Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients. In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’. The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients. We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS. Job overview Interview date to be confirmed. Are you passionate about driving digital change and making a real impact on healthcare? We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Assistant Digital Transformation Manager to join our innovative team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, focussed on the Trust strategy to deliver better, faster, fairer healthcare. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of our digital transformation programmes, contributing to groundbreaking projects on Insight Led Care and Remote Care. Main duties of the job The Assistant Manager will play a crucial role in supporting the digital transformation function, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to implement digital solutions that enhance patient care and operational efficiency. The role involves managing large-scale and complex improvement programmes, ensuring that digital transformation initiatives are delivered effectively, engaging with a broad range of stakeholders, producing and quality assuring documents, ensuring that actions and tasks are followed up and delivered. See Job Description document for full details. Working for our organisation The Delivery team is part of the Centre for Innovation, Transformation, and Improvement (CITI). CITI was founded in 2021 under the Deputy Chief Executive (DCE). The DCE is the Executive Director responsible for leading and implementing the Trust’s strategy for innovation and improvement, which aims to develop an ecosystem that encourages the acceleration of new knowledge and capabilities and learn from best practices globally, to deliver improvements in patient care, research and education at scale. CITI co-locates multi-faceted teams to provide the focal point for clinical innovators and services seeking to translate ideas or early stage products or improvements into clinical practice. The Centre aims both to incubate and deliver innovations and improvement ideas, projects and programmes, working alongside and for its clinical customers for the benefit of patients. CITI builds on industry best practice in taking innovation from concept to practice. It aims to foster a culture of innovation and improvement throughout the Trust, and acts as the intellectual home of our core change methodologies. CITI aims to improve the adoption of new clinical technologies with an agile operational model, delivering a data-driven approach to evaluating performance of novel technologies, creating a sustainable culture of innovation in clinical and operational workforce, and to build enduring partnerships with academia, industry, investors, our communities and other key Stakeholders. Detailed job description and main responsibilities · Support the design and delivery of Insight Led Care and Remote Care projects. · Collaborate with clinical teams, IT professionals, and service users to implement digital changes. · Produce high-quality presentations and documents for various audiences. · Use data and analysis to inform recommendations and track progress. · Build and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders across the Trust. See Job Description and Person Specification document for full details. Person specification Education / Qualification Essential criteria Degree level education or equivalent knowledge or equivalent relevant training/experience Significant/ extensive management experience or equivalent relevant training/experience Desirable criteria Evidence of Masters degree Evidence of Masters degree Project Management qualification Experience Essential criteria Experience working with very senior individuals Experience of working under pressure, with strict deadlines and dealing with a large range of complex issues with conflicting priorities Experience of working in an autonomous way, working to define objectives within given parameters Experience of managing digital transformation and improvement programmes with a range of professionals and in various environments. Experience of building capability with a variety of stakeholders, especially in technical competency including development and maintenance of training materials Evidence of successful delivery of financial and quality benefits within agreed timescales Experience of good governance in data management and understanding of risk management issues arising from digital programmes, knowing when to escalate Desirable criteria Experience of working in the NHS and knowledge of NHS data Experience of a wide range of Trust procedures and practices, particularly information governance and security Experience of working across multiple organisations to secure digital change Skills / Abilities Essential criteria Excellent organisation skills with the ability to deal with competing demands and high workloads. Excellent communication skills both orally and written Ability to prioritise and make decisions, following clear procedures and using initiative to develop new working approaches Understanding confidentiality issues when handling client data, alongside the implications of the Data Protection Act Advanced analytical and judgement skills including understanding and application of technical know-how; complex statistical and numerical data. Ability to identify, manage and escalate delivery and technology risks associated with the programme. Excellent communication skills Able to work with a great degree of flexibility, adaptability and initiative Demonstrate a commitment to professional development of self and others Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy. As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. Flexible working We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process. Your e-mail address is important to us - We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis. Please apply for this post by clicking "Apply Online Now." Further details / informal visits contact Name Alice Morrisey Job title Head of Digital Transformation Email address [email protected]