Main area Project Management Grade Band 8b Contract Fixed term: 24 months (Or secondment opportunity) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Home or remote working
• Compressed hours

Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Southend Town Westcliff-On-Sea Salary £64,455 Per annum and pro rata as appropriate Salary period Yearly Closing 01/08/2025 23:59

Band 8b

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

EPUT and MSEFT are embarking on a UK first of type EPR procurement for a single EPR that spans Acute, Mental Health and Community health services. We have already undertaken extensive market engagement have submitted our full business case.

There is extensive interest nationally in this first of type opportunity and we are excited to offer this role to an experienced Senior Project Manager to support us in delivering to the programme.

Having experience with working alongside Oracle Health is critical to this role.

Main duties of the job

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) provides services to the residents of Southend, Basildon, and Chelmsford. It was formed in April 2020 by the merger of Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, and Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex, and Suffolk.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT).

EPUT and MSEFT are embarking on a UK first of type EPR for a single system that spans Acute, Mental Health and Community health services. We have singed a contract with Oracle Health to implement the Cerner solution and are excited to offer this role to an experienced Programme Manager to support us in delivering the programme.

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) provides services to the residents of Southend, Basildon, and Chelmsford. It was formed in April 2020 by the merger of Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, and Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex, and Suffolk.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

§ Support the Deputy Programme Director to manage, workstreams, projects and functions as part of the EPR Programme.

§ To be responsible for the Programme Management activities within the Nova programme using MSP methodology.

§ To be responsible for the end to end lifecycle of major digital projects and associated systems across the hospital using PRINCE2 methodology

§ Lead the delivery of the EPR programme of work including coordinating the internal resources to support it

§ Identify and agree dependencies and programme timescales, prioritising tasks and optimising resources between projects. Identify and report on programme and project milestones

§ Development of necessary documents to start projects up such as Project Initiation Document, detailed requirements specifications etc.

§ Identify and agree dependencies and programme timescales, prioritising tasks and optimising resources between projects. Identify and report on project milestones

§ Ensure there is sound project & programme governance and assurance by identifying, appraising, mitigating and managing risks and issues

§ Produce clear visual materials, project documentation, and data for use in reports, local briefings, workshops and meetings for both internal and external presentations

§ To liaise with operational staff to identify any impacts that the implementation may have on operational services

• Communication
• Write and present regular highlight/exception reports, project documentation, information and presentations in project progress as required to the Project Board(s), and the Trust.
• Present to large groups of staff at all levels and external audiences.
• Analytical and Planning
• To set up and lead project boards and teams as required.
• To ensure that all project documentation is produced, communicated and maintained to demonstrate compliance with the PRINCE2 project management methodology
• Produce robust project plans and monitor the project against cost and time tolerances.

Person specification

Knowledge and experience

• Significant experience delivering projects in the NHS
• Project management experience including the development and management of project documentation.
• Previous experience working with Oracle Health

Skills

• Demonstrate the ability to handle technical, highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and present this to a variety of audiences where significant barriers to acceptance may exist
• Ability to manipulate data essential for reporting into Programme Boards including recommendations on the most appropriate course of action

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Taneal Dalton-Miller Job title EPR Strategic Resource Lead Email address Taneal.Dalton@nhs.net Telephone number 01702 435 555 Additional information

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