We are looking for an experienced Digital Project Manager to lead the development of a comprehensive baseline assessment and a clear case for change for shared care records across Bexley Care Plus, and to support delivery of system improvements that enable safe, effective information sharing. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is leading the integrator arrangement for Bexley’s neighbourhood model, working with partners to join up care around local residents. If you’re passionate about improving joined up care through better digital and data enabled ways of working, then this role is for you.Main duties of the job
- Lead a baseline mapping exercise for shared care records and produce an agreed case for change across Bexley Care Plus.
- Plan, structure and oversee the digital, data and organisational workstreams required to improve interoperability and information sharing.
- Work closely with neighbourhood leadership, SEL ICS digital colleagues, GPs/PCNs, local authority teams, acute partners, the third sector and Oxleas services to co-design clinical and operational use cases.
- Identify gaps in data, governance, consent, information standards and technical infrastructure; translate findings into practical recommendations and a delivery roadmap.
- Monitor progress, risks and dependencies, resolving issues and implementing corrective actions to maintain programme delivery.
- Support organisations to improve uptake and embedding of existing tools such as the Universal Care Plan and London Care Record.
About usOxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesProgramme & project management
- Develop and maintain programme plans, milestones, governance products and reporting to agreed quality and timeframes.
- Coordinate contributions from neighbourhood partners to ensure benefits, risks, issues and dependencies are clearly articulated and actively managed.
- Support implementation activity with the ICS and partners to improve data flow and sharing across organisations.
Resource management
- Manage programme resources effectively and support financial oversight of project funds where appropriate, ensuring value for money.
- Oversee practical arrangements that support interoperability, including coordinating payments and maintenance relating to interfaces between systems (where required).
Leadership, engagement and communication
- Build strong, collaborative cross-organisation relationships to shape short-, medium- and long-term improvements.
- Develop and deliver a staff and partner engagement plan, including supporting training needs linked to new information-sharing practices and standards.
- Work closely with digital, data/IG, clinical and operational teams to ensure safe, effective, appropriate access to information.
Research & insight
- Use evidence-based approaches to evaluate current information-sharing practices and identify operational, technical and data gaps.
- Map the digital systems used across the Bexley Care Plus landscape (including RiO, EMIS, Social Rx, Liquid Logic and relevant EPRs) and existing integration pathways.
- Evaluate digital tools and information standards that support shared care records, including the London Care Record and Universal Care Plan.
Job description
Job responsibilitiesProgramme & project management
- Develop and maintain programme plans, milestones, governance products and reporting to agreed quality and timeframes.
- Coordinate contributions from neighbourhood partners to ensure benefits, risks, issues and dependencies are clearly articulated and actively managed.
- Support implementation activity with the ICS and partners to improve data flow and sharing across organisations.
Resource management
- Manage programme resources effectively and support financial oversight of project funds where appropriate, ensuring value for money.
- Oversee practical arrangements that support interoperability, including coordinating payments and maintenance relating to interfaces between systems (where required).
Leadership, engagement and communication
- Build strong, collaborative cross-organisation relationships to shape short-, medium- and long-term improvements.
- Develop and deliver a staff and partner engagement plan, including supporting training needs linked to new information-sharing practices and standards.
- Work closely with digital, data/IG, clinical and operational teams to ensure safe, effective, appropriate access to information.
Research & insight
- Use evidence-based approaches to evaluate current information-sharing practices and identify operational, technical and data gaps.
- Map the digital systems used across the Bexley Care Plus landscape (including RiO, EMIS, Social Rx, Liquid Logic and relevant EPRs) and existing integration pathways.
- Evaluate digital tools and information standards that support shared care records, including the London Care Record and Universal Care Plan.
Person SpecificationEducation/QualificationsEssential
- Master’s Degree or equivalent experience or Fully PRINCE2 or alternative methodology trained or Post graduate qualifications/development in Organisation Development or Project Management
ExperienceEssential
- At least 5 years’ experience either in a management or digital role
Desirable
- Previous experience in working for the NHS or Social Care
Skills/Abilities/KnowledgeEssential
- Evidence of high level of working under pressure to meet deadlines and working with multiple stakeholders across organisations
ExperienceEssential
- Significant experience of project management, staff engagement and change management
ExperienceEssential
- Experience of demonstrating benefits realised by change
Person Specification
Education/QualificationsEssential
- Master’s Degree or equivalent experience or Fully PRINCE2 or alternative methodology trained or Post graduate qualifications/development in Organisation Development or Project Management
ExperienceEssential
- At least 5 years’ experience either in a management or digital role
Desirable
- Previous experience in working for the NHS or Social Care
Skills/Abilities/KnowledgeEssential
- Evidence of high level of working under pressure to meet deadlines and working with multiple stakeholders across organisations
ExperienceEssential
- Significant experience of project management, staff engagement and change management
ExperienceEssential
- Experience of demonstrating benefits realised by change
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
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