Employer Guy''s and St Thomas'' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Working across SEL, based atICB / GSTT sites Town London Salary £72,921 - £83,362 pa inc. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 15/09/2025 23:59Senior Project Manager - SEL Pharmacy Homecare Transformation

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a high-profile transformation programme that will shape the future of pharmacy homecare services across South East London. Working jointly with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and the South East London Integrated Care Board, the Senior Project Manager will deliver a system-wide programme to modernise, harmonise, and sustain homecare medicines services.The postholder will play a pivotal role in improving patient access, ensuring financial sustainability, and developing a collaborative SEL homecare model. This role will work across organisational boundaries, engaging with Chief Pharmacists, clinical teams, finance and commissioning colleagues, NHS England, community pharmacy, homecare providers, and patient groups to deliver lasting system change.Main duties of the job

The Senior Project Manager will lead the South East London Pharmacy Homecare Transformation Programme, providing overall programme management and delivery across multiple Trusts and system partners.Establishing programme governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement structures.Leading prescribing harmonisation across Trusts and supporting pilots such as EPS/CLEO prescribing into community pharmacy.Developing and delivering a transformation roadmap for a collaborative or centralised SEL homecare function.Ensuring robust financial planning, tracking VAT savings, and identifying cost-effective supply models.Coordinating with pharmacy clinical teams, finance, commissioning, NHS England colleagues, and patient representatives to deliver sustainable change.Overseeing development of performance dashboards and KPIs to ensure delivery against key milestones and system benefits.Ensuring programme delivery complies with NHS legislation, governance frameworks, and Trust policies.The role requires strong partnership working, programme management expertise, and the ability to engage senior stakeholders to achieve system-wide improvements.Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) is one of the UK’s largest and most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, providing high quality care, research, and education across five hospitals and extensive community services. As part of King’s Health Partners, we are an Academic Health Sciences Centre, combining world-class clinical services with cutting-edge research and training.We are proud to serve diverse communities across South East London and to work in close partnership with the South East London Integrated Care Board (ICB), NHS England, local authorities, community pharmacy and voluntary sector partners. Together we are committed to improving patient outcomes, tackling health inequalities, and delivering sustainable models of care.Our values —

Caring, Ambitious and Inclusive

— guide how we work with our patients, colleagues and partners. We support flexible working, equality and diversity, and are committed to developing our staff so they can thrive and grow in their careers.This role offers the opportunity to work at the heart of an innovative transformation programme with system-wide impact, supported by a collaborative and forward-looking organisation.Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for leading the South East London (SEL) Pharmacy Homecare Transformation Programme, working jointly with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and the SEL Integrated Care Board. The programme will deliver a sustainable, consistent and collaborative approach to pharmacy homecare services across SEL, improving patient access and ensuring financial and operational resilience.Key responsibilities include:Programme leadership

– establish and manage governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement structures; provide assurance on delivery to GSTT and SEL ICB leadership.Prescribing harmonisation and service redesign

– coordinate standardisation of prescribing processes across SEL Trusts; support pilots such as EPS/CLEO prescribing into community pharmacy; and progress the development of a centralised SEL homecare function.Financial management

– ensure robust business cases, monitor budgets, track VAT savings and cost efficiencies, and oversee procurement and commissioning processes that deliver value for money.Stakeholder engagement

– work collaboratively with Chief Pharmacists, pharmacy clinical teams, finance and commissioning colleagues, NHS England, community pharmacy, external homecare providers, and patient groups to co-design and deliver sustainable models of care.Performance and evaluation

– oversee development of performance dashboards and KPIs; ensure risks and interdependencies are managed; monitor delivery against agreed milestones; and embed lessons learned into programme improvement.Strategic leadership

– develop the SEL homecare transformation roadmap, ensuring alignment with system priorities, national policy, and patient needs.The role requires significant programme management expertise, excellent relationship-building skills, and the ability to deliver complex transformation across organisational boundaries.Person specification

Qualifications / Education

Relevant MPharm or equivalent professional permitting qualification as a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician with the GPhCRegistration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)Postgraduate qualifications in Clinical Pharmacy Practice (PGCert, MSc or equivalent)Member of relevant professional groups (RPS, UKCPA)Leadership or management qualification (or underpinning knowledge)Knowledge and Experience

Experience of working with clinical specialities that actively rely on homecare services to provide medicines to patientsKnowledge of the homecare commissioning landscape and how homecare services support NHS careKnowledge of the wider NHS landscape and how introduction of ICBs / ICS structures influence service design and deliveryEvidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures.Experience of managing organisational change and re-designing services.Extensive project management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment.Skills and Abilities

Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and delegate effectively.Ability to provide highly complex information to all levels of healthcare professionalsAbility to use data to inform any change to practiceAbility to communicate effectively with others, using a variety of mediums (written, spoken and digital technology)Able to compile and present a business case to support service / team developmentGuy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.Your e-mail address is important to us -We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis.Please apply for this post by clicking "Apply Online Now."Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.Name Gareth Kitson Job title Associate Chief Pharmacist - ISM Email address gareth.kitson1@nhs.net Additional information Vanessa Burgess - SEL ICB Chief Pharmacist(Vanessa.Burgess@selondonics.nhs.uk)Keith Thompson - GSTT Chief Pharmacist and Clinical Director (keiththompson@nhs.net)

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