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 Would you like to join an ambitious Programme Management Office within a growing organisation? The PMO function aims to support our internal teams to deliver their project and procurement activity as effectively as possible. This role will play a key part in providing oversight and governance to the whole organisation, in addition to improving how we operate. We are striving to develop and embed best practice for project and programme management across the organisation. Experience of delivering projects as well as experience of managing senior stakeholders is essential. Working within a Programme Management Office is desirable. There is scope to provide consultancy services to external NHS organisations and the role also involves promotion of the PMO and project management offer. You will work as part of a team and be fully supported, however the individual in this role must be comfortable in delivering projects and programmes independently. Main duties of the job This role is key to Leading the development of NHS LPP’s Programme Management Office strategy, through leading on the delivery key projects from start to finish. The role will contribute to project planning, project start-up and delivery; promoting an understanding of the PMO’s vision and championing this through professional discipline and project management. The role will be responsible for the full project life cycle and project budget for the duration of time they are allocated to a given project and as flexible and adaptive project manager, you will be expected to lead on multiple projects at any given time. We welcome applications from people with a can-do attitude and energetic, innovative approach. If you are calm under pressure, comfortable working to deadlines and enjoy working with internal and external stakeholders to deliver good outcomes, in an growing Programme Management Office, we would like to hear from you! Working for our organisation Please note that as an organisation NHS LPP has been hosted by Guy’s & St Thomas’ (GSTT) NHS Foundation Trust since 2012 and provides the legal framework and supporting services under which NHS LPP operates. However, NHS LPP is a membership organisation funded and governed by its members and not GSTT. NHS LPP staff are employed by GSTT. NHS LPP develops and manages collaborative procurement projects on behalf of its members including acute, community and mental health trusts, as well as CCGs. NHS LPP has a number of members outside of London. This role requires the postholder to manage collaborative procurement within the normal NHS membership but also working with other public sector bodies, advising and managing their procurement processes to deliver benefit to the wider public sector. The organisation will continue to develop as a centre of commercial excellence that delivers significant and sustainable cost and service improvements to all stakeholders primarily in the London NHS economy but also outside London. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Lead on the delivery of internal or external projects, using appropriate project management framework, processes and tools Manage engagement plans to proactively ensure that positive and effective relations are developed and maintained between members of the team, all clients and key internal and external stakeholders throughout all projects and programmes Design, facilitate and effectively lead project management meetings with stakeholders; ensuring breadth in participation and a focus on action planning Lead the PMO strategy to ensure project framework is in place to test and review new concepts, models, methods, practices, products and equipment Develop and maintain an approach to ensure oversight of progress, risks and dependencies for all projects and programmes across the organisation Drive consistent, high-quality reporting and analysis of information to support effective and timely decision making for all projects and programmes across the organisation Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Educated to masters level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience Formal qualification in Project management (PRINCE 2) to practitioner level or equivalent. Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development Formal qualification in CIPS procurement or equivalent Experience Essential criteria Evidence of managing successful project and / or operational improvement Project management experience in managing complex services including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment Experience of managing or working with Finance Business partner or team manage complex budgets from a range of income sources and demonstrable evidence of individual, team, financial, process and change management Experience of working on national and regional strategic programmes, working with complex risk and issues as well as dealing with senior stakeholders Desirable criteria Knowledge and understanding of the changing NHS environment, strategy Skills Essential criteria Extensive knowledge of operations and / or project management methodologies and techniques Excellent understanding and track record of successful change and project management Highly effective people and project management skills Work flexibly, prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements Excellent management skills including motivating and coaching staff. 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. Further details / informal visits contact Name Jordan Cato Job title Chief Operating Officer Email address [email protected] Telephone number 02071887188