Project Officer Prevention & Vitality

Do you want to contribute to care where not only treatment, but also the vitality of patients is central? Do you get energy from organizing and executing projects, collaborating with various stakeholders, and translating plans into concrete actions on the work floor? Then we are looking for you.

As a Project Officer Prevention & Vitality, you will work primarily on two initiatives within Maastricht UMC+: executing a pilot of the "Activeerkracht" (Activation Force) on two nursing wards and the hospital-wide implementation of various movement and nutrition initiatives. You will ensure that these initiatives are well-prepared, executed, and evaluated.

You will work within a project team that is collectively responsible for 7 projects that contribute to the vitality of patients. You will work independently on the coordination and execution of two of those projects. Within the team, collaboration is flexible. Additionally, you will work closely with healthcare professionals, researchers, students, and other stakeholders. You will maintain an overview, monitor progress, and identify bottlenecks. You connect people and tasks and contribute to the further development and sustainable embedding of prevention and vitality within the MUMC+.

What will you be working on?
You will work primarily on two projects that contribute to promoting movement, healthy nutrition, and recovery during hospital admission. Additionally, through your participation in the project team, you will contribute to the 5 other ongoing projects, also related to the vitality of patients.

1- The Activeerkracht
The Activeerkracht is a healthcare worker who supports nurses in stimulating healthy and recovery-promoting behavior in patients. The Activeerkracht focuses on movement, nutrition, and mental health, and complements existing support provided by, among others, nurses, physiotherapists, dietitians, psychosocial care, and nutrition assistants.

The Activeerkracht informs, stimulates, and guides patients during their admission, offers a listening ear, and has a signaling function. The initiative is being implemented as a pilot on two nursing wards.

To evaluate the pilot, measurements are carried out before and during implementation. This investigates whether patients move more and eat more protein due to the deployment of the Activeerkracht. You will coordinate the execution of the pilot and the measurements, supervise involved students, and work together with researchers on data collection and evaluation.

2- Implementation of movement and nutrition initiatives
In recent years, various initiatives have been developed to stimulate movement and healthy nutrition during hospital admission. However, these initiatives have not yet been implemented everywhere within the hospital.

Together with involved colleagues, you will map out which initiatives are appropriate for which departments and coordinate further implementation. To do this, you will draw up an implementation plan, coordinate with departments and healthcare professionals, and monitor progress. In doing so, you look not only at the execution but also at what is needed to make the initiatives part of daily care practice.

What will you do?
Your duties include:

• independently coordinating and executing the Activeerkracht pilot on two nursing wards;

• preparing, planning, and monitoring the various project activities, actions, and deadlines;

• close coordination with the project team (Vital Human Care Innovation Lab team), nursing wards, healthcare professionals, researchers, and other stakeholders regarding the execution of the pilot;

• supervising students involved in the execution of the pilot;

• coordinating and executing the pre- and post-measurements of the pilot;

• mapping out which movement and nutrition initiatives are appropriate for which departments;

• drawing up and executing an implementation plan for the hospital-wide introduction of movement and nutrition initiatives;

• coordinating with departments and healthcare professionals regarding implementation and identifying and following up on bottlenecks;

• monitoring progress and results based on agreed indicators (KPIs);

• reporting on progress and results and discussing these in project meetings;

• contributing to the evaluation and further development of the initiatives.

A versatile working environment
You will work within Maastricht UMC+ and be part of the Prevention & Vitality program team. In this role, you contribute to the implementation of initiatives that give prevention and vitality a structural place in patient care.

You will have contact with diverse colleagues, such as healthcare professionals, project leaders, researchers, communication officers, and students. You will therefore move between the project organization and the daily practice on the wards. You will be given space to work independently while simultaneously having short lines of communication with the project team and subject matter experts.

What do you bring?
We are looking for someone who loves to organize, collaborate, and get things done. You enjoy turning plans into concrete actions and get energy from guiding changes in practice. You have:

• HBO (higher professional education) level of working and thinking, preferably with a nursing or paramedical background, and/or experience with implementation and project-based working;

• good communication skills and a connecting attitude; you easily establish contact with employees at various levels within the organization and know how to bring diverse stakeholders together.

• a structured way of working: you maintain an overview of various activities and deadlines, even when multiple actions and interests are at play simultaneously;

• organizational sensitivity: you have an eye for different perspectives and interests and can deal constructively with resistance and changes in a complex organization.

Experience within a hospital or other complex healthcare organization is a plus, but not a requirement.

To start successfully in this role, it is important that you have a good command of the Dutch language (minimum B2 level) due to contact with, among others, patients and colleagues. Additionally, it is a requirement that you are permitted to work in the Netherlands (EU/EEA nationality or a valid work permit).

Do you meet these job requirements? Then we will go for you!

​Depending on education and experience, the salary is at least €3,550 and at most €4,722 gross per month for a full-time position. This salary is exclusive of holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% of your gross annual salary. 

This concerns a temporary employment contract of 1 year in accordance with article 2.4.2 of the UMC Collective Labour Agreement. This concerns an appointment of +/- 0.8 fte. We will determine the exact number of contract hours in mutual consultation.

At Maastricht UMC+, we ensure that you have everything to make your contribution to ultimate care. The right employment conditions belong with that. Read here what we offer you.

For more information about the position or the training and career opportunities, please contact strategic project leader Lion Soons, reachable at tel. +31626171038 or via e-mail lion.soons@mumc.nl.

For information about the application procedure, follow this link. General information about employment conditions and working at Maastricht UMC+ can be found here. Unable to find the answer to your question? Then contact the Recruitment team.

Interviews will be held in week 49 or 50.
Applications for this vacancy can be submitted up to and including November 22.

We recruit our candidates ourselves and do not work with external agencies for this vacancy.