Band 6 - ICT Project Manager, ICT

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager in the ICT Department of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The role is to support the ICT department with a number of key projects. We are seeking a highly motivated PM with experience who is passionate and has excellent organisation and communication skills. This PM will need a good understanding of the NHS and come with a background of IT related projects. This role offers significant experience working with multi-disciplinary teams and has insight into a diverse range of issues. The role will be part of a dynamic ICT team committed to achieving improvements directly within the IT department and West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust as a whole. This is a secondment/fixed term contract until 30th September 2027.

Main duties of the job

• Manage projects from initiation to successfully delivery.
• Establish project milestones and plans in collaboration with ICT Programme Manager, other project managers and project sponsor.
• Plan projects which impact across clinical and non/clinical areas; e.g. delivery of new systems, new technical infrastructure or information systems.
• Completes all user requests for project work within the specified time.
• Oversees the installation, configuration and management of all hardware/ software of information system projects as assigned within the project timelines.

About us

With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience. Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others. We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.

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Job responsibilities

• Responsible for managing the installation repair and maintenance of IT equipment prior to handover and completion of project.
• Maintain documentation and tracking of required fixes, enhancements and testing.
• Responsible for and/or undertakes surveys/ audits as necessary for projects.
• Persuades project boards and staff of the importance of projects, negotiates priorities on IT and clinical developments with non-ICT managers, including linking in with other initiatives.
• Develops empathy and understanding of physical needs and builds relationships with clinical staff to gain support of IT initiatives.
• Create and maintain project documentation to include, but not limited to: budgets, minutes, issues reports, status reports, cost reports, benefits measurements, payment schedules, project schedules and key decisions.
• Ensure project documentation is complete and error free.

Person Specification Education and qualifications

• Degree or equivalent; or previous experience in project management.
• PRINCE2 practitioner or equivalent NHS Project Management Experience.
• Post graduate degree in Health Informatics or related discipline e.g. MSc.

Knowledge

• PRINCE2 or other structured methodology
• Knowledge of Project lifecycles
• MS Office including MS Project or other Project Tools
• IT knowledge to understand technical and systems' issues
• Substantial knowledge of operations, change and project management methodologies and techniques
• Knowledge of NHS issues and processes

Experience

• Extensive experience and track record of managing and implementing projects including the management of change
• Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience in monitoring and reporting of project budgets
• NHS or other public services background including the management of change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust