Radiotherapy Clinical Lead - ProKnow

Job summary

This role is for 2 Programmed Activities (PAs) per month until March 2024. See the attached role description for more information.

The NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) sets out the direction of travel for the whole NHS over a ten-year period, providing specific detail on major diseases affecting population health, including cancer; in relation to radiotherapy, the ambition is to provide: “Faster, smarter and effective radiotherapy, supported by greater networking of specialised expertise, will mean more patients are offered curative treatment, with fewer side effects and shorter treatment times”.

This ambition will be delivered through a multi-year transformation programme, which has three key aims:

• Better align incentives
• Improve quality
• Embed research and innovation into commissioning, service planning and service delivery.

Our aim is to build a virtuous circle between quality improvement, research and innovation and rapid system adoption – so that patients can access best practice care without delay and as close to home as possible and at an affordable cost to the taxpayer. To enable delivery of this ambition, NHS England has established 11 Operational Delivery Networks and is a founding member of the Radiotherapy Learning Healthcare System (LHS).

Main duties of the job

NHS E/I Specialised Commissioning team have offered all NHS radiotherapy providers in England the opportunity of participating in a centrally funded three-year evaluation programme of a cloud-based information technology solution called ProKnow. This system enables clinicians to collaborate virtually within and across organisations to plan treatments, undertake peer review processes and participate in large-scale audit and quality improvement processes.

The principal purpose of the role is to provide clinical advice and leadership to the radiotherapy system through a nationally co-ordinated approach to product implementation and scorecard development as well as providing input to the NICE led evaluation process and linking to the Learning Healthcare System (LHS) and the ODNs.

The postholder will work within NHS England’s Specialised Commissioning and National Cancer Programme structures. The principal purpose of the role will be to: - provide clinical leadership and engagement to support implementation of ProKnow

• advise on provider training and opportunities for provider development;
• advise on and support scorecard development to create an integrated national quality audit programme
• advise on opportunities to maximise its potential and functionality;
• provide reports to drive improvement in plan quality

About us

NHS England and NHS Improvement came together on 1 April 2019 as a new single organisation. The NHS Long Term Plan focuses on delivering integrated care to patients at the local level and we can best support the NHS to deliver this as a single integrated organisation.

Our new operating model represents a strong shift to regional delivery supported by expert corporate teams. Local health systems are supported by our integrated regional teams who play a major leadership role in the geographies they manage.

We are jointly committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.