SEL Cancer Alliance Primary Care Clinical Care Professional Lead x 2

Job summary

Clinical and Care Professional Leads support south east London-wide and borough programmes of work, therefore, there is an expectation that you currently work within south east London, and for borough based roles, within that borough.

These posts are designed to provide Primary Care cancer specific clinical support and leadership for transformation and improvement of cancer pathways across SEL, supporting the SELCA programme. The post holders will work closely with the wider SELCA team, the Integrated Care Board (ICB), the borough level Cancer CCPLs and wider ICS colleagues as needed.

The postholders will play a key role in driving the cancer transformation agenda and be an advocate for innovation and improvement. Working closely with colleagues across the healthcare system, they will ensure that a Primary Care clinical voice is heard and represented in the development, design and implementation of initiatives and new models of care, with a particular responsibility to ensure that decision-making has strong Primary Care input. They will also emphasise the inclusion of patient perspectives in the development of care models, ensuring that the patient voice is not only heard but is a guiding force in the transformation process. They will have strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, and will be able to work effectively with clinical and managerial colleagues across the system.

Main duties of the job

The postholders will support leadership, development and implementation in areas such as:

o Early Diagnosis - with responsibility to provide clinical leadership at a strategic level on specific programmes of work, particularly primary care pathway priorities as set out in the SELCA delivery plan.

o Personalised cancer care and patient experience priorities within the SELCA delivery plan, including supporting rolling out patient-initiated follow-up, and psychosocial care workstreams.

o Flexible input to other workstreams and projects within the SELCA delivery plan which involve primary care, such as Targeted Lung Health Checks and Faster Diagnosis workstreams.

o Input to the SELCA annual planning process, including identifying priorities and developing workstreams, within the framework of the National Cancer Programme planning guidance.

o Acting as cancer leaders across SEL, working confidently with both Primary and Secondary care to ensure that quality of care and patient experience is prioritised.

o Input into the development of or changes in cancer clinical guidelines for SEL

o Work closely with the borough level CCPLs and Primary Care Cancer Facilitators to drive forward SELCA and ICB Cancer priorities.

About us

From the Catford Cat to the Brixton Windmill and Chislehurst Caves, South East London is a vibrant, fun, unique and richly diverse place to live, grow, learn and work.

The South East London Integrated Care System (SELICS) brings together the organisations responsible for health and care services in south east London, making the greatest possible contribution to the health and wellbeing of people living in our six boroughs.

SELICS is made up of staff working in many different roles, in different settings, employed in different ways, by a wide range of partner organisations, and are at the centre of our collective ambition for greater integration and better care. Employing organisations include NHS Trusts, GP practices, Social Care and Voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises, dental surgeries, pharmacies and optometrists.

We have an ambitious People Strategy that brings these partners together to deliver the 'one workforce' ambition, making the health and care system a better place to work and live.