Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It’s personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It’s the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible. Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. Our preceptorship programme is second to none hence the award and logo. It’s simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services. In 2018, we were named ‘Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction’ by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally. We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users. Job overview Across Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KHFT) and Hounslow & Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust (HRCH), our joint ambition is for our Places, Services and People to ‘Thrive’; encapsulating our response as an anchor institution at Place, with a responsibility to embrace our wider role in addressing the wider determinants of health and wellbeing for the populations that we serve. Our strategic ambition is, both aspirational and realistic , to address the sustainability challenge that the NHS faces. Never has it been more important to address our environmental and social responsibilities, to take action to protect the environment and contribute to the wellbeing of future generations. We see organisational merger as a key enabler to delivering our ambition and we are now seeking an energetic, dynamic and erudite lead to drive forward our integration plans; from Full Business Case stage to completion, and beyond. With such an ambitious transformational change agenda, this is an exciting time to join our well-respected organisations. Together: We Nurture, We Grow, We Thrive Main duties of the job As Integration Programme Director, you will lead a series of integration work streams in designing our new, integrated organisation. You will report, via the Deputy Chief Executive, on progress with regard to the transaction to the joint Executive Team and Trust Board. You will steer our organisations from ‘Strategic Case’ stage, all the way through to Full Business Case and will lead the development of the Post-Transaction Integration Plan (PTIP). To be successful, you will need to positively influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders on the benefits of our transaction for the populations we serve, the staff we employ and for the Integrated Care System that we operate as part of. We are particularly looking for candidates who have past experience of delivering mergers or acquisitions in the NHS; although will consider exceptional candidates who have such experience gained in other sectors. Candidates must have Executive-level gravitas and leadership capabilities. They must be excellent leaders of people and teams, with an inspirational approach to transformational design and delivery. Working for our organisation Working for HRCH We provide community health services for around 523,000 people in the boroughs of Hounslow and Richmond. We provides the same services for the borough of Kingston via a service contract with Your Healthcare, a Community Interest Company. HRCH also serves a wider population across south-west London with a range of more specialist services. Working for KHFT Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital supporting around 350,000 people in Kingston, Richmond, Elmbridge (Surrey), Merton, Wandsworth and Sutton. It provides care to over half a million people each year, and have 450 inpatient beds, an emergency department, urgent treatment centre, and a busy maternity service. The Trust is rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission , and we employ over 3,500 staff , who are supported by around 300 staff employed by our estates and facilities contractor ISS. We also have over 350 volunteers who support us. Detailed job description and main responsibilities *****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role***** Person specification Education / Qualifications Essential criteria Educated to Master’s Degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience Evidence of appropriate continuing professional and personal development, as a result of feedback, reflection and experiential learning. Experience Essential criteria Significant experience of delivering organisation-wide change. Experience of delivering Mergers and Acquisitions. Experience of developing and delivering transformational programmes and projects. Knowledge Essential criteria Awareness of national and regional (South West London ICS) strategic plans impacting the organisations. Good understanding of the NHS Transactions Guidance. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Products. Skills / Abilities Essential criteria Confidence to be able to communicate to Senior individuals and respond positively to constructive challenge. Ability to be able to mulit-task and to "keep a handle" on multiply pieces of work impacting the transaction. Ability to inspire confidence in internal and external stakeholders Excellent written communication. ____________________________________________________________ The closing date given is a guide only. There may be occasions where we have to close a vacancy once a sufficient amount of applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly. If you are successful at the shortlisting stage we will contact you via TRAC email. Please continue to check your emails and also your TRAC account for correspondence. You must confirm your attendance to interview as soon as possible, failure to do so will result in your interview being cancelled. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted. Hounslow & Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust (HRCH) uses TRUSTID identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of key documents such as Passports, Driving Licenses etc. It is a condition of appointment that all prospective employees of HRCH have their original documents verified using this TRUSTID. Please ensure you provide work email addresses for your referees where possible. Hounslow & Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services. Please note that this post is subject to a 3 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust, this will not apply. Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
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