Job summary
The post holder will be a key member of the Surgery and Cancer Integrated Clinical Service Unit who will offer support, problem solve and deliver on the implementation of cancer personalised care across Whittington Health NHS Trust in collaboration with primary care, North Central London Cancer Alliance, Macmillan and volunteer sector. In partnership with key multidisciplinary teams the post holder will operate within a project management methodology to plan, develop, and support the delivery of personalised interventions from diagnosis to end of treatment. As a result, these interventions will improve patient care and patient experience through enhanced quality of services delivered at best value. They will work in collaboration with the clinical teams, cancer information and support services, allied health professionals and key stakeholders to embed personalised care into patient pathways.
Main duties of the job
The poster holder will:
- Utilise project and change management techniques & methodology to support long term objectives of the project
- Utilise advanced knowledge and skills & experience relating to the speciality to provide specialist advice & expertise to other members of the multidisciplinary team
- Be able to produce detailed documentation to support specific business plans for presentation to colleagues & senior management
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills, which facilitate working in partnership with other teams & with external organisations.
- Use negotiation and persuasion skills to ensure colleagues & stakeholders understand the importance of projects and work towards timescales
- Coordinate, lead & be accountable for the implementation of this programme of work
- Support the Cancer Nursing Teams in ensuring that Personalised Care & Support plans based on electronic Holistic Needs Assessments are offered to all cancer patients
- Work with the clinical teams to ensure End of Treatment Summaries are completed
- Develop the provision of Health & Wellbeing Information & Support,
- Be the catalyst for supporting teams to design and implement Personalised Stratified Follow-up pathways
- Work collaboratively with patients, NCLCA, Macmillan and volunteer sector
- Monitor & report related performance targets
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please take a look at the Job Description attached and other key documents.
The poster holder will:
- Utilise project and change management techniques & methodology to support long term objectives of the project
- Utilise advanced knowledge and skills & experience relating to the speciality to provide specialist advice & expertise to other members of the multidisciplinary team
- Be able to produce detailed documentation to support specific business plans for presentation to colleagues & senior management
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills, which facilitate working in partnership with other teams & with external organisations.
- Use negotiation and persuasion skills to ensure colleagues & stakeholders understand the importance of projects and work towards timescales
- Coordinate, lead & be accountable for the implementation of this programme of work
- Support the Cancer Nursing Teams in ensuring that Personalised Care & Support plans based on electronic Holistic Needs Assessments are offered to all cancer patients
- Work with the clinical teams to ensure End of Treatment Summaries are completed
- Develop the provision of Health & Wellbeing Information & Support,
- Be the catalyst for supporting teams to design and implement Personalised Stratified Follow-up pathways
- Work collaboratively with patients, NCLCA, Macmillan and volunteer sector
- Monitor & report related performance targets
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please take a look at the Job Description attached and other key documents.
The poster holder will:
- Utilise project and change management techniques & methodology to support long term objectives of the project
- Utilise advanced knowledge and skills & experience relating to the speciality to provide specialist advice & expertise to other members of the multidisciplinary team
- Be able to produce detailed documentation to support specific business plans for presentation to colleagues & senior management
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills, which facilitate working in partnership with other teams & with external organisations.
- Use negotiation and persuasion skills to ensure colleagues & stakeholders understand the importance of projects and work towards timescales
- Coordinate, lead & be accountable for the implementation of this programme of work
- Support the Cancer Nursing Teams in ensuring that Personalised Care & Support plans based on electronic Holistic Needs Assessments are offered to all cancer patients
- Work with the clinical teams to ensure End of Treatment Summaries are completed
- Develop the provision of Health & Wellbeing Information & Support,
- Be the catalyst for supporting teams to design and implement Personalised Stratified Follow-up pathways
- Work collaboratively with patients, NCLCA, Macmillan and volunteer sector
- Monitor & report related performance targets
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Advanced Communication Skills or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of leadership and management
- Evidence of stakeholder engagement
- Evidence of project management / PRINCE 2
Desirable
- Post Graduate degree in healthcare, project management or leadership and management
- In depth knowledge of health care systems and delivery of cancer services
- In depth knowledge of personalised cancer care
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Management of staff
- Event organisation
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of patient experience and engagement
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- System change experience
- Understanding of relevant policies and developments in cancer care
- Experience of delivering presentations
- Knowledge of the Macmillan Right by You Vision of Personalised Cancer Care
Desirable
- Insight and experience of commissioning processes
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Advanced Communication Skills or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of leadership and management
- Evidence of stakeholder engagement
- Evidence of project management / PRINCE 2
Desirable
- Post Graduate degree in healthcare, project management or leadership and management
- In depth knowledge of health care systems and delivery of cancer services
- In depth knowledge of personalised cancer care
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Effective organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Management of staff
- Event organisation
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of patient experience and engagement
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- System change experience
- Understanding of relevant policies and developments in cancer care
- Experience of delivering presentations
- Knowledge of the Macmillan Right by You Vision of Personalised Cancer Care
Desirable
- Insight and experience of commissioning processes
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.
