Senior Improvement Manager - Programmes

KMMH is embarking on its biggest improvement journey and working alongside our system colleagues we are shaping the agenda of care for Mental Health, learning disability, and autism across the county., This Senior Improvement Programme Manager role is an exciting opportunity to work with an amazing team to deliver an agenda and really make a difference to our patients, services users, carers and our people., This is a 10 month contract to deliver a range of strategic programmes as part of our 'Doing Well Together' improvement programme including the integration of our new Mental Health Together model.

• Support the Programme Director to determine resource requirements and negotiate the provision of resource with the sponsor and other senior managers and provide ongoing management of resources.
• Implement a time bound management approach, including the articulation of the delivery roadmap for programmes.
• Underpin change initiatives with appropriate documentation including charter, project plans, risk and issues registers, benefits realisation documentation, and other associated relevant documentation.
• Support and coach senior managers, clinicians and project teams in articulating and utilising project/programme management methodologies to implement change.
• Communicate the progress of improvement initiatives.
• Deliver projects/programmes to the agreed quality standards, to time and cost and in accordance with the Trust's project management framework and processes.
  
  We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, youngpeopleand adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD. Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve. Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mentalillness, butlive well.It'swhywe'repassionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive,curiousand confident. Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a teamthat'sworking well together.