Executive Summary
Thank you for your interest in the Head of Commercial post at Essentia. One of the largest NHS Trusts in the country with around 22,700 staff, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. Essentia Group 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 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. The Head of Commercial role is a crucial post that will play leading role in the delivery of a world class Estate. The role will take responsibility for ensuring that GSTT get best value from capital investment. The post holder will be required to work with a cross section of stakeholders including Estates colleagues, cost and commercial management consultants and contractor teams to successfully plan and manage commercial, contractual, procurement and supply chain challenges and mitigate risk across major capital projects and a range of complex capital and small works project spanning the entirety of the GSTT estate. The role offers the opportunity to play a crucial role in the future development of one the UK’s largest healthcare portfolios, creating an environment that in turn will make a fantastic difference to so many.
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Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
9 Our Locations 10 Modernising our Infrastructure 12 About the Trust 14 Looking at the Future 16 Job Description 24 Working for Essentia and GSTT 26 Application Process
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