We are recruiting for a Capital Project Officer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Are you excited and passionate about providing great patient care and supporting staff to be able deliver that care?

Are you organised, proactive and a natural problem solver? Then the Capital Project Officer role could be the role for you.

The Capital Project Officer role is an integral support role to the successful delivery of capital funded projects being implemented within East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust supporting the technical and operational programme managers through to successful completion of those projects.

We are looking for a dedicated, proactive, go-getter who isn't afraid to think outside the box to get things done in the pursuit of great quality care to our community and supporting our clinical colleagues.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The Estates and Facilities Team is passionate and committed to supporting the clinical care provided by the organisation through the pursuit of maintaining and improving the environment in which we work.

The post holder will be supported and managed by a programme manager and will be responsible for leading a defined set of interdependent projects.

Key responsibilities include:

Supervised project management.

Administration of key meetings through the capture of action logs. risk registers, minutes and other supportive documents.

Manage and progress procurement of project items and equipment.

Ensuring clear communication with project stakeholders.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to ourcatchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

o The Lister Hospital, Stevenageo New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden Cityo Hertford County, Hertfordo Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Quality Improvement training or qualification
• Project management training or qualification
• Evidence on ongoing CPD activity

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a team to achieve delivery of planned benefits
• Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities.

Desirable

• Project management experience - experience of supporting a change programme
• Previous NHS Acute provider experience
• Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders

Knowledge

Essential

• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Takes appropriate action or make decisions in a changing environment and to prioritise work appropriately
• Can develop and establish mechanisms (including roll-out) to track progress against plans

Other Requirements

Essential

• Self-motivated
• Team player
• Ability to thrive under pressure
• Adaptable, flexible and innovative approach to work.
• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

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361-6731775