Senior Project Manager

Job Summary

The post holder will support the Programme Director for Elective Recovery and Reform Programme and wider colleagues across the Trust Provider Collaborative and GM Integrated Care Board to successfully deliver the agreed work programmes.

The post holder will work closely with colleagues across the healthcare community to support elective recovery and reform; improving access for patients, reducing waiting times, and supporting increased productivity. This will include ensuring improvements in elective care contribute to ‘levelling up’, aligned to the broader health inequalities agenda, and working with partners across the system to ensure a collaborative approach to the transformed delivery of elective care.

For this role, having experience of working in an operational hospital role would be advantageous, as would working with Children’s services in a healthcare setting.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will collaborate with clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure care pathways support effective flow of patients between primary, community, intermediate and secondary care. Managing complex agendas, influencing partners and negotiating sometimes complex and conflicting relationships.
• Through strong leadership, transformational approaches and change management skills the post holder will develop, implement, and evaluate innovative models of care delivery that meets the needs of service users and commissioners alike. A primary focus will be to ensure improvements in patient / client outcomes and the safety, effectiveness, and experience of their care. Provide identification of transformation projects, development of project plans, milestones and risks and the delivery of efficiency to enable service transformation.
• The post holder will work closely with the Programme Director for Elective Care within their portfolio area and Clinical Leads to deliver the priorities identified within their programme of work.

About us

This is an exciting time to join the Elective Recovery and Reform programme, you will work with a range of colleagues and stakeholders in order to improve the waiting times for our patient population of Greater Manchester.

We are a team working on a number of areas of elective reform and recovery. We are a supportive and inclusive team who are passionate about improving the waiting times for the GM population.

Date posted

04 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

896-PIASB-1090-A

Job locations

The Tootal Buildings

56 Oxford Street

Manchester

M1 6EU

Job Description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will support the Programme Director for Elective Care and wider colleagues across the Provider Federation Board and GM Integrated Care to successfully deliver the agreed work programmes. The post holder will work closely with clinical and managerial colleagues across the healthcare community to principally support transformation programmes, with the development and implementation of projects and service changes to ensure that services are responsive to and meet the needs of the population of Greater Manchester.

• This will involve engagement on service development, scoping national and local priorities, formulation of specific and appropriate transformation intentions, and supporting the delivery of a programme of work to include outcome-based service specifications for all services and robust contractual performance monitoring and management of services.
• Partnership working is essential across the healthcare, social care and volunteer community as we continue to break down barriers between organisations and reshape the way we use resources. The post holder will collaborate with clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure care pathways support effective flow of patients between primary, community, intermediate and secondary care.
• Managing complex agendas, influencing partners and negotiating sometimes complex and conflicting relationships.
• Through strong leadership, transformational approaches and change management skills the post holder will develop, implement, and evaluate innovative models of care delivery that meets the needs of service users and commissioners alike. A primary focus will be to ensure improvements in patient / client outcomes and the safety, effectiveness, and experience of their care.
• Provide identification of transformation projects, development of project plans, milestones and risks and the delivery of efficiency to enable service transformation.
• The post holder will work closely with the Programme Director for Elective Care within their portfolio area and Clinical Leads to deliver the priorities identified within their programme of work.
• The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Operational Delivery plan for Elective Care which deliver high standards of care and which demonstrates achievement through quality and outcome indicators and drives efficiencies.
• In collaboration with Communication Leads responsible for developing adequate links between clinicians, health and social care professionals, public health and local authorities including the Community Voluntary Sector, ensuring that all are kept well informed and can influence changes.
• This job description and person specification are only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
• The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Provider Federation Board and GM Integrated Care.

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