Location
London

Hours
Part Time - Three days per week

Salary
£71,250 per annum (subject to national NHS framework and final appointment approval)

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an outstanding individual to become its next Chair. This is an exceptional opportunity to lead one of the UK’s largest and most successful NHS foundation trusts at a pivotal time for healthcare, research and innovation. The Chair will lead the Board of Directors and Council of Governors, providing strategic leadership and ensuring the Trust continues to deliver its ambitious vision of Better, Faster, Fairer Healthcare for All. Working closely with the Chief Executive, governors, staff, patients and partners, the successful candidate will champion high-quality patient care, innovation, research, strong governance and collaborative system leadership. The successful candidate must satisfy the NHS Fit and Proper Persons standard.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. It provides a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. The Trust includes Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital, employs around 23,900 staff and provides more than 3.1 million patient contacts annually.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. The Trust 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. Evelina London Children’s Hospital provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services and leads specialist service networks to ensure children receive local treatment with access to specialist expertise when needed.

The Trust’s adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of local communities, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. In February 2021, the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined the Trust, creating a world-renowned heart and lung centre with leading expertise in care and research.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ has a reputation for clinical excellence, high quality teaching and research. It is part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres, with dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit. The Trust prides itself on delivering the best possible patient experience and safe, high quality care, maintaining one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a 2019 Care Quality Commission inspection, the Trust maintained an overall rating of ‘good’ with adult community services rated ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of its 23,500 staff is key to its success. The Trust is one of the largest local employers and aims to develop and support all staff to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey showed one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS, positively impacting patient care. The Trust also has one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes in the NHS.

Experience
Substantial board-level leadership experience with strong strategic and partnership-building skills. Proven ability to inspire confidence across a wide range of stakeholders.

About you
Committed to equality, inclusion and good governance. Able to provide strategic leadership and champion high-quality patient care, innovation, research and collaborative system leadership.

Qualifications
The successful candidate must satisfy the NHS Fit and Proper Persons standard.

Additional Information
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people and is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. The Trust is committed to equality of opportunity and actively ensures no discrimination on 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 from disabled applicants are welcomed and reasonable adjustments are provided throughout the application process.

The Trust supports flexible working arrangements to promote a healthy work-life balance and encourages applicants to discuss individual circumstances during onboarding.

Applicants must ensure they meet UK immigration requirements to live and work in the UK before applying.