Head of Networks - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced senior leader to drive the development and delivery of South London specialised clinical networks through the new Head of Clinical Networks post within the South London Office of Specialised Services (SLOSS) team.

There are a range of specialised clinical networks working across pathways and systems of care to support the delivery of high quality patient centred care in South London and the South of England.

The networks are a key part of the specialised transformation architecture and bring together patients, clinicians and systems to improve services and patient outcomes and experience.

In recent years the networks have grown organically, which has led to a large number of networks with variation in mandate, maturity, resourcing, scope, structure, function, remit and responsibility.

We are seeking to recruit a Head of Clinical Networks to implement recommendations for network development to enhance delivery and integration.

They will provide leadership support to networks managers and clinical directors to support them in operationalising agreed priorities, navigating system governance, problem solving when issues arise, supporting consensus building and unblocking hurdles to progress.

This includes facilitating relationship building and integration with Integrated Care Systems, in line with the specialised delegation agenda and with demonstrable impact.

Working alongside the Director and Deputy Director for SLOSS, the post holder will be operating at a senior level within the SLOSS team.

They will work with system leaders at executive level, managers and clinicians across South London, as well as NHS England representatives from national and regional teams, to strengthen leadership and accountability of networks and achieve objectives for network development and delivery for South London.

The post is hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, but is funded by, and will work on behalf of, the South London specialised services partner organisations, with broader engagement in neighbouring regions.

Whilst the role is a combination of remote and site based working, the post holder will need the ability to work flexibly across South London sites including South East London Integrated Care System, South West London Integrated Care System and all provider network hosts and members.

The Head of Networks post is an opportunity for an individual with strong skills in relationship development, stakeholder management, facilitation, and strategic planning to work with networks, integrated care systems (ICSs), providers, NHS England and other keys strategic programmes to create better coordination and alignment in objectives for networks and the systems they operate across.

A key deliverable in this role will be the alignment of network work planning cycles to ICS and provider business planning processes to ensure an opportunity for priorities to be reflected in funding and planning intentions.