Hscni Project Support

VANRATH are recruiting a temporary BAND 5/6 Project Support Officer (Health Service). This role will need an experienced candidate who has a demonstrable track record of providing project management support and carrying out general project admin duties.

Project: Technology Modernisation

A new electronic patient record system which will improve health care services for patients and assist health care providers in the sharing of medical records in a much more efficient and secure way.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for the project assisting project leads/managers. This will involve supporting the development of business cases, planning activities, risk and issues management, monitoring and coordination of tasks
• Assist project managers in the design, establishment and maintenance of project controls and standards.
• Participate as an active member of project teams.
• Act as point of contact for projects and develop an archive of information to allow reporting and information sharing.
• Be responsible for implementing and maintaining effective project management systems which will enable risk management, performance reporting, sharing of best practice and monitoring.
• Use agreed project management methodology to maintain changes to project implementation plans and to ensure reporting is carried out by project managers.
• Work with project managers to investigate causes of any variance from objectives.
• Coordinate project risks and issues and the corresponding mitigation actions, working with project managers.
• Establish and maintain project management tools and templates as a resource for the directorate.
• Prepare internal and external reports for the Senior Project Manager and the Head of Transformation including those to be submitted to the Shared Services Senior Management Team and other committees.
• Circulate regular project progress reports to stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate action is initiated following meetings.
• Liaise with staff in other health and social care organisations and external organisations as required.
• Provide administrative support by scheduling internal and external meetings as required and recording minutes and actions.
• Liaise with Heads of Service to ensure that agreed actions are completed within a timely manner.

The Ideal Person:

• University Degree and one+ year of relevant experience.
• Or relevant professional qualification and two+ years of relevant experience.
• Or strong demonstrable 3+ years experience.
• Certification of Project Management methodology (PRINCE2, Six Sigma or equivalent) would be great to have.

Remuneration:

BAND 5/6 (£28-35k pa), plus holiday pay, pension and discount benefits.

For further information on this vacancy, please apply via the link below or contact JP Rooney in the strictest confidence.