Overview
Critical to successful delivery will be ensuring coherence and strategic dependencies are managed and exploited within the new Transformation portfolio and with key enabling initiatives led by site and corporate teams e.g. digital and data. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Role and Collaboration
The successful applicant must demonstrate the ability to work across organisational boundaries and in partnership with the SRO and leadership teams of both Trusts. The post-holder will be required to work as part of a multi-professional matrix structure with clinical, operational, estates/facilities, finance, HR/people, programme and project, improvement and strategy colleagues involved in delivering this programme. They will be a role model for purposeful collaboration. This role provides critical programme leadership capacity and capability for both Trusts during a significant period of change.
Programme Scope and Leadership
This is a complex, high-profile programme requiring strong, visible leadership to drive delivery at pace. Success in this role will depend on the ability to operate within a complex matrix, influencing across Group and system partners to align priorities, unlock delivery and deliver shared outcomes.
Organisational Context
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SGUH) and Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESTH) have worked together in a Group arrangement for the past four years, delivering meaningful progress in aligning strategy, governance, corporate services and clinical collaboration. The next phase represents a significant opportunity to formalise this partnership through merger by acquisition, creating a stronger, more resilient organisation to better serve our patients and communities. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead this transformative programme, shaping the future of services across the Group. Working across organisational boundaries and with system partners, the postholder will drive delivery of a complex and high-impact programme—building on existing strengths while addressing key challenges to improve outcomes, experience and sustainability for our population.
Mission and Goals
This programme leadership role will drive the gesh Group's mission to join our two Trusts together through a legal merger transaction by 1 April, 2028. 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).
Background
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.
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Contact Details:
St George's University Hospitals Recruitment Team
