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 A governance professional is sought to join the Trust’s Corporate Affairs Department, responsible for ensuring a high-quality corporate governance framework in place supporting good decision-making and robust risk management, enabling the Trust to meet its regulatory requirements. Corporate Governance Managers are fundamental to this through the management of multiple governance workstreams simultaneously, providing strong business leadership and high-quality senior administrative support. We require a dynamic individual with strong verbal and written communication skills who can work in partnership with colleagues at all levels, has meticulous attention to detail and the ability to adapt and respond to changes. The successful candidate will form part of the Corporate Governance Team within Corporate Affairs with the opportunity to work in a team setting as well as autonomously. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with the Trust’s Board of Directors, supporting Board and Executive level meetings where the key decisions and discussions take place determining the Trust’s future. There is a focus on further professionalising and improving the service the team provides when managing the most senior forums within the Trust and leading on best practice governance. Main duties of the job Management of the end-to-end process for a portfolio of Board of Directors and Executive Director governance meetings, including maintaining forward plans, drafting agendas and developing Chairs’ briefings. A fundamental part of the role is to attend the governance meetings to provide specialist governance support and advice to meeting chairs, take high-quality meeting minutes, actions and undertake other governance duties. Undertake a leading or supporting role in related corporate governance tasks such as reviewing and refreshing terms of references, managing the Board Assurance Framework, managing the declarations of interest process, contributing to the Annual Report and Accounts and various other tasks. Be a key functioning part of a wider Corporate Affairs team that also incorporate the Council of Governors and the Chairman’s office, and working closely with support teams from the Chief Executive’s Private Office and other corporate functions and clinical/delivery groups. Working for our organisation The work of the Corporate Governance Team is varied, can be fast-paced and high-profile, requiring Corporate Governance Managers to be responsive and a work in an agile manner. We therefore promote strong teamworking and cohesiveness within the team to support the delivery of effective governance function. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full list of accountabilities . Person specification Qualifications and Education Essential criteria Educated to Masters / degree / relevant professional qualification of equivalent work experience. Skills and Knowledge Essential criteria Proven written communication skills, including ability to portray complex and sensitive matters, ideas and issues to wide audiences. Experience of working under pressure, to strict deadlines and dealing with a range of complex issues, resolving conflicting priorities. Previous Work Experience Essential criteria Significant experience of working within corporate governance, ideally for a large and/or complex organisation. Experience of managing programmes of work, particularly service development, facilitating and managing change in accordance with strategic priorities and objectives. Experience of working in partnership across multiple departments or units to deliver improvement. 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 Lucy Yasin and Stephanie Calvert (jobshare) Job title Deputy Director of Corporate Governance Email address [email protected] Telephone number 00000000000 Additional information Please contact Lucy Yasin/Stephanie Calvert via [email protected] should you wish to discuss the role further. In their absence please contact Bisola Jegede via [email protected]