Band 7 IT Project Manager

The closing date is 26th Mar 2023

Job summary

(BSol) NHS Birmingham and Solihull are embarking on an exciting 3 year programme of work to upgrade their existing Laboratory Information systems (LIMS). This provides a unique opportunity for BSol to consolidate its technology and its business operations. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in making fundamental changes across Birmingham and Solihull which will have tremendous benefits to Laboratories and patients across BSol. The programme is seeking three respective candidates. 

Main duties, tasks & skills required

This role will be responsible for managing the implementation of key work stream deliverables for the LIMS Programme. The Project Manager will ensure solutions maximise benefit delivery through working closely with business representatives to understand their requirements and constraints. This will be supported through working with internal and external stakeholders to understand opportunities and constraints. 

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

IT degree or equivalent industry qualification and relevant experience in an IT related job. 

Desirable

Ongoing education and learning to Post Graduate Diploma Level (D)

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience within an ICT environment including actual experience of project management which includes a period in an NHS environment. (E)

Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary project team (E)

Full project life cycle experience in medium and large ICT projects, with strong skills in the planning and

implementation phases (E)

Delivering projects on time and to budget (E)

Writing and presenting ICT business cases E)

A good understanding of project risk and issue management (E)

Presenting internally and externally, and at all levels (E)

A good understanding of NHS strategies and plans and how they affect delivery of ICT within Trusts (E)

Desirable

A good general understanding and knowledge of medium/large ICT systems design, databases, operating systems, interfacing and functionality. (D)

A good understanding and working knowledge of data networking concepts, desktop, and server technology, with particular reference to Microsoft products. (D)

Additional Criteria

Essential

Well presented and positive attitude to Trust values (E)

Good clear communicator at all levels and good clear telephone manner (E)

Logical thinker (E)

Good previous attendance records (E)

Able to engage and motivate people (E)

Pragmatic (E)

Demonstrate leadership skills (E)

Desirable

Ability to positively influence others (D)

Fast Learner (D)

Resilient (D)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

For help with your application, contact: 

Vance Sterley 

vance.sterley@uhb.nhs.uk 

07790494598 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 7 

Salary

£41659.00  to £47672.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-1065991DO 

Job locations

Trustwide 
Mindelsohn Way 
Birmingham 
West Midlands 
B15 2TH 

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