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 Manager role will form a key part of the team delivering the Theatre Modernisation and Expansion Programme across the theatre estate at Guys Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital. The post holder will support the Programme Director and the Director of Operations in devising and delivering this ambitious programme of work which will see the theatre estate being future proofed as well as working on expanding the estate to meet future demands for patient care. Main duties of the job · Lead the production of a programme plan that delivers agreed programme milestones and objectives that are consistent with overall business plans and Trust strategy. · Lead the de v elop m en t o f bu s ine ss ca s e s, including feasibility studies, outline business cases (OBC), and detailed scheme designs. · Provide programme management leadership and expertise to the programme and individuals in the team, to deliver the objectives of the system. · Plan and organise complex, long term and often interdependent projects that form the programme. · Design, facilitate and effectively lead programme management meetings with stakeholders; ensuring breadth in participation and a focus on action planning. · Determine and allocate staff and other resources for the programme and individual projects, monitoring work allocation and re-allocating as necessary to ensure successful delivery to time, cost and quality. · Champion the use of appropriate project management practices. · Proactively monitor progress to ensure the programme is managed in line with the Trust’s Values, Standing Financial Instructions, project management processes, and in compliance with appropriate legislation, statutory approvals and mandatory standards. · Commission, plan and implement appropriate evaluation and audit of the programme across sites and organisations. 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. 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. 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. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Project Management · Lead the production of a programme plan that delivers agreed programme milestones and objectives that are consistent with overall business plans and Trust strategy. · Lead the de v elop m en t o f bu s ine ss ca s e s, including feasibility studies, outline business cases (OBC), and detailed scheme designs. · Provide programme management leadership and expertise to the programme and individuals in the team, to deliver the objectives of the system. · Plan and organise complex, long term and often interdependent projects that form the programme. · Design, facilitate and effectively lead programme management meetings with stakeholders; ensuring breadth in participation and a focus on action planning. · Determine and allocate staff and other resources for the programme and individual projects, monitoring work allocation and re-allocating as necessary to ensure successful delivery to time, cost and quality. · Champion the use of appropriate project management practices. · Proactively monitor progress to ensure the programme is managed in line with the Trust’s Values, Standing Financial Instructions, project management processes, and in compliance with appropriate legislation, statutory approvals and mandatory standards. · Commission, plan and implement appropriate evaluation and audit of the programme across sites and organisations. Financial management · Ensure that programme related business plans are underpinned by detailed and robust financial plans through budget planning and negotiation of appropriate budgets. · Manages budget for own area of work and multi-stranded project workstreams to ensure best value for money, including signing off invoices, monitoring expenditure and providing budgetary reports. · Actively monitor expenditure against budget and address problems at an early stage. · Lead the commissioning and procurement of products, equipment, services, systems and facilities, as required for the delivery of the project. · Deliver and oversee complex recharging arrangements across multiple organisations. Staff and stakeholder management · Lead engagement plans for the programme 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 the project. · Lead strategies to achieve acceptance, consensus and alignment of views, both formally and informally from senior managers and clinicians. · Use highly developed negotiation, persuasion and motivational skills to gain support for the programme across the breadth of stakeholders, including commissioners, patients and providers. · Establish and lead framework, governance and systems to support effective programme management. · Provide full line management and leadership to multidisciplinary team(s), assigning responsibility to achieve the programme’s objectives. · Lead project management training and model practices to both internal staff members and external stakeholders and partners. · Present and take feedback at board level · Work in a matrix management style and foster close working relations with other stakeholders. · Lead the development and performance of the team to ensure they remain high performing, credible and delivery-orientated. Information management · Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate programme information management systems for allocated projects ensuring they are fit for purpose to a range of audiences. · Lead programme team to develop, refine and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data, including quantitative and qualitative data. · Accountable for ensuring data quality of databases required by the programme. · Lead and develop policies and protocols to support the programme that are consistent with Trust standards and work across clinical services. · Support wider review and development of existing project information management systems to ensure an integrated approach to programme management. Strategy, change and service improvement · Lead the development of a programme strategy including research and development to identify, develop and promote best practice. · Ensure infrastructure in place to test and review new concepts, models, methods, practices, products and equipment. · Regular horizon scanning of best practice and ways of working within the sector and within project management Personal Development · Maintain up to date knowledge of a range of skills including service improvement techniques and be responsible for developing and maintaining own CPD programme. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Relevant Masters / MBA, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) to practitioner level or equivalent Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development Experience Essential criteria Evidence of leading successful programme from start to finish Extensive programme management experience in large complex organisations Experience of managing large, multi-stranded budgets from a range of income sources Skills/Knowledge Essential criteria Extensive knowledge of contract management Excellent understanding and track record of successful change Highly effective leadership, people and project management skills Excellent interpersonal, communication (written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills with a track record in consistently delivering performance targets and writing complex business cases, policies and change 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 We will be offering conversations regarding the role for shortlisted candidates with David Kovar, Director of Operations wc10 June. If you would like more detail regarding the role before applying please contact Rosie Batty, Deputy Director of Operations on [email protected].