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 Programme Director will provide overall leadership to the Trust Major Programme which includes but is not limited to, the build of the new Guys Surgical Hub, the rolling refurbishment of all existing theatres, the ventilation strategy, other theatre expansion proposals, Endourology, the Hybrid Theatres and capacity / demand management for the future. The role will also take a lead role in the Robotic Surgery strategy, planning and implementation. Main duties of the job GSTT has a large estate of >50 existing theatres across the Trust’s five hospital sites – Guys, St Thomas, Evelina London, Royal Brompton and Harefield. The theatres are in varying stages of repair and upkeep with some more modern theatres and some ageing estate. All Theatres require regular maintenance as well as periodic refurbishment and upgrades to maintain compliance with Health Technical Memoranda (HTM) guidelines and the Hospital Engineering requirements. The recommended standards for operating Theatres were updated during Covid with improved ventilation requirements. Modelling suggests that due to rising demand, GSTT urgently needs to add additional theatre capacity as well as maintaining and updating the existing theatre estate. The Trust is committing £100m of capital to build a new state of the art theatre block (the ‘Guys Surgical Hub’) on the Guys site which will add significant new Theatre Capacity for South East London. Working for our organisation The Cancer and Surgery Clinical Group was formed in 2021 and consists of seven Directorates with a budget of c.£500 million: Oncology Surgical Oncology Haematology, Cellular Pathology and supporting services Gastrointestinal Medicine and Surgery Surgery (Orthopaedics and Plastics) Theatres, Anaesthesia and Perioperative Transplant, Renal and Urology We are focused on delivery of services to the local population of South East London but also provide a large number of specialist services across the South East of England. We currently have the largest robotic surgery programme in the UK and are committed to developing our robotic centre of excellence. We oversee the largest theatre complex in the NHS and have an ambitious theatre development programme underway. Our endoscopy service is JAG accredited and highly commended by the team. The Cancer and Surgery Clinical Group leads the delivery of the surgical and cancer strategies Trust wide working across the organisation in conjunction with the other three Clinical Groups to support the delivery of our ambitions. We are heavily focused on elective recovery with a strong focus on increasing our throughput and productivity through both improvement initiatives and new innovations such as the development of our High-Volume Low Complexity (HLVC) site for South East London at Sidcup and establishing the “high intensity theatre (HIT) list” concept which has been showcased across the NHS and national media. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see detailed job description attached for main responsibilities. The Programme Director will provide overall leadership to this programme, working closely with the SRO, to design and deliver this Trust Major Programme which will have a significant impact on Theatre capacity and surgical treatment in Guy’s and St Thomas’s and across southeast London. The programme director role will include responsibility for owning the plan, building the team and the establishing the governance structure for the programme. The post holder will work closely with clinical group colleagues to identify priorities and requirements, liaising with Essentia and other corporate colleagues and ensuring that all requirements for the programme are being delivered on schedule and within budget. The programme director will be expected to deputise for the SRO as required. Experience in delivering major capital programmes and building projects will be essential as well as operational experience / understanding in a complex acute environment and demonstrable experience in managing a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Person specification Knowledge/Qualifications Essential criteria Relevant Masters / MBA, equivalent professional qualification, or equivalent experience Desirable criteria Formal qualification in Programme Management, such as Managing Successful Programmes or equivalent Previous Experience Essential criteria Extensive evidence of leading successful programmes and / or improvement at a strategic level. Extensive programme management & change management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation, and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment Significant demonstrable experience of developing strategic relationships with Partner organisations and working across boundaries to align strategic priorities and deliver change Business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures Desirable criteria Experience delivering change through others, including influencing transformation outside direct line management channels Experience of managing a capital building scheme to create a new clinical facility. Operational Management experience including managing theatres. Skills Essential criteria Understanding of building regulations / standards e.g. Building Safety Act Expert knowledge of programme and change management methodologies and techniques Extensive knowledge of contract management, including working with commissioners to agree a sustainable funding arrangement for a new service or service model. Highly effective leadership, people, and interpersonal skills, including influencing and negotiating Desirable criteria Experience of using Patient and Public Engagement to shape transformation, and familiarity with public sector requirement ‘duty to involve’ on service changes 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 David Kovar Job title Director of Operations Email address [email protected] Additional information Alternate contact: Louisa Stockman Vine Director of Strategy and Partnerships [email protected]