Project Manager - Cancer Services
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The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children's service.
Patent and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
'Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Job overview
2 x Full Time (37.5 hours) Project Manager Posts within Cancer Services on a fixed term 12 month basis.
The Cancer Services Team have a unique opportunity to make a real difference to cancer patients across the area. As part of this work we are recruiting to cancer transformation roles to support the transformation of cancer pathways and supportive cancer care for all people affected by cancer.
You will be working within The James Paget University Hospital to drive through the transformation of cancer care for local patients. The role will require you to work closely with a number of organisations and partners as part of a team transforming cancer services for patients in our area.
You will be playing a key role in supporting the Norfolk and Waveney ICS to deliver transformational change in cancer and the local improvement plan as agreed with the East of England Cancer Alliance Board.
You will be communicating widely across the ICS foot-print and the rest of the East of England with many different stakeholders including clinical teams, Public Health, patient representatives and CCG personnel involved in the Cancer Alliance and ICS work programme.
Main duties of the job
The role will work at both a strategic and operational level to develop robust project plans, this will be accomplished through personally leading work but also supporting teams within specialities to deliver on plans.
The project(s) may be clinical or non-clinical and cover a variety of deliverables, including operational performance, financial performance, service issues and clinical quality improvement.
Working for our organisation
The Cancer Services Project Manager will play a key role in a number of projects across cancer services and will work closely with the Lead Cancer Nurse and the Clinical teams who provide cancer services by providing project management leadership to nursing and medical clinicians to develop and implement the Norfolk and Waveney ICS (Integrated Care System) Cancer Services Transformation Programme both within the hospital and in Norfolk and Waveney.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main purpose of this post is to manage and deliver the objectives of the East of England Cancer Alliance Delivery Plan. The post holder will need to work closely with the Cancer Services Lead, Cancer Services Manager, Cancer Lead Nurse and Departmental Teams across the JPUH, ensuring effective prioritisation and delivery of the key objectives. This role will be situated on the JPUH site, with travel or teleconferencing to other sites, as required.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or significant experience in Project Management
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing projects through the full project lifecycle
- Experience of Project Management including planning, implementation and report writing
- Experience of presenting to a wide range of Audiences
Skills, abilities and competencies
Essential criteria
- Highly developed organisational and planning ability
- Excellent communication and liaison skills across a wide spectrum of staff groups
- Good written, verbal and presentation skills
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
'Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Please check your account regularly under "My Applications" to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.
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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
- Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 349.1KB)
- Hospital Site Map (PDF, 2.7MB)
- Recruitment of Ex-offenders (PDF, 90.9KB)
- Working At The James Paget (PDF, 22.7MB)
- Recruitment Brochure (PDF, 7.7MB)
- Apollo Project (PDF, 12.6MB)