Lead Cancer Manager
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PROFESSIONAL / CLINICAL
• Provide professional cancer leadership and guidance for all staff, ensuring appropriate structures are in place to support the cancer pathways.
• Provide professional and operational advice and guidance at a senior level to the Directorate management teams, including support and diagnostic services with regards to the cancer agenda.
• Provide dynamic leadership for change and service improvement within all areas of cancer.
• Working with the Directorate management teams taking responsibility for the delivery for of all national cancer waiting times standards.
• Working in partnership with peers and senior operational and clinical managers, provide advice and intervention to specific cancer projects.
• Lead and implement designated work streams and projects as and when required.
• Provide effective input into the development of the Trust's cancer strategy.
• Support the Lead Cancer Clinician and Lead Cancer Nurse Manager in identifying drivers for change and opportunities for growing, improving, and redesigning cancer services.
• With the Quality and Governance Team and Divisional Governance Leads, drive the cancer quality and safety agenda.
• Liaise closely with the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance and the Lead GM Cancer Managers to implement the Cancer Reform Strategy, the NHS Cancer Plan and Cancer Survivorship initiatives.
• Act as a key link to the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance, Clinical Commissioning Groups, and other significant stakeholders in delivering cancer services. Report back to a number of organisational forums including the Trust's Cancer Board and to key individuals including the Trust's Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Integrated Governance Leads, Lead Cancer Clinician, Lead Cancer Nurse, and Chief Operating Officer.
• Establish and develop effective multi-disciplinary relationships within the organisation and with outside organisations. Participate in regional and national meetings as appropriate.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of developments and changes in national policy and guidance that relate to all aspects of cancer pathways and ensure that senior Directorate Managers are kept up-to-date and informed of the likely impact on services.
• Develop and produce, and support compliance with, policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines.
• Prepare, communicate and present in a variety of formats (written, verbal and formal presentations) highly complex and, at times, sensitive information. This will include to the Trust Cancer Board and Executive Management Teams and include a wide range of cancer issues relating to performance, quality, and patient experience.
• Act at all times in a professional manner, exhibiting the Trust's values and behaviours, modelling the way for others and leading by example.
• Establish links with external agencies to ensure the continued development of new ways of working and collaboration on key tasks within the health economy.
MANAGERIAL & LEADERSHIP
• To provide leadership and line management to the Cancer Services management team including the Cancer Performance Manager, Cancer Support Managers, and Cancer Data Manager. The Cancer Services management team provides line management for the Cancer MDT Coordinator team, Cancer Pathway Navigators, Cancer Care Coordinators, and Cancer Data team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to master's level, equivalent or study in progress
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant demonstrable operational experience in a senior management position
- Experience of working in an acute hospital environment in a leadership role.
- Track record of achieving service targets
- Evidence of effective management of a complex and diverse workforce
- Experience of leading and managing substantial change. with evidence of strategic negotiation, and communication
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an on- call capacity autonomously
- Experience of working in a leadership role in Cancer Services
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of master's level analytical thinking
- Demonstrable understanding of current NHS agenda, challenges, and developments
- Knowledge of NHS legislation, statutory and legal requirements, corporate governance and risk
- Knowledge of quality improvement tools and methodology including implementation of quality frameworks
- Established and authentic leadership abilities, able to provide leadership and empower staff at all levels
Desirable criteria
- Experience of involving patients, families, local communities, service users, and staff in shaping plans and delivering service improvements.
- Skills in process re-design
- Knowledge of contracting and tendering processes
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.
Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.
At Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, we welcome applications from all candidates.
At the Trust we always adhere to the UK Visas and Immigration rules pertaining to right to work; candidates who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) citizenship are required to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to be eligible to apply for either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa which allows them to work in the UK, unless they have eligibility to work in the UK via another route.
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
- Lead Cancer Manager JD (PDF, 225.5KB)
- Candidate Pack (PDF, 917.8KB)
- Hospital Floor Plan (PDF, 50.9KB)
- Positive About Disability (PDF, 191.5KB)
- Hospital Site Map (JPG, 160.9KB)
- Trust's Values and Behaviours (PDF, 495.1KB)