Project Manager

The London Kidney Network is seeking an experienced project manager to work within its programme team. The role will cover a portfolio of work, which will include patient involvement and engagement.,

• Work with stakeholders to deliver and implement projects to improve and reduce variation in patient experience and quality of care, and clinical outcomes for those with renal disease
• Identify, involve and incorporate the views and needs of patients, the public and stakeholders, in all stages of the project.
• Lead discrete projects and act as an influential project facilitator – planning, coordinating and delivering the projects enabling clinicians to operate as successful leaders and effective change agents
• Ensure effective performance management of the project
• Create, maintain and deliver robust project plans, key outcomes, deliverable and timescales using LKN Programme project documentation. Complete progress reports as required.
• Ensure appropriate data collection systems are in place to facilitate the analysis, interpretation and presentation of information relevant to the project, working closely with the Business Intelligence Lead.
• Ensure there are regular project meetings to co-ordinate the work programme and report to the Management team monthly.
• Build, manage and maintain strong and collaborative working relationships
• Act with delegated authority in exercising identified leadership and project responsibilities.
• Contribute to the communication of LKN work, At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
• A Professional project manager to work as part of the LKNProgramme Team enabling production and delivery of LKN strategies, workplans, aims and objectives, under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Programme Manager
• Experience and understanding of working as a Project Manager in the NHS, or Organisation of similar complexity.
• Experience of patient and public involvement and engagement
• Excellent organisational skills and a history of delivering transformational strategic and quality improvement projects.
• A team player with an ability to build positive working relationships across organisational and professional boundaries.
• Demonstrable evidence of effective project management impact and delivering measurable quality improvement outcomes are pre-requisites for applicants.
• An ability to work to tight timescales and to work flexibly across multiple teams and projects.
• St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
• After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

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