Programme Manager | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is an excellent opportunity for two experienced programme managers to join the largest provider of specialist Laboratory services in Cheshire and Merseyside to oversee tangible quality improvement and transformation to the system's diagnostic laboratory.

As a programme manager you will work closely with diverse stakeholders and provider organisations to play a hands-on role in overseeing several initiatives, driving improvements and change.

Both roles are substantive and will work as part of the core transformation team, taking responsibility for a diverse portfolio of projects aligned with the Liverpool Clinical Laboratories strategy.

Candidates with a strong background in quality improvement and lean methodology within an NHS setting will be highly regarded. Experience with diagnostic services and system thinking is preferred, although not essential.

The roles will require working at a senior level through a complex delivery programme. The post holders will work proactively on pathway improvement work from scoping and discussion with Teams, data analysis, collating plans and providing recommendations for delivery.

The individual should be able to provide and receive highly complex information and develop clear and concise reports, communicate, lead and influence at all levels, have strong planning and coordination skills, and be able to grasp critical issues and distil them into clear management priorities.

You will be a leader, with a strong value set, driven to improve diagnostic services for our patients and service users.

You will have a developed sense of personal resilience when working with our stakeholders and be able to proficiently navigate challenging discussions and support our teams in mitigating risks and issues., 1. Provide programme and project management expertise and advice within the Laboratory service.

2. Have overall responsibility for the successful delivery of a number of programmes and projects, for the full lifecycle from initiation to closure, taking a lead roll on a number of programmes and projects.

3. Ensure that all programme and projects are managed in accordance with relevant project management standards.

4. Ensure that all programmes and projects are supported by a robust governance structure.

5. Monitor the progress of the programmes and project against their original business case and project initiation document, ensuring where necessary the programme/projects are able to adapt to changing requirements and that plans are adjusted accordingly so that the deliverables are on time, to specified quality and within budget.

6. Analyse and evaluate the many diverse and conflicting issues associated with the completion of programmes and decide how resources are to be used. Be responsible for developing and tracking the progress of programme/project plans, including resource planning.

7. Identify and manage risks and issues associated with the programme, including the development and implementation of contingency plans. Where necessary, progress the escalation of project risks and issues which have been identified.

8. Working closely with the business change function to ensure that appropriate business re-engineering activities take place, in order to support the successful delivery of the key outputs of the programmes and projects.

9. Ensure that appropriate plans, documentation and procedures are in place when transitioning to business as usual.

10. Work to ensure that programmes and projects meet the strategic plans of the organisation and system.

11. Provide effective communications to update stakeholders on programme/project progress.

12. To work in closely with other NHS agencies and healthcare providers to develop opportunities to share best practice across the health community, actively supporting related initiatives.

13. The post holder will regularly liaise with senior managers, service leads, clinicians and departments as well as external NHS organisations, suppliers, local government and other key stakeholders.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.