St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large acute provider in the south west region of London. It serves the London Borough of Wandsworth, from its two sites, St George’s Hospital, Tooting and Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton. St George's Hospital is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals and one of the largest hospitals in Europe. We offer a full range of local hospital services and are home to one of four major trauma centres and one of eight hyper-acute stroke units for London. As well as acute hospital services, we are proud to provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. We care for a population of more than 1.3 million people and are one of the largest employers in the region, with 9,000 staff and volunteers. In addition, a large number of our services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling about 3.5 million people. Valuing the diversity of our local population is fundamental to realising our vision to provide outstanding healthcare to our diverse community

We aim to deliver outstanding care for our patients and provide the best working environment for our staff. As a Trust there is a lot to be excited about, we are on a journey of improvement and are extremely proud to have a national and international reputation for many of our specialist services. Our vision is to deliver outstanding care, every time for our patients, staff, and the communities we serve.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delivering a significant Digital Strategy, and this is a fantastic opportunity to play a key senior role in the Information Communication & Technology (ICT) Directorate at the Trust. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, you will work closely with key stakeholders to ensure the digital programmes enable delivery of our Digital Strategy.

Leading and coordinating the numerous technical, systems and operational projects, you will be responsible for ensuring the effective application of robust methodologies and reporting processes across project leads and teams.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced leader with excellent technical skills and a successful track record of delivery in senior digital programmes and projects within acute healthcare settings. You will be accustomed to working at pace, flexible in your approach and be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of major digital and IT infrastructure projects across the Trust.

In return, you could be part of an aspirational journey, in which there is both permission and support to be innovative, in order to ensure the Trust develops a leading ICT function.

If you would like a further discussion on the role, in the first instance please contact our executive search partner Finn McNulty at Hunter Healthcare on 07966 006 091 or [email protected]