Programme Support Administrator – Patient Safety & Experience team

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about the potential of digital technology to transform the NHS and help solve some of the biggest healthcare challenges? Do you want to play a key role in enabling NHS staff and entrepreneurs to collaborate on key transformation projects? Are you creative, organised and know how to get things done?

Wenow have a fantastic opportunity for a creative and passionate person to join DigitalHealth.London which is part of the Health Innovation Network (HIN). We are looking for someone who can help support healthcare technology companies scale in the NHS. The Project Support Assistant is an integral member of the team, aiding in the smooth and successful delivery of the programme. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in a growing team that have supported companies like Perfect Ward, Babylon, Visionable and Patchwork in past cohorts.

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, from delivering transformational programmes to improving patient pathways, or internally with our wide range of health and mental health wellbeing initiatives. Working at the HIN you could benefit from great health and wellbeing support which currently includes free yoga, book club, lunchtime walks, and regular social events alongside our HIN Academy providing fantastic training.

Planned interview dates are 8th & 9th September 2022.

Main duties of the job

Support colleagues with providing capacity and high-quality administrative support.
Be responsible for all administrative elements to meet funding requirements
Provide project support and project coordination to the operational running of DigitalHealth.London Accelerator and the Horizon Digital Pioneer Fellowship.
Support in the coordination of workshops for participating companies.
Ensure all members of the programme follow all relevant policies and procedures
Grow your skills in a fast-paced team delivering the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator in London and across the UK.
You'll be involved in supporting multiple projects throughout the year

What does the ideal candidate look like?

You have a high level of administrative skills and experience.

You're highly organised, a fast learner and energetic. You're proactive and enjoy getting involved in the day to day running of an exciting programme.
You've had experience supporting large-scale projects before, with multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
You're interested in the opportunities to improve healthcare delivery using technology.

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

About us

About the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator www.digitalhealth.london/accelerator

The Accelerator is a part of DigitalHealth.London, a programme aiming to speed up the development and scaling of digital innovations across health and care. The Accelerator works with 20-30 high potential start-ups and SMEs each year and supports them to develop and deploy solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing the NHS. The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator is a collaborative programme funded by London's three Academic Health Science Networks - UCLPartners, Imperial College Health Partners, and the Health Innovation Network, MedCity, CW+ (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Charity) and receives match funding from the European Regional Development Fund - please see below.

The Accelerator team are hosted by the Health Innovation Network (HIN) - the AHSN for South London. The Accelerator team has an office base at the HIN in Borough Market and the majority of team members are employed by the HIN. The HIN is hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The HIN is a membership organisation and drives lasting improvements in patient and population health outcomes through the spread and adoption of innovation into practice and capitalising on teaching and research strengths throughout the health system in South London and wider afield.

Date posted

19 August 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,157 to £29,859 a year pa inc of HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-COF7970

Job locations

Minerva House

London

SE1 9BB

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post is part-funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds

The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator is receiving approximately £3.8 million of funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2023. The Department for Communities and Local Government is the managing authority for ERDF. Established by the European Union, ERDF funds help local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regeneration. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding.

What is the Health Innovation Network?

The HIN is the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for south London, one of 15 AHSNs across England. We work across a range of health and care services through each of our clinical and innovation themes, to transform care in diabetes, patient safety, mental health, cardiovascular and healthy ageing and to accelerate innovations into the NHS. AHSNs help mobilize the value that the NHS can add as an economic asset to the UK economy. As an AHSN the HIN works with a range of expert support and services across the health and care sectors that support NHS innovators and companies to realise the commercial and economic potential of their innovations.

As part of the HIN adaptable working principles, which allows our ability to adapt to anticipated changes in project portfolios and gives staff the opportunity to enhance their skills and expertise, the successful candidate may be asked to operate across other themes and projects.

Our Values

Brave - We encourage our teams and others to be brace with their ideas and support them to try new things.

Kind - We care about each other, the people we work with and about the health and wellbeing of south Londoners.

Open - We're open about what we do, and we share what we learn.

Different - We think differently, and we are strong because of our diverse background, talents, and experiences.

Together - We build communities and networks, we collaborate, and we connect.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post is part-funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds

What is the Health Innovation Network?

Our Values

Brave - We encourage our teams and others to be brace with their ideas and support them to try new things.

Kind - We care about each other, the people we work with and about the health and wellbeing of south Londoners.

Open - We're open about what we do, and we share what we learn.

Different - We think differently, and we are strong because of our diverse background, talents, and experiences.

Together - We build communities and networks, we collaborate, and we connect.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

oDiploma (or working towards) or relevant equivalent experience and/or training.

Desirable

oBachelor's degree

Previous experience

Essential

oExtensive experience of providing high quality programme or project administrative support or office administration
oSignificant experience of working in high pressure environment showing effective prioritisation and co-ordination of a varied workload under pressure and to deadlines
oExperience of complex diary management

Desirable

oExperience of administrative support to programmes or projects at the academic/health service interface
oExperience of using contact/content management systems and online collaboration portals
oInterest in digital health

Skills

Essential

oExcellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint etc.
oHighly organised with excellent attention to detail.
oExcellent communication skills, verbal and written.
oAble to work individually as well as part of a team
oWilling to learn new skills.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

oDiploma (or working towards) or relevant equivalent experience and/or training.

Desirable

oBachelor's degree

Previous experience

Essential

oExtensive experience of providing high quality programme or project administrative support or office administration
oSignificant experience of working in high pressure environment showing effective prioritisation and co-ordination of a varied workload under pressure and to deadlines
oExperience of complex diary management

Desirable

oExperience of administrative support to programmes or projects at the academic/health service interface
oExperience of using contact/content management systems and online collaboration portals
oInterest in digital health

Skills

Essential

oExcellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint etc.
oHighly organised with excellent attention to detail.
oExcellent communication skills, verbal and written.
oAble to work individually as well as part of a team
oWilling to learn new skills.