Job summaryThe South East London Respiratory Programme is seeking a support officer to join the team. This exciting innovative role will support the SEL Project Manager to drive forward project plans in line with the nationally agreed objectives to improve quality and reduce variation amongst Pulmonary Rehabilitation services.The role involves working closely alongside the SEL PR lead and also develops close working relationships across all 6 SEL PR services, which include Greenwich, Lewisham, Bromley, Bexley, Kings College Hospital and Guys & St Thomas'.Main duties of the jobThe role will involve supporting the SEL Programme Manager. The applicant must have previous experience of supporting projects and be able to collect and analyse data to present on a regular basis. They must be able to communicate effectively as the role will involve working with health care professionals from a variety of settings; community, hospital and primary care. The role will also involve linking in with GP surgeries to understand where support is most needed to help drive up quality referrals and support the engagement of local populations from underrepresented groups.The role will be supported to work from home in addition to working at the host site at the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust COPD Team base, at Goldie Leigh in Abbey Wood. The role will also require the post holder to travel to various sites across SEL where required.Improving access, referral and completion rates of patients attending PRAddressing inequalities in the care and access to PRAbout usOxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:We're KindWe'reWe ListenWe CareJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo Support the Project Manager with SEL the deployment phases of projects in line with the national PR objectives ensuring stages and gates are reached satisfactorily.To ensure that projects produce the required products, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost. The project support officer is also responsible for the project producing a result which is capable of achieving the benefits defined in the project plan.To deliver the PR project plans on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the SEL PR and ICS Leads and within the constraints agreed.Specific Responsibilities:Organisation and attendance of key project meetings with comprehensive note taking and producing action logsManaging project schedules and project trackingResponsible for enabling the smooth running of projects with the support of the SEL PR leadTo prioritise all incoming work on a daily basis, including responding quickly and appropriately to urgent/important issuesTo ensure accurate and timely storage of all project documentation, both manually and electronicallyTo compile updates and input data using specific formatting techniques, into the appropriate database systemsTo display comprehensive knowledge and skills to extract data from systems when required for ad hoc, monthly/ quarterly and annual reportsTo produce and present reports/papers, infographics and attachments formatted to agreed standards for both internal and external meetingsContribute to strategic planning and identify the risks including the development of contingency plansEnsuring that project resources are appropriately usedPerson SpecificationIT systemsEssentialspecialist knowledge of ICT systems and proceduresDesirableNHS experience including its commissioning structures and complex processesCommunication skillsEssentialAdvanced communication skills to enable productive working with staff resistant to changeProject managementEssentialMinimum 2 years experience in working in project management with evidence of successful project completionDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).Employer detailsEmployer nameOxleas NHS Foundation TrustAddress151 Goldie Leigh,Lodge Hill,Abbey Wood,SE2 0ASEmployer's websitehttp://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)