Project Manager

Job title:

Project Manager

Company

NHS Scotland

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join NHS Tayside’s Digital Programme Office.NHS Tayside has recently developed their Digital Strategy and at the heart of this lays an ambition to develop a modern Electronic Patient Record (EPR), alongside modernising the application and technical estate.This is an exciting time to join NHS Tayside’s Digital Directorate Programme Office as it will play a key role in supporting the ambitions set out in this new strategy.As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for delivering projects across the Strategic Delivery Portfolio, working closely with all levels of staff across the organisation.Who are we:NHS Tayside’s Digital Directorate is to work. What we do matters.We harness the power of data and technology, delivering digital systems, services, products and standards upon which health and care professionals depend. We collaborate and problem solve to transform and inform care.Our outstanding teams are passionate about technology and public service, making use of everyone’s skills to improve people’s lives within Tayside.NHS Tayside has a strong history of innovation, and the Digital Directorate can have significant impact on the delivery of clinical services, helping to reduce pressure on resources and improve outcomes for patients.We help to provide care providers with the right data at the right time to improve the speed and accuracy of decisions they make about the person’s care.What we are looking for:As a Project Manager, you should fit the following criteria: –

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant work experience
• Project Management qualification e.g., PRINCE2
• Experience of working in / with the NHS or considerable experience in project delivery within challenging environments
• In-depth knowledge of project management, project management processes and the project lifecycle
• Experience in the use of project management tools used for project planning
• Ability to show leadership skills in implementing an IT project
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Experience in autonomous decision making and providing solutions to problems or issues

What we will give you:NHS Tayside provides its employees with excellent family friendly policies along with generous leave entitlement. We aim to provide an environment that encourages work/life balance and there is some flexibility in team remote working on a partial basis.You will have a degree of autonomy within your role, reporting to the Senior Project Manager/Team Leader.Training relevant to your role will be provided and there are opportunities for professional development and career progression within the wider organisation, including the involvement in multi-disciplinary projects along with access to all the necessary tools and resources required for this role.This is a permanent, full-time post (37 hrs per week) within the Digital Directorate, currently based at Maryfield House, Dundee; however, location may change in the future.Your performance must comply with the national “Mandatory Induction Standards for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland” 2009; and with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers.Who to contactFor informal enquiries please contact Gayle MacDonald ( )NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37-hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

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Location

Dundee

Job date

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 02:33:28 GMT

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