Project Support Officer

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Pontypool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email. We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via the email account you used to apply for this post; therefore, please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

This is an exciting role providing project support to Aneurin Bevan Health Board's implementation of the All-Wales Dementia Care Pathway Standards wide-ranging projects across the Mental Health and Learning Disability Division.

This is a new and exciting project support role, and the role will enable the post holder to gain a holistic understanding across all directorates by providing both project and tactical ‘hands-on’ support to Divisional and Directorate teams to ensure the delivery of service redesign, strategic change, Quality Improvement, and project implementation in line with the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities division’s transformation programme.

Main Duties of the Job

To provide project support and coordination of expertise to ensure development and implementation of the Dementia Connector/Advisor Roles across five local authority areas in accordance with Standard 12 of the All-Wales Dementia Care Pathway Standards, to record project data and statistics to facilitate accurate reporting to Welsh Government in accordance with the terms of the funding awarded via the Regional Integration Fund (RIF).

The Project Support Officer will help gather evidence and intelligence to identify service developments and service transformation plans.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

This post is fixed term for 12 months due to meeting the needs of the service.

Working for Our Organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow, and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary, and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications, and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work-life balance, provide occupational health support, and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high-quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Experience

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience of supporting and managing projects

Desirable Criteria

• Understanding of Community-based services

Qualifications / Knowledge

Essential Criteria

• Evidence of CPD relevant to the role
• Understanding of systems in use within NHS organisations including Oracle/CWS/ESR/TRAC/EXCEL

Desirable Criteria

• Project Management qualification