Project Support Officer

The Project Support Officer is required to support the Elective Recovery Programme leadership team, to deliver their corporate objectives and portfolio, including responsibilities in any relationships or activities the team leaders may participate in in the local or national health system. The post-holder will undertake a wide range of administrative tasks, including taking personal responsibility for delegated projects and business. This is in addition to providing a comprehensive administrative service to ensure the smooth running of the Elective Recovery Project Management Office (PMO).

The Project Support Officer is responsible for a wide range of communications on behalf of the PMO, and must at all times promote sensitivity and tact, and respect confidentiality to ensure these are effective.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enable the effective running of the PMO by supporting programme management through the co-ordination of highlight report and briefing requests and receipts, maintenance of action trackers and production of agendas.
• Ensure the production of monthly briefings by working with key stakeholders and working to agreed timescales.
• Maintain an up-to-date confidential list of all appropriate professional group contacts and contact database for the CMAST PMO.
• Support programme managers with co-ordination of project team meetings, clinical networks, and programme board/leadership team meetings.
• With the relevant professional group contacts, service the Elective Recovery Programme Board, Leadership Team Meetings, and other key groups.
• Undertake specific projects on behalf of the Elective Recovery Programme Director, as requested.
• Collecting and collating data reports from Cheshire & Merseyside providers, for reporting in to regional and national teams.

About Us:

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Caroline Neary
Job title: Senior Project Manager
Email address: Caroline.Neary@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07824 010242