The Job Planning Project Manager forms a crucial role within the Chief Medical Officers team at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.

The team consists of a Senior Business Manager, supporting and leading the Revalidation and Job Planning Project Managers.

The principle role of the Job Planning Project Manager is to support the organisations Chief Medical Officer in delivering the key part of the Consultant and SAS doctor terms and conditions along with various other aspects of the CMO portfolio.

The Project Managers within the team enable and contribute towards achieving these responsibilities and provide a crucial function for the safe and effective running of the organisation. The purpose of the Job Planning Project Manager is to drive the organisation forward in achieving a number of strategic objectives relating to the effective job planning of its medical workforce.

Main duties of the job

• Enabling the delivery of the Trusts job planning cycle
• Developing, initiating, and delivering projects relating to job planning
• Supporting the lead for job planning in achieving their objectives
• Co-ordinating reports and supporting evidence of current and projected performance against key performance indicators
• Delivering mandated reports to the Board of Directors on behalf of the CMO
• Supporting and assisting medical staff with achieving the requirements of appraisal and revalidation and job planning
• Organising and servicing the training and workshops associated with job planning and
• Providing support to the lead for job planning in delivering a robust appeals and mediation process for job planning.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites serving a local population of around 700,000.We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway.

We care about our patients and our people. We are focused on providing outstanding, safe patient care, and a positive working culture that benefits staff and patients alike. With our emphasis on staff training and development, a staff support scheme that's second to none, and a healthy package of benefits, it's easy to put down roots in East Kent Hospitals.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience in leading the delivery of improvement projects
• Experience with audits and or other assurance frameworks to support outcomes
• Experience with communicating and engaging stakeholders
• Experience with the job planning process

Desirable

• Experience with the medical Appraisal and Revalidation process
• Experience with board or sub-board papers/briefings
• Experience in evaluating and measuring performance of health services
• Experience with leading/managing a Responsible Officer Advisory Group (ROAG)

Skills

Essential

• Proven project management skills and delivery of change/improvement
• Competent with word processors, spreadsheet software and other tools to support business activities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience in presenting and/or facilitating training
• Skilled negotiator
• Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key information from complex analysis

Desirable

• Administrative skills associated with project management and support
• Stakeholder management
• Events management
• Capable of anticipating the need for business change in response to contemporary guidance or reports from local/national/regulator bodies

Knowledge

Essential

• Understands the contractual obligations for medical staff, in particular, those that require job planning and how this links to the terms and conditions of certain medical staff
• Knowledge of the employee based awards process (such as local clinical excellence awards and national clinical impact awards)

Desirable

• An understanding of change/improvement methodologies
• Understands the responsibilities of a Responsible Officer (RO) and the duties required to meet these

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to a degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working in a specialist area
• Project Management Qualification
• Evidence of personal/professional development

Desirable

• Word processing qualification
• Data handling/analysis qualification

Other requirements

Essential

• Able to work without supervision and manages time effectively to meet deadlines
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
• A commitment and a passion to improve the appraisal and revalidation experience of our medical workforce

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kent and Canterbury Hospital

Ethelbert Road

Canterbury

CT1 3NG

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