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 King's Health Partners Programme Manager - Partnerships and Programmes Band 8a 12 month fixed term contract or secondment Main duties of the job The post holder will lead the programme management of KHP Academic Surgery. The Programme aims to: Facilitate outstanding surgical science collaborations; Support hybrid surgical and implementation trials; Inspire students aspiring to exciting surgical careers; Improve education for the next generation of surgical trainees Responsibilities include: - oversight of monthly Grand Rounds, supporting the clinical lead, and facilitating engagement events. - collaboratively designing and delivering KHP Executive Fellowship in Academic Surgery programme - a twelve-month executive fellowship programme which aims to teach leadership as the process of implementing positive change in dynamic, volatile or complex environments. In addition the post holder will lead on a portfolio of supporting projects and programmes including but not limited to supporting our 17 Clinical Academic Groups, supporting networks across KHP, providing project management for collaborations related to our priority areas of personalised health, health digital and data science and population health. Working for our organisation The post holder will be part of a team of approximately 60 individuals working within King's Health Partners programmes and partnerships. The Partnerships and Programmes team is made up of 6 individuals who support activity across the programmes and within our partner organisations. The team manages a portfolio of projects including Clinical Academic Group development, Academic Surgery, a programme of educational webinars for primary care, and a value in health professional development offer. The team manages key external partnerships including those through our membership of the European University Hospital Alliance. Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will be responsible for managing the development and delivery of projects and programmes within Partnerships and Programmes. This will involve working with a wide range of stakeholder organisations including but not exhaustive - patient and public representatives, local Healthwatch organisations, GP practices, community services, public health teams, mental and acute trusts, voluntary sector providers, and local authorities, as well as academics and national / international expert partners (including the European University Hospital Alliance). The post holder will be responsible for designing and leading projects to develop the overall programme, including supporting other team members in the development, implementation and monitoring of work streams that support the delivery of the overall programme. Performance management and cross-system reporting of the programme is of vital importance, given the complex stakeholder environment. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring all work streams are reporting effectively within the overall governance and reporting framework. See full job description for further details Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Evidence of Masters degree, or other post graduate qualifications, or equivalent by virtue of experience. Skills Essential criteria Knowledge and experience of completing and actioning Project Briefs, Project Initiation Documents (PIDs), Project Implementation Plans, Highlight Reports, Exception Reports, Risk Logs, and Project Closure Reports. Experience Essential criteria Experience of managing and monitoring financial resources and delivering projects within budget 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 Amy Clark Job title Senior Programme Manager Email address [email protected] Additional information Informal inquiries are welcomed by email in the first instance