Programme Director - Theatre Expansion and Modernisation

Programme Director - Theatre Expansion and Modernisation Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The Programme Director will provide overall leadership to the Trust Major Programme which includes but is not limited to, the build of the new Guys Surgical Hub, the rolling refurbishment of all existing theatres, the ventilation strategy, other theatre expansion proposals, Endourology, the Hybrid Theatres and capacity / demand management for the future. The role will also take a lead role in the Robotic Surgery strategy, planning and implementation.

Main duties of the job

GSTT has a large estate of over 50 existing theatres across the Trust's five hospital sites. The theatres are in varying stages of repair and upkeep with some more modern theatres and some ageing estate.

Modelling suggests that due to rising demand, GSTT urgently needs to add additional theatre capacity as well as maintaining and updating the existing theatre estate. The Trust is committing £100m of capital to build a new state-of-the-art theatre block (the 'Guys Surgical Hub') on the Guys site which will add significant new Theatre Capacity for South East London.

About us

The Cancer and Surgery Clinical Group was formed in 2021 and consists of seven Directorates with a budget of approximately £500 million:

• Oncology
• Surgical Oncology
• Haematology, Cellular Pathology and supporting services
• Gastrointestinal Medicine and Surgery
• Surgery (Orthopaedics and Plastics)
• Theatres, Anaesthesia and Perioperative
• Transplant, Renal and Urology

We are focused on delivery of services to the local population of South East London but also provide a large number of specialist services across the South East of England. We currently have the largest robotic surgery programme in the UK and are committed to developing our robotic centre of excellence. We oversee the largest theatre complex in the NHS and have an ambitious theatre development programme underway. Our endoscopy service is JAG accredited and highly commended by the team.

The Cancer and Surgery Clinical Group leads the delivery of the surgical and cancer strategies Trust wide working across the organisation in conjunction with the other three Clinical Groups to support the delivery of our ambitions. We are heavily focused on elective recovery with a strong focus on increasing our throughput and productivity through both improvement initiatives and new innovations such as the development of our High-Volume Low Complexity (HLVC) site for South East London at Sidcup and establishing the 'high intensity theatre (HIT) list' concept which has been showcased across the NHS and national media.

Job responsibilities

Please see detailed job description attached for main responsibilities.

The Programme Director will provide overall leadership to this programme, working closely with the SRO, to design and deliver this Trust Major Programme which will have a significant impact on Theatre capacity and surgical treatment in Guys and St Thomas' and across South East London.

The programme director role will include responsibility for owning the plan, building the team and establishing the governance structure for the programme. The post holder will work closely with clinical group colleagues to identify priorities and requirements, liaising with Essentia and other corporate colleagues and ensuring that all requirements for the programme are being delivered on schedule and within budget. The programme director will be expected to deputise for the SRO as required.

Person Specification Qualifications / Education

• Formal qualification in Programme Management, such as Managing Successful Programmes or equivalent

Previous Experience

• Extensive evidence of leading successful programmes and/or improvement at a strategic level.
• Extensive programme management & change management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation, and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment
• Significant demonstrable experience of developing strategic relationships with Partner organisations and working across boundaries to align strategic priorities and deliver change
• Business case preparation, service initiation/commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures
• Experience delivering change through others, including influencing transformation outside direct line management channels

Skills / Knowledge / Ability

• Understanding of building regulations/standards e.g. Building Safety Act
• Expert knowledge of programme and change management methodologies and techniques
• Extensive knowledge of contract management, including working with commissioners to agree a sustainable funding arrangement for a new service or service model.
• Highly effective leadership, people, and interpersonal skills, including influencing and negotiating
• Experience of using Patient and Public Engagement to shape transformation, and familiarity with public sector requirement 'duty to involve' on service changes

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£113,557 to £129,443 a year per annum incl. HCA