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Salary Do you have experience of project management and have passion for working with people?
Can you manage complex staffing projects working across different organisations that really make a difference?
We’re seeking a Project Manager to join us on a system wide pilot in Norfolk to improve the services we can collectively offer to children, young people and their families.
Norfolk Start for Life (SfL) allows families to access a variety of services through a single offer working with a range of partners, parents, and carers. Our goal is to launch an innovative workforce pilot to test the introduction of two new roles to work alongside existing health and care professionals and to support this being rolled out.
Please note that should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert earlier than advertised.
You will be:
Self motivated, outcome focused, resilient and welcome new challenges.
Have experience of working in complex and challenging projects, with different stakeholders. Experience in 'people' related projects all the better!
Have fantastic interpersonal skills, this project is all about working with and through people to improve the care we can provide for children, young people and their families.
We will:
Provide excellent training and development
Give the opportunity to work with a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC.
Consider flexible working.
Provide access to a project that will directly improve the health outcomes for children and young people. We get values.
If this sounds like you, please apply today.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Apply and adapt a project management approach to the delivery of the SFL Workforce Pilot in order to develop and test a new skill mix model in the 0-5 HCP service (vulnerable pathway) in one or more localities in Norfolk working with the SfL Operational Lead.
Manage on time, within scope and budget the design and delivery of new roles as part of a pilot within the service and other interdependent services system wide.
Responsible for monitoring and collate evidence during both the delivery of the pilot and the outcomes through an programme management system, comparing this with existing service delivery in order to identify opportunities for sustainable staffing models.
Scoping existing competency frameworks for support and associate levels of practice as well as supervision models in order to develop and implement a competency framework for the new roles.
Developing / sourcing training packages to support individuals achieve competences and assess fitness to practice.
Designing and implementing multi professional team development programmes and engagement models which support collaborative working amongst new roles, teams and services.
Developing career pathways for the new roles, with step on and step off elements in order to consolidate practice to aid recruitment, progression and retention.
Work with the newly established SfL Parent and Carer panel, alongside Maternity Voices Partnerships and with participation structures which target underrepresented groups, to engage with families, carers and others to ensure new roles meet with the health needs of the local community. As well as working with key stakeholders from Maternity services, Mental Health services, Early Child and Family service to support families navigate packages of care in order to provider better continuity of care.
Ensure that the scope and deliverables of the SfL Workforce Pilot will result in operational benefits and implement means of measuring these. Identify potential benefits and assist in the development of a benefits realisation plan to maximise value and build upon the ideas of patients and other key stakeholders.
Work in partnership with staff engaged on other related projects or services across the local health community as a whole to share good practice, learning and products (i.e. competency frameworks, supervision models, training plan etc) as they are created.
Interpreting and applying best practice tools, frameworks and policies.
Reviewing complex sometimes conflicting information, assessing a range of options to support the outcomes of the SFL pilot.
Working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders across the locality to create new workforce policies and frameworks for the system to support the transition from pilot to business as usual with the introduction of the new roles in the service.
