Job summary
The Programme Lead will support the Managing Director of St George's and General Manager for Children's Services by leading the programme of work to ensure the safe and effective transfer of the Principal Treatment Centre (PTC) for cancer in South London from RMH/ SGUH to the Evelina.
The successful candidate will work to ensure thePTC transfer programme of work aligns strategically with internal work at SGUH and the development of the Group Children's Services strategy. They will also support the scoping and delivery of associated work projects as SGUH looks to define and implement new service opportunities longer term following exit from PTC service delivery.
The successful candidate will have strong programme management skills to lead the programme internally, managing workstreams, risk, interdependencies and crucially developing and maintaining key relationships for the Trust with partners at the RMH, Evelina and NHS England.
Main duties of the job
- Establish a programme structure and manage resources to deliver the requirements for SGUH of the transition of the PTC. This will include implementing the appropriate workstreams (clinical, finance, HR/ workforce, estates, contracting & finance, comms and engagement, IT/ Digital, quality/risk/governance, stakeholder management etc.) and internal meeting structures.
- Lead other members of the programme team in carrying out rigorous project planning, identifying all required activities, setting milestones and identifying activity owners. Then monitoring and tracking project progress against the plan, making adjustments if targets are not met, and providing recommendations for adjusting plans, strategies, or tasks to the relevant governance forum
- Manage the whole programme lifecycle through to effective closure ensuring excellent governance throughout
- Put in place appropriate systems for the management of risk including escalation points as required
- Deliver detailed programme reports to senior staff as required
- Manage the delivery of benefits and track realisation of project/programme outcomes.
- Support and deliver all associated organisational change required from the overarching programme of work and associated projects
About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full detailed job description and person specification please see attached documentation for details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full detailed job description and person specification please see attached documentation for details.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent training and experience
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
- Project Management qualification
Desirable
- Programme Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in an NHS organisation in a senior management position
- Staff management and budget management
- Experience of having successfully delivered a complex programme of work within a healthcare setting
- Experience of researching best practice (private and public sector)
- Experience of implementing strategic plans across a number of departments
- Identifying and interpreting national and local policy
- Participation in the business planning process of an organisation
- Delivery of projects against tight timescales, within financial and other constraints, and high expectations
- Experience in working with a range of stakeholders both within and outside the organisation oTrack record of delivering key priorities in current organisation oExperience of presenting information to a senior level in an organisation (director or Board level) and working closely with senior management including Board members oProven experience of building successful partnership relationships, including working with complex teams / structures Experience of planning and service development in a complex organisation
- Experience of writing business cases, tenders and development plans.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work with a high degree of freedom, exercising judgement on the relative importance of issues to the delivery of the Trust annual plan
- Demonstrate strong and credible leadership in being able to pull together people across the Trust and motivate them to deliver common aims and targets
- Excellent IT skills
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to recognise and manage the politics within an organisation
- Strong literacy skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and conflicting deadlines by effective prioritisation
- Ability to communicate complex information effectively to a range of stakeholders, ranging from Trust Board to ward level
- Ability to analyse and interpret key information/ data and its relevance to the organisation
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current NHS strategic environment
- Knowledge of different commissioning models, their strengths and weaknesses.
- Knowledge of strategy development and delivery
- Knowledge of business planning and contracting processes and cycles in the NHS.
- Commercial acumen with an understanding of intellectual property, contract and licensing issues
- An understanding of marketing techniques and strategy
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent training and experience
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
- Project Management qualification
Desirable
- Programme Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in an NHS organisation in a senior management position
- Staff management and budget management
- Experience of having successfully delivered a complex programme of work within a healthcare setting
- Experience of researching best practice (private and public sector)
- Experience of implementing strategic plans across a number of departments
- Identifying and interpreting national and local policy
- Participation in the business planning process of an organisation
- Delivery of projects against tight timescales, within financial and other constraints, and high expectations
- Experience in working with a range of stakeholders both within and outside the organisation oTrack record of delivering key priorities in current organisation oExperience of presenting information to a senior level in an organisation (director or Board level) and working closely with senior management including Board members oProven experience of building successful partnership relationships, including working with complex teams / structures Experience of planning and service development in a complex organisation
- Experience of writing business cases, tenders and development plans.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work with a high degree of freedom, exercising judgement on the relative importance of issues to the delivery of the Trust annual plan
- Demonstrate strong and credible leadership in being able to pull together people across the Trust and motivate them to deliver common aims and targets
- Excellent IT skills
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to recognise and manage the politics within an organisation
- Strong literacy skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and conflicting deadlines by effective prioritisation
- Ability to communicate complex information effectively to a range of stakeholders, ranging from Trust Board to ward level
- Ability to analyse and interpret key information/ data and its relevance to the organisation
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current NHS strategic environment
- Knowledge of different commissioning models, their strengths and weaknesses.
- Knowledge of strategy development and delivery
- Knowledge of business planning and contracting processes and cycles in the NHS.
- Commercial acumen with an understanding of intellectual property, contract and licensing issues
- An understanding of marketing techniques and strategy
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
