Interim Efficiencies Programme Manager

A Efficiencies Programme Manager is required for a NHS Trust in the South East where you will be expected to work onsite 3-4 days a week and must have NHS Project/Programme Management experience. You will also need to have experience working on a similar programme. The role pays £310 a day Inside of IR35.

Efficiencies Programme Manager is a key role for the Trust, working collaboratively alongside Finance Directorate colleagues to ensure the delivery of the Efficiencies Programme, including identifying, accurately costing, analysing, monitoring and reporting on all cross cutting and divisional efficiencies. The Efficiencies Programme Manager is tasked with the overall programme management and reporting sensitive highly complex information, ensuring continuous communication with the Divisional and Workstream leads to ensure that the progress of the Programme is accurately reported.

This is a vital and central role and will support Executives, Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) clinicians and key stakeholders in varying roles and seniority across the Trust and will require a focus on ensuring cost, quality and time constraints are adhered to.

Key Responsibilities:

This role is instrumental to the Team and the improvement and efficiency projects and programmes throughout the Trust. As such, the post holder will be required to:

• Working with the Directorate, you will drive the development of the Trust's Efficiencies Programme and manage a number of specific projects concurrently, in order to support the Financial Recovery Plan.
• Responsible for representation at a number of Project Meetings linked to efficiency schemes and provide high-calibre project management and financial input into project group meetings as well as acting as a core contact for divisional and workstream leads, to advise on all matters related to the Efficiencies Programme.
• Responsible for delivery of the Cross Cutting Theme Efficiencies and Divisional Programmes of work and ensure the agreed savings target are achieved whilst managing the Trust's efficiency financial tracker. Presenting complex reports to the various committees and senior colleagues, including Project Initiation Documents, Integrated Impact Assessment and Business Cases.
• Support the strategy teams to develop, coordinate and implement any standard work procedures aligned to the Efficiencies Programme.
• Deliver an in-depth and up to date knowledge of the Trust's Patient First Improvement System and how this aligns with the Efficiencies Programme and better clinical outcomes for our patients.
• Ensure project documentation is up to date including maintaining programme risk and issue logs and ensuring mitigations are in place and escalated in line with the Trust's risk management policy. Deliver high quality auditable Project documentation throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Work closely with various internal and external stakeholders and maintain constant engagement and momentum to ensure the rigor of the process is observed, including the Business Intelligence teams to ensure data is updated and accurate.
• Ensure personal flexibility if required to meet conflicting/changing programme requirements whilst managing your own workload.
• Maintain the financial efficiency tracker alongside Finance colleagues and support the implementation of a new KPI tracker.

If you have the required experience in the NHS as above, please apply.