Clinical Lead - Lower GI Cancer

Job summary

Specialised services support people with a range of rare and complex conditions. They often involve treatments provided to patients with rare cancers, genetic disorders or complex medical or surgical conditions.

We are now seeking applications from clinical professionals who are keen and ready to take on national leadership roles in Specialised Commissioning.

Most importantly, we are seeking individuals from a broad range of clinical disciplines and backgrounds, who can bring fresh thinking and innovative ideas, informed by recent experience of clinical delivery in NHS Specialised healthcare.

View the supporting documents for further information about the recruitment process, remuneration and eligibility criteria for this role.

The role description and overview of the new structure can be downloaded on this page.

When submitting your application you will be asked to provide evidence against the five criteria set out in the person specification below. For each question please provide a single, detailed example rather than a high level overview of multiple examples.

Main duties of the job

The arrangements for cancer include two Lead and Inform CRGs covering Radiotherapy and Children and Young Peoples Cancer and a Respond and Advise CRG covering Nuclear Medicine. In addition to these arrangements, a Cancer Clinical Advisory Group (CCAG) is being established to provide whole pathway advice to support the development and implementation of national cancer policy – the membership of this group will include Cancer Alliance clinical representatives as well as the National Speciality Advisors for Cancer CRGs. This group will, in turn, be supported by a group of National Clinical Leads, covering a number of cancer pathways and providing support, as required, to specialised commissioning, including providing advice to inform commissioning policy, national standards, or provide advice to support the provision of ministerial, parliamentary or media briefings, an on prioritisation and innovation.

The National Clinical Lead will be a credible senior clinical leader in the field of the identified clinical service and will provide expert clinical advice and leadership in relation to this service. They will be responsible to the National Clinical Director for cancer, who is also the clinical lead for the National Programme of Care within specialised commissioning, which the CCAG advises.

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.