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 We are looking for two experienced, enthusiastic project managers with a proven track record of working with clinical teams across organisational boundaries to deliver service transformation. The post holders will each have a specific geographical area to cover (to be mutually agreed). The post holders will be employed by Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and will work in close collaboration with other programme team members at Evelina London and Great Ormond Street Hospitals. The post holders will work via a hybrid model of home / office work, and be required to travel to stakeholder sites as required. Increasing numbers of children and young people (CYP) with complex conditions require additional respiratory support via Long Term Ventilation (LTV). This requires a high level of coordination of care from multiple specialties across the whole of the health and social care systems. This has put demand on acute and community healthcare services. A new Pan Thames Paediatric Long Term Ventilation Programme has recently been established, hosted by Evelina London (GSTT). The programme is under the combined governance the North Thames Paediatric Network (NTPN www.norththamespaediatricnetwork.co.uk) and the South Thames Paediatric Network (STPN www.stpn.uk) . The key aim is to bring together people working in all areas of healthcare from across these regions to ensure that children receive the highest-quality specialist care at the right time and in the right place. Main duties of the job Together three teams from the Royal Brompton Hospital, NTPN and STPN have worked collaboratively to extensively scope the provision of LTV services across North London and bordering East of England Trusts, South London, Kent and Medway, Surrey Heartlands and Sussex. This has led to the development of a comprehensive plan for example, to support the delivery of multiple guidelines to improve standards of care; an educational and training programme to upskill clinical teams; suggested new models for care to provide care local to home for patients and families; and new initiatives such as centralized procurement of LTV equipment to avoid delays in discharge from hospital to home. The post holders will lead the implementation of this work. Working for our organisation The STPN is hosted by Evelina London. Due to the increasing numbers of patients, and changes to clinical and wider healthcare commissioning models the existing LTV RBH service has moved to be hosted under the care of the STPN, and jointly managed by the STPN and NTPN Leadership teams. This has created a new Pan Thames LTV Network. To deliver a comprehensive updated service a new clinical and programme team is being established consisting of a Clinical Director, Network Manager, Project Managers, Educators, a Welfare Advisor together with administrative and BI support. It is envisioned that some of the roles will cover specific geographically areas and the ability to travel or work in different locations may be required. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the detailed Job Description and Person Specification which outline the main aims and objectives of the programme and details of the role expectations. Person specification Qualifications & Experience Essential criteria Educated to first Degree or significant experience as a project manager in the NHS Evidence of Masters degree, or other post graduate qualifications, or equivalent by virtue of experience. Substantial NHS experience of facilitating and managing clinical projects/programmes Experience of working across organisational boundaries and within complex environments Desirable criteria Project Management qualification Leadership or management qualification Experience of working in NHS commissioner and provide organisations Skills and Knowledge Essential criteria Comprehensive experience of programme and project management principles, tools and techniques Experience of working with and influencing senior management and clinicians Ability to negotiate with senior stakeholders make decisions regarding difficult and controversial issues Experience of interpreting and implementing research / guidance/policy Evidence of working effectively and collaboratively as a team member Experience of managing and monitoring financial resources Ability Essential criteria Ability and willingness to travel and work in different locations Ability to work autonomously, prioritise workload and commitment to professional develop Proven ability to manage, analyse and present complex data Ability to think strategically and anticipate and resolve problems Proven ability to manage, analyse and present complex data Evidence of excellent communication skills and ability to engage stakeholders, and facilitate meetings 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 The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Further details / informal visits contact Name Sally Watts Job title STPN Manager Email address [email protected] Telephone number 07918 338799 Additional information Kate Plunkett-Reed (NTPN) [email protected]