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 This role will lead the Trust’s Cost Improvement Programmes (CIP) programme and support implementation of financial controls and policy across all areas of finance to ensure the Trust’s long-term financial sustainability. The Head of CIPs/ Financial sustainability reports to the Associate Director of Finance – Costing, Data and Analysis. The post holder will deputise for the Associate Director in his capacity as manager of the entire team and at relevant meetings. The post holder will drive and oversee the Trust’s financial efficiency improvement agenda working with clinical and operational teams, underpinned by a multi-professional network of individuals drawn from across the organisation. They will bring cohesion to the multiple projects that form the Trust’s CIPs and manage the complex stakeholder sets and interdependencies, planning, reporting and governance of the programme. The post holder will challenge the current ways of working, drawing upon experience and outside world examples to shape the Trust’s financial sustainability agenda. Working with a network of senior finance leaders, the post holder will develop finance policies, controls and practices across Finance and the wider Trust that support and empower clinical gad delivery groups to deliver sustainable efficiency projects. The post holder will also work with the South East London ICS and APC to ensure there is increasing collaboration across the wider system and beyond. Main duties of the job The post holder will be based in t he Finance Directorate at Great Dover Street on the Guy’s site (London Bridge). However, the post holder will be expected to work closely with the Operational Productivity Unit and across all Trust sites and attend external meetings when required. Duties and Responsibilities · Provide leadership on the development and implementation of policies and guidelines within the Trust to ensure that all CIP programmes and projects are delivered effectively and in line with our SFIs and Finance Directorate objectives. Working with the Operational Productivity unit will entail three specific roles: • Providing insights and intelligence for productivity opportunities, including demand and activity data; • Providing regular, central monitoring and reporting of opportunities; • Supporting capability and efficiency literacy. The challenge(s) to the Unit are varied, including but not limited to being able to: • Establish rich, trusted data; • Go beyond the identification of productivity opportunities and enable the delivery of efficiencies (including cashable savings). Working for our organisation 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 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. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Management Responsible for the line management and development of all permanent members of staff, together with any trainees or staff on secondment to the department. This includes ensuring that training requirements are met and that poor performance is managed. Responsible for recruitment and management of the Team within the allocated budget. Engagement within the Wider Trust Provide leadership and influence within the Trust on financial controls and CIPs. Lead the implementation of the financial efficiency and productivity programme and lead the creation of one unified approach to CIPs for the Trust Ensure that synergies and interdependencies between CIP projects are highlighted and that information is shared across the Trust (e.g. procurement, EPIC benefits, medical optimisation etc.). Data Management · To create a culture of continuous improvement within the team, taking internal feedback and using any available resources in the wider sector to ensure that data is managed to the maximum benefit of the Trust. · To incorporate appropriate checks, balances and controls into procedures, processes and reporting to ensure that data is robust and that any inconsistencies and/or error are identified early and promptly remedied. Person specification Previous experience Essential criteria Extensive senior financial management experience. Extensive knowledge and understanding of the NHS financial environment. Extensive experience of working with data sets, ideally in a public sector/ NHS setting. Experience of applying analytically derived conclusions to drive change. Considerable staff management experience. Skills/ knowledge/ ability Essential criteria Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate complex financial data to non-finance staff. Highly developed analytical skills to solve highly complex financial and non-financial problems. Excellent IT skills including Microsoft e.g. Microsoft Office, integrated financial ledger system, costing systems, databases. Wide knowledge of NHS systems (financial and non-financial) Strong leadership qualities. Communication / Relationships Essential criteria Advises senior budget holders and finance managers over financial performance, persuading them to a certain course of action. Develops and delivers formal, complex financial presentations (i.e. multi-faceted business cases) to large groups of (often senior) non-finance managers and conveys financial concepts clearly and persuasively. Develops and maintains working relationships with key stakeholders internally within and external to the Trust. 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 Johannes Wolff Job title Director of Financial Improvement Email address [email protected]