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 is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive programme. Your role will manage the delivery of a particular workstreams designed to progress the transformation programme’s integration priorities. This role will oversee the Nurse Integration Facilitator role and ensure alignment across nursing integration is delivering to agreed integration plans. The team will have the required seniority, autonomy and governance to enact and deliver change and integration in line with the unified vision for the directorate with two key components: • The CRIC Directorate will be recognised as the UK’s leading provider of cardiac, respiratory and intensive care services for children and young people, speaking with one voice for the benefit of patients and staff. • To co-locate CRIC inpatient services on the Evelina London site for the long term. The Integration Matron for the CRIC Transformation and Integration team will have the key responsibility to ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality inspiring patient and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and surveillance. Closing date: 22/09/2024 Interview date: 01/10/2024 Main duties of the job Your initial areas of work are likely to include: working with clinical teams to develop and deliver benefits and value projects; leading the development of projects and sub-groups within clinical workstreams (inpatient, outpatient and support) and project managing workstreams to develop future models of care. There will be ample opportunity to work on several different aspects of the programme and/or pursue further development opportunities, and you should be willing to work flexibly and adapt as the programme priorities evolve. You will be contributing to a learning system and exploring interests through research and publication are strongly encouraged. The successful candidate will have a track record in project management, business management, transformation and/or improvement and strategy. You will have excellent problem-solving and communication skills, and will understand different perspectives and manage through situations outside of your control. You will be a self-starter with exceptional drive and self-motivation, a team player, and have an ability to respond to changing demands and the high paced nature of the programme. You will be adept at forming excellent working relationships with a range of clinicians, patients, academics and other stakeholders across the organisation. Working for our organisation Evelina London Evelina London is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share. We have an ambitious strategic development programme, with backing from Guy’s and St Thomas’. Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in our hospitals and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. Evelina London is here for children, young people and women from London to South East England, and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world. As the only NHS Trust in London with women’s and specialist children’s services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. We operate through five clinical directorates: Children’s Medicine and Neonatology; Children’s Surgery, Theatres and Anaesthesia; Children’s Cardio-respiratory and Intensive Care; Children’s Community Services and Women’s Services. Find out more www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk Watch our short film to see inside our children’s hospital. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Duties and Responsibilities · Project manage programme workstreams and sub-workstreams. · Communicate complex, sensitive and contentious information on the progress of the projects and programme to key stakeholders · Liaise with centres of excellence and expert advisory groups and ensure that the projects reflect current good and evidence based practice. · Facilitate meetings of clinicians, managers, patients and other partners to agree priorities and action plans. · Support consensus building and manage conflict or opposing views whilst encouraging participation from all involved. · Proactively problem-solve and negotiate where issues arise in the development and implementation of the projects. · Develop reports or information relevant to the programme, communicating through for example service events, displays, exhibitions, local newsletters, website and local events, liaising closely with the communication managers. · Develop and use presentations and reports effectively at local and public events to raise awareness of the work, as required. · Develop, review and disseminate materials and resources as required. · Lead for all queries relating to the postholder’s portfolio of work. · Ensure the approach to all project workstreams takes account of diverse needs and is culturally sensitive and equitable. · Work autonomously across multiple professional, organisational and system boundaries and proactively plan, develop and sustain new partnerships and networks to influence and improve health outcomes and healthcare delivery system. · Inform and develop relevant pathways of care and related guidance and protocols to improve models of care. · Lead nursing and other clinical teams in establishing and maintaining effective communication channels with multi-disciplinary team, patients, their carers and external agencies. Person specification Qualification and Knowledge Essential criteria First level registered Nurse. A Masters level qualification in nursing or equivalent training and experience Broad clinical experience relevant to the post. A proven track record of operational service management at a senior level in an acute hospital environment, including staff management, financial management and change management Experience Essential criteria Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback. Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them. Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands. Desirable criteria A confident and demonstrable track record in using quantitative, qualitative and financial information to inform delivery planning and in monitoring performance, and particularly associated with clinical quality. A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority. Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful JE6434 partnership working; Skills Essential criteria Proven leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust’s and your performance expectations. Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships. Demonstrable political judgment and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups, and common sense in knowing when to escalate A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on A/I/T JE6434 achieving demanding goals. 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. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further details / informal visits contact Name Charlie Fowles Job title CRIC Transformation lead Email address [email protected] Telephone number 07827961162