Cancer Performance Manager

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With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

It is an exciting time to be an Imperial Cancer services leader. The Trust continues to improve it's performance against the NHS Cancer Wait Time standards whilst in parallel implementing a major transformation programme which aims to improve cancer patient experience.

In this role as Cancer Performance Manager you will be instrumental in driving the cancer services operating rhythm including delivery of effective MDT meetings, regular tracking of patients and data quality assurance. In addition, you will be responsible for working with colleagues from across the organisation to improve the efficiency of our cancer pathways and for the management of a team of c. 30 specialist cancer administrators.

You will also be a key contributor to our ongoing cancer transformation work including redesigning and investing in our cancer workforce, strengthening patient information and contacts in the diagnostic stage, and implementing digital and estates improvements.

This role acts as the deputy for the Head of Cancer Performance and Improvement or General Manager for the Corporate Cancer directorate. It therefore provides the opportunity to work closely with senior Trust leadership and develop further experience of operational, financial, quality, safety and people management.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to lead on the delivery of cancer access targets, clinical datasets, national audits, quality schedules, service improvement programmes and internal clinical pathways. This is supported by the post holder delivering effective cancer multidisciplinary team meetings and managing an extensive cancer administrative team. The role also involves the management of relationships with commissioners, the cancer alliance and local cancer managers to ensure effective cancer pathway delivery across North West London.

Integral to the success of this role is performance monitoring and intervention to ensure delivery of the performance management framework. This will be achieved by working alongside the Divisional Directors, Divisional Directors of Operations within the three divisions, clinical leaders, the cancer analytics team and General and Business Manager colleagues to ensure robust systems and processes are in place.

This post holder will have specific responsibility for improving the performance across a portfolio of agreed priorities. They will play an instrumental role providing programme management expertise to co-ordinate the programme work-streams, leading and supporting individual specialties' service redesign projects to sustainably achieve the required performance.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• Relevant first degree
• Recognised management qualification at postgraduate level and/or experience
• Completion of project management skills course, e.g. PRINCE2
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable criteria

• Relevant postgraduate qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience managing services in complex healthcare setting
• Specialist experience/knowledge in performance management and service redesign
• Successful track record of staff, financial, performance and change management
• Evidence of building effective working relationships with clinical leaders, partner organisations and other stakeholders
• Project management experience
• Experience of leading and managing change
• In depth knowledge of the national and local health context
• Experience of managing teams, including objective setting, learning and development, performance management and allocation of workload
• Knowledge of planning information systems and resources

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 635.0KB)
• Functional requirements (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)