Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 320-W&C-1070
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Derby Hospital
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata/pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Project Manager for Perinatal Pelvic Health Service
Band 7
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;
Job overview
This exciting new project manager role has been created to support the implementation of the new Perinatal Pelvic Health Service (PPHS) within the UHDB maternity services. This new service is a nationally driven requirement which aims to improve the health and well-being of our pregnant women and birthing people who are at risk of developing or are living with pelvic health issues associated with childbirth.
This role will provide expert project management and improvement knowledge and techniques to support the implementation of this service. As the PPHS will be run by a multi-disciplinary team consisting of midwifery, physiotherapy, obstetric and gynaecology staff, the role will involve working across the divisions to ensure effective and timely implementation.
This is a fixed term role / secondment offered for a 12 month period.
Main duties of the job
Do you have :
- a project management qualification, e.g. PRINCE2 or equivalent practical experience of project management
- experience and significant knowledge of robust project management methodologies
- practical experience of supporting large programmes of change using project management tools, ideally within a people services, strategy or improvement setting
- experience of writing project / programme update reports
- experience and ability to track expenditure against plans and produce reports for various meetings and committee
It would be great (but not essential) if you also have a service improvement qualification, or experience / training in improvement methodologies.
Closing date of applications: 28 August 2025
Date of interview: TBC
Working for our organisation
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience
- Service Improvement qualification E.G QSIR
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification, e.g. PRINCE2 Qualification or equivalent practical experience of project management
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proven track record of project delivery in service improvement programmes including demonstrable outputs and project management
- Experience of working with lean and Improvement practice methodology
Desirable criteria
- Improvement & transformation within acute hospital provider
Skills
Essential criteria
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills. Communicates complex information about improvement projects to clinical and non-clinical groups in a variety of settings
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and Use of computer software to write up process maps and other graphical information electronically.
Communication
Essential criteria
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
Desirable criteria
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanna Harrison-Engwell
- Job title
- Public Health Matron for Maternity
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385367237
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