
Department: Regional Medical and Dental Locum reduction programme
Repors to: Regional M&D Programme Lead
Location: Base to be determined with the successful applicant, hybrid working available
Contract and Hours: Temporary, Full time, for 2 years initially
Interviews will take place week commencing 25th August 2025
Job summary:
The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing planning and management of the programme and will oversee the planning and implementation of 7 workstream themes and 19 workstream sub groups and key actions outlined in the Medical and Dental Locum Reduction action plan.
The post holder will be accountable to the Director for the Project Management of the Regional Medical and Dental Locum Reduction Programme
The Project Manager will lead, coordinate and drive the delivery of the key actions through the reform programme and support the administration that will be needed to facilitate the work of the individual workstreams. They will work with Trusts Senior Responsible Officers (SROs), Hospital Management Teams, Department of Health (DoH) and NIMDTA teams as well as business and support services such as finance, performance and planning, HR, etc to facilitate improvement of the Medical and Dental Workforce and services, in line with strategic direction and ensure safe and efficient services that meet the needs of our population.
They will establish arrangements for assuring governance of the programme, implementation of the agreed actions and monitoring performance to ensure the Strategic objectives are met.
• The Project Manager will be a member of the Regional Agency Reduction Implementation Group (ARIG) and the Regional Medical and Dental Locum Reduction Steering Group and will provide a link between the sub-groups and the Programme Board for the implementation of agreed key actions;
▪ Delivery of short, medium and long term actions contained within the programme action plan
▪ Provide regular updates, presentations and highlight reports to the Programme Board on all workstreams progress
▪ Identify early to the Programme Board key risks likely to impact upon progress of the workstreams
▪ Undertake audits across all Trusts and the Region in order to monitor performance against an agreed set of standards/KPIs. Collect, analyse and present the data to the programme Board.
▪ Develop strategies for improvement ensuring the overall programme is on target to achieve the objectives.
• The Project Manager will facilitate all sub-groups to ensure they have adequate support to carry out their function.
• The project manager will be line manager for a team of staff. They will be responsible for ensuring the team are supported, trained and developed to enable them to meet the required standards and contribute to delivery of the programme objectives.
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