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 South East Genomic Medicine Service (SE GMS) seeks a motivated Genomics Education and Communications Support Manager to join our team and contribute to the delivery of SE GMSA’s Education & Training and Communications & Involvement programme. Genomic medicine is becoming increasingly important to almost every part of the NHS. To develop the genomics capability and capacity of the current and future NHS workforce, and to embed genomics into mainstream clinical pathways, the South East GMS is delivering an ambitious programme of workforce engagement, education and training across the region. It is an exciting time to join this innovative healthcare field as genomics gathers pace across multiple areas of medicine, delivering better and faster outcomes for patients. The post holder will have the opportunity to create meaningful impact in a cutting-edge genomics service in the NHS, working on regional programmes of change. The post holder will have exceptional drive and take a flexible approach in responding to changing demands. They will have experience working with multidisciplinary teams across multiple organisations. Main duties of the job The post holder will be responsible for planning, organising and promoting our engagement, education and training events. They will work closely with the Communications & Involvement Lead, the Education & Training Leads and further members of the South East GMS to ensure that engagement, education and training events are scoped, planned, promoted and delivered for maximal impact. The post holder will be responsible for leading individual packages of work across the GMS aligned to the Education & Training and Communications & Involvement strategies. This will include delegated responsibility for programme tasks alongside general project support and planning. The role will also provide a comprehensive administrative function to ensure effective delivery of the service. The post holder will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including clinicians and patients, to ensure effective management of resources and delivery of objectives. The post holder will ensure that all tasks are designed and delivered in a patient centred way, ensuring that the needs of patients are central to all service change and pathway transformation. The post holder will ensure all tasks are designed and delivered in alignment with the GMS’s commitment to reducing variation and to delivering equity of access across our diverse population, including alignment with the SE GMS equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. Working for our organisation The South East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (SE GMSA) was formally established in December 2020 and is led by a partnership between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The NHS GMS Alliances support the systematic implementation of genomic medicine into routine care in line with the NHS genomics strategy and the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions. We aim to combine clinical expertise, an excellent track record in research, education and training, and involvement from our patients and public to achieve a step change in delivering genomics medicine for our population. The NHS GMS Alliance’s responsibilities include embedding equitable access to standardised end-to-end pathways of care, inclusive of genomic testing, clinical genetics and genomic counselling services through pathway transformation and multi-disciplinary education and training; supporting access to treatments and medicine optimisation driven by comprehensive genomic and diagnostic characterisation; and providing clinical leadership and coordination across the Alliance geography. The SE GMSA is committed to addressing the health inequalities and inequitable access to genomic medicine services. We will support this work by appointing a team that represents the diversity that exists across our region, strengthening our links with primary and secondary care, and ensuring that we have strong patient representation across all our programmes. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full detail of role responsibilities. Person specification Qualifications/ Education Essential criteria Educated to Degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development Desirable criteria Knowledge and/or interest in genomics Previous experience Essential criteria Experience of supporting the organisation and delivery of an event or educational resource Experience of using online tools to promote engagement or evaluate a process Experience of working with and coordinating people to deliver objectives and defined tasks Desirable criteria Experience or working in genomic medicine Experience of managing the delivery of education and training programmes (ideally within a public sector organisation), with demonstrable experience of co-ordinating the delivery of training initiatives Experience of using a broad range of communications channels and creating engaging content Skills / Knowledge / Ability Essential criteria Ability to create excellent written content that can be tailored in style and tone to the relevant audience Effective project management skills Ability to develop and maintain professional working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders Able to produce high standard reports and analyse and evaluate data though a methodical approach and attention to detail Desirable criteria Ability to identify development and training requirements Ability to maintain a website Additional Information Essential criteria A commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration 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 Paul Fleming Job title SE GMS Programme Manager Email address [email protected]