Job summary
Thames Valley Cancer Alliance (TVCA) is a partnership that
brings together leaders from different hospital trusts, GPs and primary care, health
and social organisations, covering a population of nearly 1.8 million people.
Our aim is to improve the diagnosis, treatment and care for cancer patients in
our local area.
We are seeking to recruit a Cancer Performance &
Analytical Lead to join our innovative and dynamic team. The post holder will
work closely with and support the Head of Service Improvement within the Service
Improvement, Operational Performance and Analytics portfolios to ensure the
TVCA deliver improvements to cancer pathways and performance across our
footprint.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead the oversight of performance, supporting
the Head of Service Improvement (HoSI) in delivering operational performance
improvements across the Thames Valley Cancer Alliance, alongside effective and
high quality data intelligence to drive the service improvements required.
The successful candidates will:
Provide support to the Head of Service
Improvement (HoSI) by overseeing Cancer Performance across TVCA.
Work with the HoSI and key stakeholders to
develop comprehensive improvement plans to support improved cancer performance,
with a focus on the 28-day Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) and 62-day referral
to treatment standards.
Producing cancer performance briefings and
board papers to influence the service improvement agenda led by the HoSI.
Supporting the HoSI with the development and
implementation of the TVCA Pan Alliance Cancer. Access Policy and Inter-Trust
Transfer (ITT) Policy.
Ensure there is also an ITT policy in place
with other tertiary providers as required.
You will be deeply committed to system integration and have
a natural ability to engage and collaborate with varied stakeholders and
continue to improve the health and wellbeing of our population.
For an informal discussion, please contact Victoria
Saungweme via Victoria.Saungweme@nhs.net or
07783 815 351
About us
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and
Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board is the statutory NHS organisation
responsible for planning and delivering health and care services for the
communities of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
We work collaboratively with partner
organisations including local government, the voluntary, community and social
enterprise sector, and people and communities across the BOB Health and Care
Integrated Care System (ICS).
Our key priorities are to
increase healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities for the 1.7
million people who live in our communities.
We value and promote diversity
and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best
employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to
increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications
from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT
communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of
disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
Our Values are:
Respectful
we are inclusive
Impactful
we make a difference
Integrity
we are kind and fair
Leadership
we encourage leadership
Collaborative
we work together in a positive way
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of TVCA and Buckingham, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of TVCA and Buckingham, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB).
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of cancer services acquired through an operational background and experience of dealing with multiple providers of surgical and non-surgical cancer services.
- Knowledge of cancer performance, including key national cancer waiting times datasets/standards.
- Must have a thorough understanding of the background to and aims of current cancer policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Management Skills
Essential
- Skills for direct line management and job management.
- Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
- Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
Analytical
Essential
- Evidence of familiarity with routine sources of health data (e.g. hospital episode statistics, birth and death registrations) and data on determinants of health.
- Able to build and document complicated and varied types of model including forecasting performance.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area of cancer.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
- Inputs to strategic plans across NHS and within the specific teams.
- Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market.
- Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
- Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of cancer services acquired through an operational background and experience of dealing with multiple providers of surgical and non-surgical cancer services.
- Knowledge of cancer performance, including key national cancer waiting times datasets/standards.
- Must have a thorough understanding of the background to and aims of current cancer policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Management Skills
Essential
- Skills for direct line management and job management.
- Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
- Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
Analytical
Essential
- Evidence of familiarity with routine sources of health data (e.g. hospital episode statistics, birth and death registrations) and data on determinants of health.
- Able to build and document complicated and varied types of model including forecasting performance.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area of cancer.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
- Inputs to strategic plans across NHS and within the specific teams.
- Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market.
- Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
- Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues.
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.
