Job summary
This post offers a unique opportunity for an individual with leadership skills and a background in clinical data or trial management to play a key role in the proton beam therapy service at UCLH. They will provide professional leadership whilst effectively developing and managing the proton clinical outcomes unit.They will develop, support and manage proton clinical outcomes research including patient reported outcomes (PROMS), the development of projects/studies across UCLH and national services, and will support the development and implementation of clinical trials and Evaluative Commissioning in Protons (ECIP).The post holder will be integral to the development and maintenance of a UCLH held database, working collaboratively with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (TCFT), NHSE and linking with the national central PBT registry.
Main duties of the job
This is an autonomous role where the post holder is expected to manage their own workload and is accountable for their own professional actions and the actions of more junior staff members. The post holder will provide professional leadership and effective management of the proton clinical outcomes unit (PCOU) and be an integral part of the PBT team.The post holder will develop, support and manage proton clinical outcomes research including patient reported outcomes (PROMS), the development of projects/studies across UCLH and national services, and will support the development and implementation of clinical trials and Evaluative Commissioning in Protons (ECIP). The development and maintenance of a UCLH held database, working collaboratively with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (TCFT), NHSE and linking with a national central PBT registry will be crucial to this outcome.The postholder will be a core member of the departmental management team and ensure the sharing of regular updates with the team and demonstrate commitment to integrating clinical outcome research and trials into the operational service.The post holder will be responsible for identifying and setting standards and will ensure that all staff are kept up to date with current working practices, providing robust training in order that they have the necessary skills required to undertake work in the PCOU. They will support staff to achieve their goals through regular meetings, both with the individual, and the Operational Lead for PBT.The post holder will develop policies and protocols or the PCOU and will play an active role in research and in exploring and developing new ways of working.
About us
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation. Based in the busy West End of London, we have a lively and vibrant working atmosphere, with quick and easy transport links to all our sites. Our size and resources enable us to offer a range of attractive benefits as well as unparalleled education and development opportunities for staff at all levels. This includes an extensive portfolio of academic and clinical courses and programmes ranging from ongoing personal development through to clinical excellence and leadership skills. UCLH prides itself on its investment in staff both in terms of developing career skills but also its commitment to staff health and wellbeing.UCLH has been designated as one of two national PBT centres for the UK. The PBT department is situated in the new Grafton Way Building and is equipped with four Varian Probeam gantries and a pre-treatment suite consisting of a dedicated CT and MRI scanner. Once fully established, this service will treat around 650 NHS patients and approximately 200 privately funded patients a year. The department mainly treats tumours of the CNS tumours, head and neck cancers and spinal/pelvic sarcomas. Paediatrics, and teenage and young adults, will make up approximately one third of the patient cohort.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for the building and day to day management of the PCOU team and implementation of new ways of working.
To be responsible for the development and maintenance of a UCLH PBT outcomes database in accordance with the required PBT and PROMS minimum datasets.
To be responsible for the development and implementation of PCOU policies and processes ensuring all staff are compliant with these.To ensure that working practices and policies meet current information governance guidelines.
To be responsible for ensuring the UCLH PBT clinical outcomes and PROMS database is available for interrogation for research and development purposes via appropriate information governance processes.To work cohesively with the Christie PCOU team to develop and maintain a national central PBT data registry.
To develop and maintain the process of data submission to a centrally held national PBT clinical outcomes registry.Please see full job description attached
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for the building and day to day management of the PCOU team and implementation of new ways of working.
To be responsible for the development and maintenance of a UCLH PBT outcomes database in accordance with the required PBT and PROMS minimum datasets.
To be responsible for the development and implementation of PCOU policies and processes ensuring all staff are compliant with these.To ensure that working practices and policies meet current information governance guidelines.
To be responsible for ensuring the UCLH PBT clinical outcomes and PROMS database is available for interrogation for research and development purposes via appropriate information governance processes.To work cohesively with the Christie PCOU team to develop and maintain a national central PBT data registry.
To develop and maintain the process of data submission to a centrally held national PBT clinical outcomes registry.Please see full job description attached
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Good Secondary Level of Education to A Level Standard, NVQ level 4 qualification or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
- Masters level specialist knowledge of clinical data management and/or clinical trials (post graduate study and/or demonstration of a combination of skills, knowledge and experience)
- Knowledge of NHS datasets and submission of information to external parties
- Knowledge and understanding of current information governance guidelines
Desirable
- Degree level education in an informatics related discipline
- Database/dataflow/reporting practitioner certificates e.g. SQL, Microsoft server tools etc.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Project management qualification
- Knowledge of relational databases particularly in an SQL 2005, 2008 or 2012 server environment
- Knowledge of hospital services, how services Interlink and service commissioning
- Knowledge of PBT services
- Knowledge of system integration interfaces and the principles between data exchange between systems
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the oncology setting and clinical trials
- Experience of data quality/data integrity monitoring and improvement
- Experience of successfully managing a number of equally important tasks successfully
- Experience of working with Microsoft Office products particularly Excel, Word and Outlook
- An understanding of resource management
- Leadership Experience
- Multidisciplinary working
- Experience of recruitment and training
Desirable
- Experience of querying databases using SQL to extract datasets, filter, join, create views
- Experience of providing an information management service to requestors
- NHS experience
- Experience of using data reporting tools such as Microsoft SSRS, Tableau, Qlikview
- Experience leading projects
- Experience of service design and development
- Experience of effective management of budget
- Experience of business planning and business case development and in the development and effective implementation of strategic plans
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Highly developed skills of using a statistical software or package, e.g. R, STATA, Python, and/or SPSS
- Analytical skills in data extraction, data analysis and report writing with ability to make sound observations and recommendations through formal reporting.
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel
- Broad knowledge of statistical techniques and understanding of data collection methods and data analysis
- Ability to communicate complex technical issues to a variety of stakeholders.
- Ability to work logically with great attention to detail
- Be confident to work autonomously within scope of knowledge and experience
- Good communication skills
- Demonstrable evidence of use of own initiative
- Able to work to deadlines, prioritise and manage workload
- Ability to work across boundaries, integrating with multidisciplinary staff
- Ability to process highly complex information
- Ability to be a persuasive negotiator and motivator
Desirable
- Intermediate skills in the use of a data visualisation tool e.g Tableau or Power BI
- Intermediate skills in the use of databases including database structure and database interrogation tools and SQL(sub queries, joins, views)
- Application of essential skills within NHS environment
- Skills in data analysis and report writing
Communication
Essential
- Be enthusiastic and motivated, with the ability to lead a team through times of change.
- Use excellent communication skills to relate confidently across all professional boundaries to Trust staff and external contacts.
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Be committed to self-development and continued professional development
- Evidence of political awareness and sensitivity to the high profile of the Directorate and the Trust
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Good Secondary Level of Education to A Level Standard, NVQ level 4 qualification or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
- Masters level specialist knowledge of clinical data management and/or clinical trials (post graduate study and/or demonstration of a combination of skills, knowledge and experience)
- Knowledge of NHS datasets and submission of information to external parties
- Knowledge and understanding of current information governance guidelines
Desirable
- Degree level education in an informatics related discipline
- Database/dataflow/reporting practitioner certificates e.g. SQL, Microsoft server tools etc.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Project management qualification
- Knowledge of relational databases particularly in an SQL 2005, 2008 or 2012 server environment
- Knowledge of hospital services, how services Interlink and service commissioning
- Knowledge of PBT services
- Knowledge of system integration interfaces and the principles between data exchange between systems
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the oncology setting and clinical trials
- Experience of data quality/data integrity monitoring and improvement
- Experience of successfully managing a number of equally important tasks successfully
- Experience of working with Microsoft Office products particularly Excel, Word and Outlook
- An understanding of resource management
- Leadership Experience
- Multidisciplinary working
- Experience of recruitment and training
Desirable
- Experience of querying databases using SQL to extract datasets, filter, join, create views
- Experience of providing an information management service to requestors
- NHS experience
- Experience of using data reporting tools such as Microsoft SSRS, Tableau, Qlikview
- Experience leading projects
- Experience of service design and development
- Experience of effective management of budget
- Experience of business planning and business case development and in the development and effective implementation of strategic plans
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Highly developed skills of using a statistical software or package, e.g. R, STATA, Python, and/or SPSS
- Analytical skills in data extraction, data analysis and report writing with ability to make sound observations and recommendations through formal reporting.
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel
- Broad knowledge of statistical techniques and understanding of data collection methods and data analysis
- Ability to communicate complex technical issues to a variety of stakeholders.
- Ability to work logically with great attention to detail
- Be confident to work autonomously within scope of knowledge and experience
- Good communication skills
- Demonstrable evidence of use of own initiative
- Able to work to deadlines, prioritise and manage workload
- Ability to work across boundaries, integrating with multidisciplinary staff
- Ability to process highly complex information
- Ability to be a persuasive negotiator and motivator
Desirable
- Intermediate skills in the use of a data visualisation tool e.g Tableau or Power BI
- Intermediate skills in the use of databases including database structure and database interrogation tools and SQL(sub queries, joins, views)
- Application of essential skills within NHS environment
- Skills in data analysis and report writing
Communication
Essential
- Be enthusiastic and motivated, with the ability to lead a team through times of change.
- Use excellent communication skills to relate confidently across all professional boundaries to Trust staff and external contacts.
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Be committed to self-development and continued professional development
- Evidence of political awareness and sensitivity to the high profile of the Directorate and the Trust
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).
