Job summary
The Surgery and Cancer Division are looking to recruit an outstanding candidate to the role of Cancer Performance Manager.
This position provides an exceptional opportunity to develop your career influencing the operational cancer performance of services across the Trust and helping to deliver national and local service development ambitions.
As a key member of the Corporate Cancer team you will be responsible for providing senior professional, operational and performance leadership within the directorate and across the Trust to support the achievement of cancer waiting times standards, improve patient experience, support the wellbeing of our staff and advocate for our patients and their families.
We are fully committed to caring for all patients, their families and carers, and staff in a manner which embraces, respects, promotes and celebrates equality, cultural diversity and inclusion.
You will have qualifications to a master's degree or equivalent experience plus additional management training and CPD evidence. You should have experience of working at a senior management level in a complex organisation with specialist knowledge in performance management and service redesign, and have experience of budget management, staff management, managing competing workloads and experience of working with and influencing both internal and external stakeholders
Main duties of the job
You will lead on the delivery of cancer access targets, delivery of interbal clinical pathways, service improvement programmes and improvements to national and clinical cancer audits and quality schedules. This will be supported by you delivering effective cancer multidisciplinary team meetings and managing an extensive cancer administrative team. The role also involves the management of relationships with commissioners, the cancer alliance and local cancer managers to ensure effective cancer pathway delivery across north west London.
Integral to the success of this role is performance monitoring and intervention to ensure delivery of the performance management framework. You will achieved this by working alongside the Divisional Directors, Divisional Directors of Operations within the three divisions, clinical leaders, the cancer analytics team and General and Business Manager colleagues to ensure robust systems and processes are in place.
You will have specific responsibility for improving the performance across a portfolio of agreed priorities. You will play an instrumental role providing programme management expertise to co-ordinate the programme work-streams, leading and supporting individual specialties' service redesign projects to sustainably achieve the required performance.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree
- Recognised management qualification at postgraduate level and/or experience
- Completion of project management skills course, e.g. PRINCE2
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience managing services in complex healthcare setting (2 years minimum)
- Specialist experience/knowledge in performance management and service redesign
- Successful track record of staff, financial, performance and change management
- Experience of leading and managing change
- Experience of managing teams, including objective setting, learning and development, performance management and allocation of workload
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of all cancer access target structures and mandatory datasets
- Demonstrate the ability to handle technical, complex, sensitive or contentious information and present this to a variety of audiences where significant barriers to acceptance may exist
- Ability to act independently with minimal guidelines
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams to effect change in a complex and rapidly changing environment
- IT skills including advanced Word, Excel and the use of email
- Excellent communication skills
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree
- Recognised management qualification at postgraduate level and/or experience
- Completion of project management skills course, e.g. PRINCE2
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience managing services in complex healthcare setting (2 years minimum)
- Specialist experience/knowledge in performance management and service redesign
- Successful track record of staff, financial, performance and change management
- Experience of leading and managing change
- Experience of managing teams, including objective setting, learning and development, performance management and allocation of workload
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of all cancer access target structures and mandatory datasets
- Demonstrate the ability to handle technical, complex, sensitive or contentious information and present this to a variety of audiences where significant barriers to acceptance may exist
- Ability to act independently with minimal guidelines
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams to effect change in a complex and rapidly changing environment
- IT skills including advanced Word, Excel and the use of email
- Excellent communication skills
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).
