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 An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional, experienced individual with extensive knowledge in Pathology as a Senior Manager to join our senior leadership team of the Pathology Business Unit (PBU). This leadership position will work with the Programme Directors for Pathology, PBU Managing Director and PBU Clinical Directors to embed and deliver the partnership to transform Pathology services across South East London. This partnership will deliver and transform Pathology service across South East London, serving a population of around 1.7million and delivering a service for both primary and secondary care providers. This programme will deliver significant transformation of pathology services for South East London, through implementation of digital pathology and creation of a new clinically led target operating model with a new hub and essential services laboratories working on each site, working through unified and standardised pathways. This will provide improvements in service performance, outcomes, efficiency, and position SEL at the forefront of R&D and Innovation, while delivering material savings for Trusts, and a risk and gain share royalty, dependent on delivery of critical milestones. Main duties of the job Key dimensions of the role are: Oversight of elements of the Transformation programme, including overseeing the transition / successful delivery of new / additional Pathology services across South East London into the contract with the Pathology Provider (including Royal Brompton & Harefield services) Oversight and assurance of effective clinical and operational governance, giving the PBU and Trusts leadership teams assurance that Synnovis is delivering the quality of the service required, meeting contractual obligations relating to quality across all hospital sites and that clinical issues / risks are managed effectively providing oversight of remediation plans. Oversight of Test Harmonisation (operational perspective) and new test approval processes to ensure test utilisation and availability is in line with national and professional guidelines (e.g. NICE, GIRFT,etc.) Develop and implement strategy for Point of care testing (POCT) operated within Trust and community settings and supporting Synnovis to support the POCT services as set out in the contract. Use specialist knowledge and specialist training to harmonise POCT across Trust sites and Emergency Departments. Be the lead for the research and development (R&D) of new POCT platforms. Represent the Trusts in executive meetings with NHS-E and NHS-London pathology. Building a collaborative culture to ensure a strong and successful partnership with the Pathology provider (Synnovis). See JD/PS For More Details Working for our organisation This role will have a specific focus on the oversight and assurance of effective clinical and operational governance, giving the PBU and Trusts leadership teams assurance that Synnovis is delivering the quality of the service required, meeting contractual obligations relating to quality across all hospital sites and that clinical issues / risks are managed effectively. Organisational Values: Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that we all understand and reflect these values in our work. We are: Caring – we put patients first Ambitious – we innovate and strive for excellence Inclusive – we respect each other and work collaboratively Our values and behaviours framework describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action. The framework can be found on our Trust jobs pages and our intranet. Detailed job description and main responsibilities 1. Duties and Responsibilities a) Clinical Governance · Working with the Senior Governance Manager to identify issues and themes that require strategic input / oversight and have oversight of UKAS and MHRA issues managed by Synnovis. · Ensuring that the Senior Governance Manager has developed and is implementing sufficient, safe and high-quality governance practices · Ensuring that the PBU is collaborating and working effectively with the Trusts and the ICS governance teams to effectively monitor and manage incidents, risks and issues · Deputise, where required, for the Managing Director or Clinical Directors at relevant meetings where senior Quality and Assurance input is required · Provide leadership for the PBU in matters of quality improvement and patient safety · Take a lead role in supporting preparation for national or regional inspections, including Care Quality Commission (CQC) visits · To oversee the review of risk management (including use of risk registers) across the PBU, including advising on key risks and ensuring clear controls and assurance is in place and regularly reviewed. · Work in close partnership with the PBU and Synnovis teams, Governance and QI/Audit Leads to develop and deliver clinical governance programmes to maintain and improve the quality of patient care · Maintain a high level of knowledge of all governance processes including complaints, legal processes, risk management and assurance · Oversee the Senior Governance Manager in providing patient safety management for the PBU including providing support, expert advice, leadership and various types of review and investigation suitable for the incident, aligned to the Trusts patient safety investigation framework · Have strategic oversight of reports for the Trust’s Risk and Assurance Committee, Serious incident Assurance Panel (SIAP) and other senior Trust-wide committees and working groups as appropriate, ensuring effective dissemination of information to and from these groups · Liaising with families involved in serious incidents where appropriate · Prepare and present regular progress reports to Trust’s committees on quality improvement and patient safety as required · Support the MD of the PBU and the relevant chief medical officers in all organisations identifying areas where further assurance is needed. In addition, identify where issues may need to be raised in the Joint Venture Board b) Operational Delivery Supporting the Managing Director of the Pathology Business Unit to deliver the contract requirements and obligations, deputising and providing additional capacity to deliver as required. Assist with the line management of all PBU staff located across numerous Trust sites which will encompass teaching / training and other HR requirements. Responsible for the strategic development and delivery of POCT services across all Trusts and in the Emergency Departments. As a member of the PBU senior team, to ensure alignment and consistent focus on delivery across the Pathology Business Unit including taking a leadership role on effective operational and clinical governance and research & development. Support the PBU Managing Director to ensure that key corporate, national and local targets are achieved within agreed timescales. Support the development of the Pathology Business Unit strategy and business plan. Ensure operational objectives are clear, that they balance quality, safety and efficiency, that robust delivery plans are in place and that performance is proactively measured and supportively managed. Support the PBU Managing Director to ensure the effective management of contractual obligations from all parties to ensure that all performance measures and targets are fully understood and achieved and that mitigating action is taken when required. Supporting the Trusts to deliver their obligations under the Pathology contract and taking mitigating action when required. Intervene where required to address unacceptable deviation from operational delivery standards or other requirements. Design and keep under review the performance and application of governance and operational structures, systems and processes (including risk and performance management) to ensure that this supports effective delivery of operational objectives and are fully compliant with Trusts and external governance and best practice requirements. Facilitate and encourage multi-disciplinary working, clinical leadership, staff engagement and the delegation of responsibility and accountability as close to the delivery of care as possible. Apply and interpret the Trust’s business planning framework to develop robust annual operational and financial plans across the Pathology Business Unit. Management/mitigation and escalation of key risks to the appropriate executive or governing group. Represent the Pathology Business Unit on key strategic and operational committees in the Trusts and externally across the ICS. c) Strategic Development · Support the PBU Managing Director to provide the strategic leadership across South East London in the development and delivery of Pathology services that enhances service delivery, patient care and outcomes. · Support the PBU Managing Director to implement the strategic direction to enable the Trust’s to realise its vision for Pathology services across South East London. · Support the PBU Managing Director to develop, review and update the Pathology Business Unit’s vision and strategy · Communicate the vision internally and externally, creating a compelling case for change, building alliances with others to support this vision and ensuring staff understand their contribution to realising the vision. · Ensure alignment of research and development activities in and with Synnovis with research strategies of the Trusts and academic partners. d) Service Improvement Promote a data-driven service improvement culture, leading by example and continually encouraging all members of the Pathology Business Unit and all levels of staff to identify improvements to safety, quality and efficiency of the provision of patient care. Creating a collaborative environment with the Pathology provider to implement and deliver on continuous improvement programmes, using innovative and World-leading approaches. Support the development, implementation and evaluation of data-driven service improvement initiatives across the Pathology Business Unit, including any Trust-wide programmes. Promote a culture in which learning and development is encouraged at all levels and in all staff groups. Participate in training and teaching PBU staff and GP colleagues where and when required. Embed a rigorous approach to benefits realisation in relation to all change programmes, particularly those that are investment-led. Foster, encourage, influence and contribute to pan-organisational collaborations in pursuit of improvements in the Pathology service. e) Financial Responsibility Will support the Managing Director with overseeing the POCT consumables budget across Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Kings’ College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is in the estimated region of £10 million pounds. Will support the Managing Director in managing the £2.1bn contract with the Pathology partner (Synnovis), utilising and managing a single team across Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Kings’ College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Will be responsible for overseeing all the POCT assets across Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Kings’ College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is in the estimated region of £40 million pounds. f) Line Management g) Leadership and Organisational Development Support the PBU Managing Director to lead the development of the Pathology Business Unit as distinct group within the Trusts, leading on developing, implementing and maintaining pro-active participation within the Trusts governance processes. Provide high quality and visible leadership, promoting and acting as a role model for Trusts values & behaviours. Communicate effectively and continually with clinical and non-clinical leaders and staff to ensure that they understand and are engaged in the strategic and operational performance of the Pathology service. Actively promote and participate in team improvement, collegiate working and collective leadership. Foster a culture whereby decisions are delegated effectively to as near to where the service is delivered as possible. h) Corporate Responsibilities Work in partnership with colleagues from across the wider senior leadership team for both the Trusts and the Pathology provider. Develop strong relationships with commissioners and other key external Stakeholders and work with them to formulate and implement agreed strategies for South East London. Represent the Pathology Business Unit and the Trusts at regional and national levels as and when required. i) Integration for RB&H Oversee the transition of the Pathology services at RB&H to Synnovis on behalf of the PBU, including the incorporation and transition of the management of the service into Business As Usual (BAU) Providing senior leadership to key strategic issues and managing complex Trust-led projects Supporting engagement with strategic partners in relation to the RB&H Integration, ensuring alignment of the Trusts and SEL pathology vision See JD /PS For More Details Person specification Knowledge/Qualfications Essential criteria MSc Degree CPD HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist or Biomedical Scientist Desirable criteria MBA PhD Leadership Training 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." Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Further details / informal visits contact Name Gladys Lawson Job title Managing Director Email address [email protected] Telephone number 07593356007