project is clear and the valuation methodology is able to separate out improvements from those associated with other schemes
• To provide regular feedback and update on reports, issues and risks to programme board

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.