Project Manager

There is an exciting range of strategic work to be achieved across CSS, including the delivery of strategic priorities at an organisational, regional and national level. We are looking to appoint two Project Managers who will enable us to deliver our key strategic plans, initially focusing on the implementation and delivery of the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) programme.

Working at a Corporate level in a fast-paced Programme Management Office, the Project Manager will play a key role in ensuring that large scale, complex programmes of work are delivered to agreed timescales, to a high standard. The Project Manager role is integral to working with multiple stakeholders across MFT and external stakeholders engaged in delivering the Programme, to deliver against key objectives, providing assurance of delivery to senior colleagues and stakeholders.

The post holder is required to deliver against a varied portfolio of work, operating flexibly to meet the challenging and competing demands of the role, including ensuring tasks are prioritised and meeting deadlines. The Project Manager is expected to operate within sound governance structures, recognising when to escalate and appropriately manage risk. Reporting through governance structures will be an integral part of the role and the assurances the Programme Management Office can give regarding delivery.

The post holder will need to be able to move comfortably between a number of highly skilled, unrelated tasks, proactively and quickly picking up new issues and working with limited guidance and supervision. They will require an in depth understanding of programme priorities, including both the work agenda and wider political sensitivities and issues surrounding different aspects of the work.

You will join the growing CSS Strategy and Transformation Team and be a key part of the team who deliver projects of national and local importance, including the Community Diagnostic Centres programme across Manchester and Trafford. These roles will support our clinical and operational management colleagues to roll out additional CDC activity in sites across Manchester and Trafford, and drive forward the Programme including working closely with Estates colleagues and supporting the reporting of progress to both regional and national stakeholders.

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!