Programme Manager - Treatment and Care
Job Description
Job summary
We are looking for a dynamic individual to support us in the delivery of our Treatment and Care Programme. This programme of work would ideally suit a cancer nurse, pharmacist or allied health professional (AHP) interested in project work and making system wide improvements to Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) pathways, delivering care closer to home as well as ensuring patients experience personalised cancer care and improvements in access to prehabilitation across the Alliance.
Thames Valley Cancer Alliance is a partnership that brings together leaders from different hospital trusts, GPs and primary care, health and social organisations, covering a population of nearly 1.8 million people. Our aim is to improve the diagnosis, treatment and care for cancer patients in our local area.
We are seeking to recruit a Programme Manager to join our innovative and transformative team. The post holder will work closely with the Clinical lead for Cancer Nursing and AHPs to deliver projects supporting personalised cancer care and treatment variation including a Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) project.
For an informal discussion, please contact Lyndel Moore via email on lyndel.moore@nhs.net or mobile 07783823010
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the TVCA team in delivering the Cancer Alliances objectives and priorities identified within the NHS Englands cancer plan. The post holder will lead a programme to deliver projects that drive quality service improvement and promote excellence in cancer care. Key working relationships will include NHS England, primary and secondary care and voluntary sector organisations along with all staff delivering care to people affected by cancer. The post holder will have leadership and analytical skills, be technically competent, give attention to detail, and work collaboratively with effective communication skills across the system.
About us
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board is the statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services for the communities of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
We work collaboratively with partner organisations including local government, the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, and people and communities across the BOB Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).
Our key priorities are to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities for the 1.7 million people who live in our communities.
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
Our Values are:
Respectful we are inclusive
Impactful we make a difference
Integrity we are kind and fair
Leadership we encourage leadership
Collaborative we work together in a positive way
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
Provide project management support and lead change programmes, championing best practice initiatives that promote excellence.
Develop and deliver the workplans to support the national guidance for personalised cancer care, SACT & treatment variation.
Ensure collaborative working with key stakeholders with accurate and open communication.
Have excellent project management skills, including the ability to plan, manage and deliver a portfolio of projects, juggle competing priorities, tight deadlines and work autonomously to drive own work programme.
Be a clear communicator with good written and presentation skills.
You will be deeply committed to system integration and have a natural ability to engage and collaborate with varied stakeholders and continue to improve the health and wellbeing of our population.
Person Specification
Autonomy Freedom to Act
Essential
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
- Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Analytical
Essential
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
Management Skills
Essential
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Desirable
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB
Address
Unipart Group Of Companies
Garsington Road
Cowley
Oxford
OX4 2PG
Employer's website
https://www.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
