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Job summary

Main area
Administration
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 21 months (until end of March 2026)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (hybrid working pattern)
Job ref
196-COF10268-S
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£42,471 - £50,364 p.a inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/07/2024 23:59

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Network Coordinator

NHS AfC: Band 6

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

The South East Genomic Medicine Service (SE GMS) seeks a motivated Network Coordinator to join our team and contribute to the delivery of SE GMSA’s Networks of Excellence.

NHS England launched eight Genomic Networks of Excellence (NoE) in January 2024 to provide a world-leading NHS Genomic Medicine Service (GMS). These networks develop evidence and models for adopting cutting-edge genomic advances, transforming patient care. The SE GMS will lead NoEs in severe infectious disease, cardiovascular disease, and Genomics Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The Genomic AI Network of Excellence will integrate NHS genomic medicine, AI development, and research to accelerate AI adoption in NHS genomic services. It will build a national AI genomics community, create frameworks for AI deployment, and deliver programmes generating evidence for AI's benefits within Genomics.

The Severe Presentation of Infectious Diseases NoE will enhance understanding and management of life-threatening infectious diseases using genomic technologies for pathogen detection and host immunity profiling. This network will focus on sequencing pathogens and profiling host immunity in acute healthcare settings, accelerating personalised treatments for vulnerable patients.

This is an exciting time to join the team as genomics advances in multiple medical areas, delivering better and faster patient outcomes. The post holder will have a meaningful impact in NHS genomic services, working on programmes of significance.

Main duties of the job

The Network Coordinator will play a pivotal role in providing essential project and business coordination for two exciting Genomic Networks of Excellence: the Severe Presentation of Infectious Diseases Genomics Network and the Genomics AI Network of Excellence. 

For the Severe Presentation of Infectious Diseases Network of Excellence the Network Coordinator will support the mobilisation and implementation of the Respiratory Metagenomics Programme across England. The role will support the Respiratory Metagenomics Delivery group through project coordination, service improvement and monitoring performance against key milestones.

For the Genomics AI Network of Excellence the Network Coordinator will support the organisation of events, the coordination of a diverse array of projects, and help establish a vibrant Genomics AI community across England. Additionally, the role will help to explore patient and public trust in the use of AI within Genomics and identify barriers to the adoption of AI solutions.

The post holder will ensure that all network activities are designed and delivered in a patient centred way and are in alignment with the GMS’s commitment to improving equity of access across our diverse population.

Working for our organisation

The national NHS Genomic Medicine Service consists of seven Genomic Laboratory Hubs (GLH) and seven Genomic Medicine Service Alliances (GMSA) across England. The South East GMS comprises the South East GLH and South East GMSA, covering South London, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex.

We deliver standardised genomic testing pathways according to the National Genomic Test Directory and embed genomic medicine into routine care. Our goal is to reduce unwarranted variation and improve patient outcomes by integrating genomic advances into clinical care.

We facilitate strong collaborations across disciplines, providing clinical leadership to enable the multi-professional workforce to use genomics safely and effectively.

The South East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance was established in December 2020 and is co-hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The GMSA collaborates to provide consistent and accessible genomic medicine services for a diverse population of around 9 million people. We combine clinical expertise, research, education, and public involvement to enhance genomic medicine delivery.

A senior multi-disciplinary clinical and professional leadership team, led by a Clinical Director, oversees the Alliance’s agenda and programmes. The Clinical Director is responsible for the strategic and operational delivery of the programme, accountable to the SE GMS Medical Director and the South East GMS Partnership Board.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities. 

Person specification

Qualifications / Education

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
  • Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
  • Prince 2 qualification or equivalent experience

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of supporting successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures
  • Project experience in supporting specific services including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multi-professional environment.
Desirable criteria
  • Subject matter knowledge in genomic medicine services

Skills / Knowledge / Ability

Essential criteria
  • Organisational skills and the ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and delegate effectively.
  • Use analytical and judgement skills and the ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems
  • Effective communication skills both written and verbal including formal presentation skills, influencing and negotiating.

Additional information

Essential criteria
  • A commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Name
Wesley Pigg
Job title
Project Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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