Job summary
Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with cancer? Do you want to ensure more people survive cancer than ever before? Working in NHS England's Cancer Programme, that's exactly what you'll do.
Working in the NHS Cancer Programme, you will set the agenda for cancer services in England. Working with patients, clinicians, charities, Regions, Cancer Alliances,andtrusts, our aim is to diagnose cancer earlier, increase survival and improve the quality of life and experience for cancer patients. We develop national policy and strategy and transform services for patients.
The Cancer Programme Team takes its responsibility to promote equality and diversity seriously.We respect colleagues from different backgrounds and embrace different cultural preferences in everything we do.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Senior Programme Manager for a maternity cover role to join the Cancer Innovation team to lead on the establishment and running of the CVLP, a collaboration between NHS England, NIHR and Genomics England, which will enable identification of potential recruits into BioNTech trials for personalised mRNA immunotherapies. The platform will need to be a generic service that will meet the needs of different companies who want to conduct cancer vaccineclinical trials.
The UK Government and BioNTech have entered into an agreement to bring innovative vaccine research to the UK with the potential to transform outcomes for cancer patients. As part of this agreement NHS England will deliver a Cancer Vaccine Launchpad (CVLP), allowing NHS cancer patients to have early access to cancer vaccines, through flagship UK cancer vaccine trials.
If you have experience of leading new programmes of work, alongside great communications and stakeholder management skills and a strong commitment to diversity and equality, we would love to hear from you .
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Date posted
26 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£62,215 to £72,293 a year (exclusive of London Weighting)
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
990-COO-6646305-E
Job locations
Wellington House
133-155 Waterloo Road
London/Leeds
SE1 8UG
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Wellington House
133-155 Waterloo Road
London/Leeds
SE1 8UG
Employer's website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)
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