Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen at University Hospitals Dorset to appoint a Macmillan Personalised Care and Support Lead to guide Cancer Services, improve clinical outcomes and patient experience!
This role will allow the successful individual a fantastic opportunity to shape, deliver and embed long-term sustained improvements to advance the services we offer to our patients, and to play a key role in the on-going cancer transformation of this Trust.
The NHS Long Term Plan for Cancer states that "where appropriate every person diagnosed with cancer will have access to personalised care, including a needs assessment, a care plan and health and wellbeing information and support". A 'one-size-fits-all' health and care system simply cannot meet the increasing complexity of people's needs and expectations. Personalised care is based on 'what matters' to people and their individual strengths and needs.
Base Location: University Hospitals Dorset - All sites
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
The Post holder will coordinate, lead and be jointly accountable for the implementation of a programme of work to deliver the National Cancer Personalised Care Interventions and Stratified Pathway's. This includes the Implementation of Treatment Summaries and Stratified Follow Up pathways in Breast, Colorectal and Prostate. Stratified follow up pathways will be 'rolled' out across other tumour groups over the next 12 months. This programme includes working in partnership with health care professionals across Dorset to develop best practice guidelines.
This post requires a well organised, health or social care professional with experience in project management and/or quality improvement initiatives.
It is a great opportunity for someone with a good understanding of cancer services, experience with quality improvement and project management skills to bring together the Personalised Care and Support (PCS) Programme across University Hospitals Dorset.The role will include scoping and mapping of the existing cancer workforce's capability to deliver the Macmillan's Right by You Principles and be responsible for ensuring their understanding of this as a way of working; also engaging with and influencing healthcare professionals, with a project management function to ensure the smooth delivery of the Personalised care agenda in the Trust.
About us
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working closely with stakeholders to inform and implement initiatives
- Relevant management experience, within the NHS or in a similar environment
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience of working on modernising and service redesign programmes
- Registered nurse (RGN) or AHP, or in possession of undergraduate degree, plus further staff/project management knowledge to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
Desirable
- Operational or project management experience in an acute healthcare setting.
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders
- Analytical with ability to analyse data, diagnose problems and situations using a high degree of judgement and awareness of operational and strategic issues.
- Competent in IT including the use of word, excel and PowerPoint
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working closely with stakeholders to inform and implement initiatives
- Relevant management experience, within the NHS or in a similar environment
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience of working on modernising and service redesign programmes
- Registered nurse (RGN) or AHP, or in possession of undergraduate degree, plus further staff/project management knowledge to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
Desirable
- Operational or project management experience in an acute healthcare setting.
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders
- Analytical with ability to analyse data, diagnose problems and situations using a high degree of judgement and awareness of operational and strategic issues.
- Competent in IT including the use of word, excel and PowerPoint
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
