Site Director of People

The strengthening of Group opportunities cannot be at the expense of us providing tailored and responsive services, accessible at site level. This leadership position will be specifically be accountable for developing site-based people strategies across the large acute hospital Trust they support, working as part of the site leadership team to meaningfully integrate services across GESH and providing their staff with the right conditions to thrive.

They will oversee a supporting team of People Business Partners that work with relevant divisions and act as a conduit between their sovereign organisation and the centralised Group People function. They will be integral to shaping local strategies to meet service needs and ensuring consistent application of workforce and organisational development improvements. A key focus will be partnering with the Group Executive Management team on workforce integration across the Group, bringing Epsom & St. Helier and St. George's Hospital together to improve patient care.

Main duties of the job

Our aim is to drive transformation of our service offer, using process reviews and adoption of automation and AI to reduce our transactional profile and free up our professionals to focus on strategic and longer-term issues where they can add real value to business outcome.

The role will be a key member of the site-based executive team, sharing accountability for the hospital meeting its strategic and operational objectives. The post holder will ensure that site and corporate management teams put our people at the centre of everything they do, prioritising the need to harness the talents and commitment of all our people to deliver superb and constantly improving patient-centred services.

This is a direct report to the Group Chief People Officer with a strong dotted line relationship with the site managing director. The post holder will be expected to deputise for the CPO, meaning they will be a dynamic and proactive individual who has the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders and communicate at Board level.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.