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 We are looking for an exceptional Managing Director to lead the vision for the Essentia Group. The Managing Director will be expected to effectively manage diverse stakeholder interests and demonstrate a commitment to providing exceptional non-clinical services across south east London. They will also be able to make effective and efficient use of sustainable resources to support the Essentia vision, whilst championing a safe working environment. The Managing Director will also oversee the further capital investment in the community healthcare estate portfolio, with the challenge to enable better integrated care. They will also provide direction on a partnership with Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust to transform specialist cardiovascular care. A chartered engineer or evidence of equivalent technical experience is highly desired. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups, including disabled people and members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic communities to improve the diversity of experience within our senior leadership team. Main duties of the job The post holder is accountable and reports to the Deputy CEO/Chief Operating Officer and shares the responsibility for delivering the strategic goals and objectives for all Capital, Estates and Facilities matters ensuring these are in line with clinical needs of the Trust and ensuring the continual improvement of patient care, quality outcomes and safety. The post holder has overall responsibility for ensuring that the environment is safe for patients, visitors and staff. The post holder must have highly specialised knowledge of a full range of procedures and practice relating to the provision of this managed service and will provide strategic and expert advice to the Trust on all Estates and Facilities issues. The post holder is responsible for one of the largest Estates and Facilities functions across the NHS and as such will be required to capture and promote sharing of best practice on a regional and national basis as and operationally at site level. Working for our organisation Essentia provides in-house Estates, Facilities and Capital Management for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, as well as services for other local NHS providers in both the acute and community setting. The context within which Essentia works is changing, and at pace. There is an unprecedented appetite for collaboration between Trusts, within the Integrated Care System and beyond, and growing interest in Essentia – the organisation of choice for the successful management of high-quality estates and facilities services. In an arrangement between Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospitals, and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trusts’, Essentia is providing strategic and operational leadership to the estates and facilities teams across the Trusts.. Employing 1,700 people, Essentia combines exceptionally high standards and public sector values with commercial focus, innovative thinking, and modern technology to create the best possible patient experience. This is an incredibly exciting time to join Essentia. With an ambitious capital programme, a recently built £160 million state of the art cancer centre at Guy’s Hospital, and new MedTech and Biomedical Clusters in development, this role offers the opportunity to be at the international forefront of Estates, Facilities and Capital Project innovations. There are also targets to design ‘shell and core’ buildings which can adapt quickly and easily, so they can be refitted every 10 to 15 years. Detailed job description and main responsibilities To act as professional lead for all Capital, Estates and Facilities matters and relevant policies and advise the Trust Board, Chief Operating Officer, Trust Executive Team and Clinical Groups. This will include advice on highly complex and key national issues, standards and developments. To lead the planning, development and implementation of the Trust’s Estates and Facilities, Sustainability, Fire, Security and Facilities Management strategies. To manage large scale strategic, capital planning and operational projects along with SLAs and contracts with partner providers. To deliver all regulatory standards and ensure compliance with national standards and policies. Provide professional leadership support to and work collaboratively with the Infection Prevention and Control team in respect of design development, cleanliness and the physical environment. Act as Nominated Director responsible for Fire Safety, Electrical Safety, Water Safety, Lifts, Pressure Systems, Asbestos, Ventilation and Decontamination. Ensure PLACE standards and PAM assurance criteria are aligned to the Care Quality Commission’s expectations of Estates and Facilities services and the provision of patient and staff environments Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Educated to Master Degree level or equivalent level of experience Skills Essential criteria Have extensive and successful senior management/director level experience in a large and highly complex organisation. Experience Essential criteria Have extensive knowledge and experience or a wide range of management disciplines including; finance, people management, commissioning, risk management, performance management, service and change management. 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 Brendan Davies Job title Executive Search Partner Email address [email protected] Telephone number 07585 356985