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 Head of Arts is a pivotal role at rb&hArts at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. The successful postholder will lead, manage and develop rb&hArts and work with colleagues across Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust to develop and implement a Trust-wide Arts Strategy for patients, its staff and the communities it serves. The role leads a portfolio of innovative creative health projects including archive and collection management, visual arts commissions and a dynamic participatory programme (including Singing for Breathing, Vocal Beats, Gardening and Crafternoons). The postholder will work with colleagues to deliver an integrated creative programme to meet the objectives of the Trust and clinical group with a focus on strategy, fundraising, evaluation and people management. Main duties of the job Manage rb&hArts staff/freelancers Implement a creative health fundraising strategy to maximise opportunities for income generation, including budget/finance management Lead the monitoring and evaluation of all rb&hArts projects, including quarterly reporting Lead rb&hArts Comms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, monthly newsletters Work with PPE lead on patient engagement, focused on young people Working for our organisation rb&hArts is now in its 21st year with a long and successful history of innovating excellent creative health projects by, for and with patients and staff. It is funded by Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital's Charity and work closely in partnership. The arts team is small and dynamic with friendly personnel. It is a good place to work with fellow colleagues, committed to health improvement through culture. See more about us online: rb&hArts | Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals (rbht.nhs.uk) Detailed job description and main responsibilities 1 Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect) To ensure a high-quality arts service is provided to all patients, staff and the local community Implementing and advocating for co-production with patients and service users in the development of all projects. Actively seeking opportunities to highlight the patient voice. Implementing and advocating for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the development of all projects. Actively seeking opportunities to highlight voices of those who may be at risk of exclusion and/or have protected characteristics. To provide a pivotal team manager role for rb&hArts including day to day staff management To represent the Clinical Group externally (locally, regionally, nationally and internationally) regarding creative health health / rb&hArts To be involved in the development of new approaches to creative health, engagement and improvement for rb&hArts To collaborate on the development of creative health strategy/policy for patient-led improvements, engagement and involvement, in line with evidence based and best practice. To provide advice, teaching and instruction to patients, staff, other professionals and funders to promote understanding of the aims of creative health To train, supervise performance and manage staff working within rb&hArts. This will include the use of Trust appraisal documentation. 2 Policy development & Service development 2.1 To meet the requirements from all national and local agencies relevant to the arts programme (including, Department of Health, National Performance Advisory Group - Arts, Heritage and Design in Healthcare Network and London Arts and Health Forum etc) are appropriately implemented and incorporated into strategy/policy 2.2 To have responsibility for adherence to Clinical Group policies, procedures and mandatory training 2.3 To participate in development and implementation of multi-disciplinary creative health policy and guidelines 2.4 Contribute to the development of new creative health practice and roles with rb&hArts 2.5 To set, monitor and review creative health projects on a regular basis to ensure practice and care is evidence based and in line with local and national policy 2.6 To take part in any audits or reviews of the current arts service ensuring appropriate action for service improvement is undertaken when indicated. 3. Research and development To support the implementation of evidence-based practice and the formulation of protocols and guidelines for continued development within rb&hArts To keep abreast of key research in Creative Health Sector To co-ordinate any audit, evaluation and research activities in the arts service/projects, sharing and disseminating learning To oversee the maintenance of up-to-date data and information collection of all projects 4. People management To be responsible for the direct management, training, supervision, performance management, sickness absence and staff annual leave of all Arts staff reports. To actively participate in the recruitment, retention and induction of staff in the Arts department. To ensure all team members have a real voice in the development of the service to patients/customers. To maximise the potential of all team members. To ensure that all team members have a meaningful appraisal/personal development plan that includes feedback to the individual from a selection of internal customers and team members, and the identification of personal and professional development goals and a discussion of appropriate training requirements To provide a safe and attractive working environment for team members within available resources. Actively foster team working at all levels and aim for a culture of openness and transparency. To ensure appropriate competencies are completed by all staff working within the Arts team. To abide by the Trust’s core behaviours for staff and all other Trust policies including standing financial instructions, research governance, clinical governance, patient and public involvement, codes and practices, and health and safety policies 5 Communication To provide and demonstrate sound creative health expertise and develop mechanisms for sharing good practice, encouraging and directing innovation in ongoing arts development To network with colleagues within the Trust, locally and nationally To chair / attend rb&hArts team meeting To contribute to the development of new written materials to advocate and promote rb&hArts To maintain up to date rb&hArts presence online and all social media Listen to feedback from patients to ensure the Arts programme meets the needs of the patients. 6 Resource management To administer and be an authorised signatory for appropriate Charitable Trust Fund budgets. To maintain accurate income and expenditure budgets for all arts projects To develop business cases for future funding and investment To develop charitable funding bids including identifying funders, developing and writing quality bids and submitting end of grant reports To oversee effective management of Clinical Group’s Visual Arts and Archival Collections with a focus on preservation and access 7 Information management Manage the collection of appropriate national/local data, survey and statistics including analysis to inform arts service development To ensure all arts staff input activity data and review the data to determine whether service specifications need revising To ensure all absence returns and other HR information are collected, collated and returned in a timely manner Oversee the maintenance of a range of databases including an inventory of works of art and arts entries on the Raisers’ Edge fundraising/mailing database In addition: To undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade as requested. This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary with in consultation with the post-holder. Person specification EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS Essential criteria Arts Degree and/or evidence of continual personal development (CPD record) Desirable criteria Masters degree or other relevant qualification EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE Essential criteria Strategic role within an arts organisation focussed on health, social change, or community development Expertise in arts project management Experience of applied arts in complex and/or health contexts Expertise in creative co-prduction and engagement Evaluation skills Expertise in Equality, Diversity and inclusion Budget management and arts fundraising Managing public art commissions and collections Managing/supporting people Event-management Public speaking Desirable criteria Clinical Research SKILLS & ABILITIES Essential criteria Excellent communication skills, written and oral Demonstrates a commitment to diversity and equality Understands design and quality Good computer skills Proven experience in supervision of staff Proven enthusiasm towards teaching\sharing knowledge Evidence of applying current research to practice Able to demonstrate a working knowledge in standard setting and quality management Experience in conducting audits Able to manage difficult situations effectively Able to prioritise and meet deadlines Able to use own initiative 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 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 Karen Taylor Job title Lead - patient and public engagement Email address [email protected] Additional information Please note telephone number and extension: 0207 352 8121 x 84116