Cancer Alliance Project Manager - Early Diagnosis

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Peninsula Cancer Alliance, hosted by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, for an experienced Project Manager to join the team.


Working with the Primary Care and Neighbourhoods team, the Project Manager will lead the design, development and delivery of services across the Peninsula Cancer Alliance, supporting priorities and transformation of cancer services.


Working collaboratively with clinical, operational and system partners, the role will translate strategic priorities into service models aligned with commissioning requirements and the National Cancer Plan.


The initial focus of the role will be to lead the implementation of GP direct access to diagnostic services, supporting patients through accessible, community-based interventions and multidisciplinary care in Cornwall. This will involve bringing together partners across primary care, community services and wider organisations to deliver a coordinated model supporting long-term behaviour change and improved population health.


***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Main duties of the job

The role will support the development and implementation of new models of care, coordinating activity across multiple stakeholders to ensure effective planning, delivery and embedding of change.


This includes working across organisational boundaries to enable collaboration, align priorities and support the development and performance of services.


This is an exciting and dynamic portfolio role, which requires excellent management and leadership skills to deliver a transformational programme of work for patients in the Devon,Cornwall and Isles of Scilly population.


The postholder will provide project leadership, coordination and oversight, ensuring that programmes are delivered to a high standard, within agreed timescales, and that outcomes are achieved and sustained.


This requires a high calibre individual who can work autonomously in a stimulating and challenging environment to achieve outcomes efficiently.

About us

We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.


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Job description

Job responsibilities

Operational

• To support team members and stakeholders to deliver requirements of the Alliances programme;
• To support the delivery of day-to-day activities and projects
• To drive delivery of a range of business initiatives and projects
• To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment
• Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend
• To monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables to NHS England that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives and the business planning process
• To develop business plans and provide expert analytical advice all all strategic policies
• To help develop and improve returns for the Peninsula Alliances yearly plan ensuring that all stakeholders are engaged

Project Management

• Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas.
• Manage project/projects as required by the PCA plan agreed with regional and national cancer team
• Provide coordination of and participate in relevant working groups and provide project advice, expertise and support where requested.
• Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio.
• Work with members of the Team to investigate the causes of any variance from plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
• Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.

Financial and Physical Resources

• Provide regular reporting on the targeting of resources and monitoring their implementation from a value for money perspective.
• Provide oversight and monitoring of all aspects of team budgets or manage budgets as required.
• Ensure project expenditure is monitored accordingly.

People Management

• Provide regular reporting on the targeting of resources and monitoring their implementation from a value for money perspective.
• Provide oversight and monitoring of all aspects of team budgets or manage budgets as required.
• Ensure project expenditure is monitored accordingly.

Information Management

• Devise and provide improvements to current management information, analysing, reporting and suggesting procedures to enhance decision making processes.
• Ensure timely and accurate detailed information analysis and reporting to management on agreed areas of work.

Policy and Service Development

• Develop policies and procedures in own work function with an impact on the wider organisation, as required.
• Contribute to the development of an integrated approach to service management.

Research and Development

• Contribute to the development of key performance indicators.
• Delegate aspects of research and development activities, collating information, analysing and reporting findings.

Planning and Organisation

• Contribute to the strategic planning of team projects, identifying interdependencies, and potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
• Contribute to short, medium and long-term business plans

Key Working Relationships

• The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Participate in relevant working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide, information and analytical advice and expertise.
• Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.
• Present information and issues, explaining highly complex issues, to a wide range of stakeholders.

For further details please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Operational

• To support team members and stakeholders to deliver requirements of the Alliances programme;
• To support the delivery of day-to-day activities and projects
• To drive delivery of a range of business initiatives and projects
• To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment
• Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend
• To monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables to NHS England that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives and the business planning process
• To develop business plans and provide expert analytical advice all all strategic policies
• To help develop and improve returns for the Peninsula Alliances yearly plan ensuring that all stakeholders are engaged

Project Management

• Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas.
• Manage project/projects as required by the PCA plan agreed with regional and national cancer team
• Provide coordination of and participate in relevant working groups and provide project advice, expertise and support where requested.
• Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio.
• Work with members of the Team to investigate the causes of any variance from plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
• Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.

Financial and Physical Resources

• Provide regular reporting on the targeting of resources and monitoring their implementation from a value for money perspective.
• Provide oversight and monitoring of all aspects of team budgets or manage budgets as required.
• Ensure project expenditure is monitored accordingly.

People Management

• Provide regular reporting on the targeting of resources and monitoring their implementation from a value for money perspective.
• Provide oversight and monitoring of all aspects of team budgets or manage budgets as required.
• Ensure project expenditure is monitored accordingly.

Information Management

• Devise and provide improvements to current management information, analysing, reporting and suggesting procedures to enhance decision making processes.
• Ensure timely and accurate detailed information analysis and reporting to management on agreed areas of work.

Policy and Service Development

• Develop policies and procedures in own work function with an impact on the wider organisation, as required.
• Contribute to the development of an integrated approach to service management.

Research and Development

• Contribute to the development of key performance indicators.
• Delegate aspects of research and development activities, collating information, analysing and reporting findings.

Planning and Organisation

• Contribute to the strategic planning of team projects, identifying interdependencies, and potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
• Contribute to short, medium and long-term business plans

Key Working Relationships

• The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Participate in relevant working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide, information and analytical advice and expertise.
• Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.
• Present information and issues, explaining highly complex issues, to a wide range of stakeholders.

For further details please see attached job description.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
• Demonstrable experience in the field of cancer care and control. Demonstrable specialist proven knowledge in a relevant discipline. Demonstrable experience of managing a team.
• Significant demonstrable experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Proven evidence of continued professional development.
• Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
• Demonstrable experience of managing risks and reporting
• Demonstrable experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level.
• Understanding of the public sector.
• Demonstrable experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Demonstrable experience in a Healthcare environment.
• Demonstrable experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Proven knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.

Qualifications

Essential

• Proven evidence of formal training or qualifications in Quality Improvement, Implementation Science, or Health Policy subject, or significant demonstrable experience of working in these areas
• Educated to Post-graduate degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant demonstrable experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Further training or significant demonstrable experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes

Aptitude & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work effectively with a range of stakeholder organisations and use insights to deliver strategic change
• Demonstrable experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders
• Proven ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to stakeholders as required
• Proven ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using demonstrable experience to make inferences and decision making
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Demonstrated capabilities to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Disposition, Attitude, Motivation

Essential

• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do. Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
• Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
• Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
• Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
• A proven ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change

Other Factors

Essential

• Used to working in a busy environment. Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
• Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues
• The desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
• Professional calm and efficient manner
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
• Completer/Finisher
• Able to travel across various sites where applicable

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
• Demonstrable experience in the field of cancer care and control. Demonstrable specialist proven knowledge in a relevant discipline. Demonstrable experience of managing a team.
• Significant demonstrable experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Proven evidence of continued professional development.
• Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
• Demonstrable experience of managing risks and reporting
• Demonstrable experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level.
• Understanding of the public sector.
• Demonstrable experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
• Demonstrable experience in a Healthcare environment.
• Demonstrable experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Proven knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.

Qualifications

Essential

• Proven evidence of formal training or qualifications in Quality Improvement, Implementation Science, or Health Policy subject, or significant demonstrable experience of working in these areas
• Educated to Post-graduate degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant demonstrable experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Further training or significant demonstrable experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes

Aptitude & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work effectively with a range of stakeholder organisations and use insights to deliver strategic change
• Demonstrable experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders
• Proven ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to stakeholders as required
• Proven ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using demonstrable experience to make inferences and decision making
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Demonstrated capabilities to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Disposition, Attitude, Motivation

Essential

• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do. Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
• Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
• Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
• Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
• A proven ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change

Other Factors

Essential

• Used to working in a busy environment. Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
• Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues
• The desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
• Professional calm and efficient manner
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
• Completer/Finisher
• Able to travel across various sites where applicable

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .


From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present 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) are also subject to this requirement. .


Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .


From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present 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) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Address

Derriford


Spring Hill,


Plymouth

PL6 8DH


United Kingdom



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