Key Facts 23,600 colleagues making us one of the largest employers in the NHS. 15,800 participants recruited into 394 non- commercial and 109 commercial studies in 2023/24 - the ninth highest recruitment across 220 trusts nationally. £2.9 billion annual turnover and 43% (£927 million0 of our clinical income comes from specialist services. £266 million capital investment to improve our buildings facilities and equipment over the past 5 years including our new electronic health record system. 1,550 beds across our hospitals, including 32 beds in the community and more than 170 places in our virtual wards that support patients in community settings such as their own homes. 36 scanners, including 20 MRI, 14 CT and 2 PET, with access to a further 8 MRI scanners owned by our partners at King’s College London. 64 operating theatres across our main hospital sites. 1.2 million telephone calls received every year.
Essentia Group Essentia is part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Responsible for non- clinical healthcare services, Essentia designs, builds and maintains healthcare infrastructure vital to the smooth running of healthcare services. This encompasses everything from construction projects and healthcare planning to waste management, housekeeping, transport and security. Essentia employs around 1,900 people, who provide essential facilities management support to clinical teams working across the acute hospital of Guy’s and St Thomas’, Royal Brompton and Harefield as well as the South East London Community and other partner Trusts. It combines high standards and public sector values with commercial focus, innovative thinking and modern technology to create the best possible patient experience.
Essentia Vision
To be the Estates, Facilities and Capital Management service provider of choice, ensuring the safety of patients, visitors and staff across all the health settings we support, each and every day.
Our vision is supported by five strategic objectives:
Putting patient safety and experience at the forefront of what we do by working together and supporting each other.
Establish and maintain consistently high quality and safety standards.
Drive innovation and problem solving through forward thinking and team work.
Ensure effective and efficient use of sustainable resources to support our mission.
Be inclusive and develop the skills of our people to develop careers within the organisation, and build a sense of pride.
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