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 The role will be an integral part of delivering the complex IT Capital Portfolio, providing the associate project management resource. The Associate Project Manager will be responsible for driving continuous improvement to the capital portfolio, improving performance of project delivery, whilst managing all constraints of cost, time, scope, risk and quality. Main duties of the job The Associate Project Manager will develop multiple detailed plans for a number of projects or work streams, including the schedule, the budget, outlining the duties of each team members, identifying project goals, and setting a timeline for the project. The post holder will collaborate with various teams and hold meetings to develop project plans and present them to upper-level management before starting the project. The post holder is responsible for monitoring each project he or she manages to ensure that projects remain on track, meet deadlines, stay under budget, and develop according to plan. They will be responsible not only for identifying project objectives, but ensuring that they’re met and deal with any conflict and issues during project implementation. The Associate Project Manager will be required to deputise as necessary for Senior Project Managers and/or the Project support Officer to ensure at all times a very high level of professionalism, and delivery of projects with due regard for public accountability. Working for our organisation Within the Trust the DT&i (Data, Technology & Information) Directorate is responsible for the delivery of information systems and services to the whole organisation to support clinical and business integration. It leads in the development of IT strategy and directing all IT delivery programmes and services. DT&i provides a range of critical IT services many of which are running 24-7. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Carry out any relevant feasibility studies. Analyse complex data and prepare the information for presentation to a technical and non-technical audience. Create, plan and manage multiple projects, including liaison with key and multiple stakeholders including contractors and suppliers. Reporting on a monthly basis of project progress, status, risk, issues, dependencies, benefits and spend Manage change control and exceptions Monitor and resolves issues to ensure appropriate project governance and management is maintained e.g resourcing; finances; risks and other project related issues. Support more senior PM in complex or large project through its phases; this includes outputs such as stakeholder plans; communication plans; project charter/mandate. Raise work packages as draft for review by Senior PM and to submit to required teams to undertake work. Lead on end to end management of project phase or work stream Support Senior Project Manager i.e. project closedown; transition to service. Comply with governance and standards to meet Programmes and Projects Management (PPM) KPI’s. Develop and maintain project directories for each project. Ensure all project governance and policies are implemented, as part of the wider Project team develop policies and governance for related projects of responsibility. Deputise for the Senior Project Manager/Project Manager and Project Support Officer role when required/appropriate. Provide support for Programme Boards such as following up on Board member actions; if required by the Programme Manager. To be the lead on specialist work packages or projects and work streams Any other duties allocated by the Senior Project Managers, or the Programme Manager and support required by the Head of Programmes. Person specification Qualifications/Education Essential criteria Prince2 Foundation certification Relevant knowledge, skills and experience within the Project Management or related field. Desirable criteria Relevant industry experience; ideally with healthcare experience Previous experience Essential criteria Experience of dealing with a large range of stakeholders and managing relationships Desirable criteria Experience of leading small projects or work streams Skills/Knowledge/ Ability Essential criteria Monitoring and updating projects plans 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 Melanie Bright Job title Portfolio Support Manager Email address [email protected]