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 Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London supports the spread and adoption of innovation in health and social care. Our Community and Care Home Programmes’ team is looking to recruit an experienced project manager with the passion and drive to support south London’s health and care organisations to deliver positive change through innovation. Get a flavour of our work here The award-winning HIN is a vibrant and exciting place to work.We are hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust, so staff enjoy the benefits of being part of the NHS family. Our office is based near Waterloo/Westminster stations and we offer great health and wellbeing support including yoga, a book club, lunchtime walks, and regular social events. Our HIN Academy provides fantastic training to upskill staff to work collaboratively across the system. We also offer regular opportunity for staff to work from home. The successful candidate will manage the delivery of key projects at the HIN, working with colleagues in health and care organisations across south London. We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, who has a track record of delivering projects in health and/or social care. For this role, experience facilitating groups, preparing bids and business cases, and writing reports would be particularly advantageous. Main duties of the job We are looking for someone who: · understands key challenges and opportunities in improving and innovating in care outside of hospital (e.g. in community health services and social care) · has a track record of leading projects, and evaluating their impact · works well as a part of team, and is able to balance priorities when working across multiple projects in a busy programme · is able to develop close working relationships with key stakeholders at partner organisations · is confident facilitating groups of external stakeholders · has experience of bid preparation and report writing Working for our organisation What is the Health Innovation Network? There are 15 health innovation networks across England, established by NHS England in 2013 to spread innovation at pace and scale – improving health and generating economic growth. Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London is the health innovation network for south London. We are the bodies uniquely established to connect academics, NHS commissioners and providers, local authorities, patients and patient groups and industry to accelerate the spread and adoption of innovations and best practice, using an evidence-based approach, working across large populations. Working as catalysts of change across health and social care economies, we facilitate health improvements and economic growth. We work across a huge range of health and care services through each of our clinical and innovation themes, to transform care in diabetes, cardiometabolic disease, mental health, community settings and social care, to accelerate digital health uptake into the NHS, and we’re passionate about education. The Health Innovation Network helps mobilise the value that the NHS can add as an economic asset to the UK economy. The HIN works with a range of expert support and services across the health and care sectors that support NHS innovators and companies to realise the commercial and economic potential of their innovations. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached JD and Person Specification for full information. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Extensive previous experience in the NHS or similar relevant experience Skills Essential criteria Project management skills – ability to plan, manage and monitor according to the project framework and within the agreed budget Highly developed service improvement skills underpinned by demonstrable practical experience Ability to engage with individuals at all levels including clinicians, senior managers, commissioners, patients and carers Ability to receive and communicate highly complex or sensitive information in a multi-disciplinary working environment and across organisations Sound analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information from a wide range of sources and produce high quality written reports in an appropriate format for the target audience Experience Essential criteria Evidence of knowledge/training in project management/service improvement techniques e.g. Prince, process mapping, PDSA, demand and capacity, Statistical Process Control etc. 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 Andrea Carter Job title Programme Director Email address [email protected] Additional information If you have questions about the role you are encouraged to contact the recruiting managers in advance of application: Andrea Carter, Programme Director, [email protected] or Isabel Rodrigues de Abreu, Senior Project Manager [email protected]. Don’t meet every single requirement in the person specification? Studies have shown that women and people from global majority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single criteria. At the HIN we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with what is stated, we encourage you to apply anyway or contact us to discuss. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment. Our Values Brave - We encourage our teams and others to be brace with their ideas and support them to try new things. Kind - We care about each other, the people we work with and about the health and wellbeing of south Londoners. Open - We're open about what we do, and we share what we learn. Different - We think differently, and we are strong because of our diverse background, talents, and experiences. Together - We build communities and networks, we collaborate, and we connect.