Project Manager

Job summary

Fancy taking on a new challenge? We are recruiting for new roles to work with our colleagues in Primary Care via Cornwall Training Hub. These roles will manage projects relating to recruitment, retention, education and training.

Cornwall Training Hub, hosted by Kernow Health CIC provides at scale support to General Practices in Cornwall and now expanding into wider community health services. We have Project Manager opportunities around specific innovations such as Community Pharmacy, Diabetes Self-management Programmes and early career pathway development. You will be working closely with colleagues across the wider health and care system to develop and deliver initiatives collaboratively.

We are a fast-paced, innovative team, who are passionate about making a difference locally. No two days are the same and you will often be asked to respond quickly to multiple demands. You will be either internally or externally facing but will link closely with colleagues across the Training Hub. You will be the central point of contact, working across multiple businesses throughout the county with diverse needs and challenges. While managing the projects themselves, you will also need to bring stakeholders together and ensure their competing needs are met. As well as a proven track record as a project manager, you must have excellent influencing and negotiation skills and excel in managing relationships.

Main duties of the job

Cornwall Primary Care Training Hub requires Project Managers across a range of delivery areas. There is more than one post available.

Delivery areas will include: ongoing co-ordination and development of diabetes self-management education; recruitment and retention for community pharmacy*; development of apprenticeships; early career development pathways.

The post-holder will be required to work autonomously to provide project management, coordination and organisation to ensure delivery of their relevant projects. You will bring stakeholders together to work towards a common purpose, requiring conflict management, negotiation and influencing skills.

We work most of the time from home, so you must be comfortable with working independently, but support is only a Teams Call away You will also be required to attend face to face meetings or visit the local GP Practices or Pharmacists and we get together as a whole team once a month.

This is a great opportunity to make a difference and work in the wider primary care sector. Come and be part of our award winning team The role is for hours per week for a 12 month fixed term contract.

About us

Why Join Kernow Health CIC?

Kernow Health CIC is a local organisation, owned by General Practitioners, delivering a number of NHS contracts across Cornwall where profits are reinvested back into the company to support healthcare across Cornwall.

Working with us, you will benefit from:

• Employee benefit programme through Vivup
• 6 weeks pro rata holiday entitlement (including bank holidays), with the ability to buy and sell annual leave.
• Being part of a local, agile and innovative team.
• Access to a great support network within a multi-professional team.
• Access to pension scheme, sickness, maternity and paternity pay.
• Access to training and continuous professional development through the Cornwall Training Hub.

Job responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day-to-day management of all allocated projects and programmes and tracking progress to support the programme leads.
• Provide project management and co-ordination for initiatives in line with agreed project outcomes.
• Organise, attend, and lead, team and project meetings as required and relevant to the delivery of allocated projects, either face to face or online.
• Record and share project updates with wider team and stakeholders, presenting findings at meetings as required.
• Support the training hub Programme and Education leads with project reporting, including relevant KPI data collection.
• Update and manage all allocated project paperwork allocated projects and programmes.
• Work with local stakeholders to develop appropriate career pathways and education and training offers, linking with the education team and the wider health and care system.
• Support the programme managers with programme finance, including admin related to purchase and sales orders.
• Analyse data to understand trends, challenges and potential opportunities within and track impact of programmes and projects.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Identify potential risks and issues developing mitigation strategies to ensure projects remain within timescales.
• Work in partnership with other stakeholders across the wider health and care system, towards developing a system wide solution that benefits all parties in the system.
• Develop deep understanding of stakeholder needs and challenges and incorporate appropriate solutions into projects as appropriate.

Diabetes and You

• Diabetes & You is Cornwall's QISMET approved diabetes structured self-management education programme, delivering courses to groups of people with Type 2 Diabetes via Educators who have undertaken a prescribed training programme with the Cornwall Primary Care Training Hub. The post-holder will be expected to oversee the onward delivery and development of the programme, ensuring that educators, course resources and delivery schedule maintain an excellent level of service and standards for people with Type 2 Diabetes

Pharmacy Recruitment and Retention

• This role will work with colleagues in the Community Pharmacy sector, supporting them with initiatives around recruitment and retention. It is a new area of work, so will involve building and managing relationships

General

• Actively contribute to the Organisations values and behaviours ensuring that relevant processes are open and transparent and encourage the confidence of staff, patients, partner organisations, the public and other agencies.
• Promote a positive organisational image.
• Promote own personal and others health, safety, and security, taking the appropriate action to report risk in accordance with policy.
• Ensure that equipment and resources are managed effectively to reduce waste and promote cost efficiency.
• Ensure the safe keeping and maintenance of equipment in accordance with policy, reporting defect or loss.
• Maintain personal development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in an annual appraisal and appropriate training activities.
• Ensure compliance with all Kernow Health CIC statutory and mandatory training requirements, policies and protocols.
• Take appropriate responsibility to ensure that your objectives are aligned with the core team and organisational objectives.
• To demonstrate agility through adapting to the needs of the organisation by working flexibly in response to changing organisational requirements and priorities.
• You will be expected to carry out any other duties that may reasonably be required in line with your main duties, as directed by your line manager.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months

Pay: Up to £30,894.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Truro TR1 3LP

Application deadline: 24/11/2025