Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our The Royal Marsden for 18 months as a Programme Director for Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT).
The Programme Director will lead, and be responsible for, a Trust programme of work to develop and test a digital remote pathway for patients with breast cancer to enable the remote monitoring and delivery of medications directly to patients without them needing to attend the hospital sites. They will be responsible for all workstreams within the programme to ensure the programme is led and managed effectively and delivers on its objectives. They will report directly to the Director of Operations - Cancer Services.
You will bring experience in programme management, improvement methodologies and data analysis as well as excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills. You will have matrix management responsibilities and will have a proven and credible management approach.
Main duties of the job
- Use highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams across the programme.
- Develop and identify relationships with key strategic local, regional, and national policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies and use political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy and diverse interest groups.
- Deploy expert communication, negotiation and influencing skills to build and maintain excellent working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of business sensitive issues driving and challenging each key working relationship to innovate and achieve reform in accordance with agreed programme objectives.
About us
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
- The post holder will be required to build and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of business sensitive issues.
- Lead as the expert; integrating systems and managing effective working relationships with the appropriate stakeholders.
- Drive and challenge each key working relationship to drive reform to achieve agreed objectives
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, including presenting information about projects and dependencies to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in formal settings.
- Deal with complex and conflicting subject matter problems or in day-to-day workload in workshops, meetings, one on one communications and other events, comprising various parts of the business.
- Nurtures key relationships with senior and high-profile individuals and responsible for the maintenance of networks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
- The post holder will be required to build and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of business sensitive issues.
- Lead as the expert; integrating systems and managing effective working relationships with the appropriate stakeholders.
- Drive and challenge each key working relationship to drive reform to achieve agreed objectives
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, including presenting information about projects and dependencies to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in formal settings.
- Deal with complex and conflicting subject matter problems or in day-to-day workload in workshops, meetings, one on one communications and other events, comprising various parts of the business.
- Nurtures key relationships with senior and high-profile individuals and responsible for the maintenance of networks.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised management qualification, e.g. Masters level, or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Demonstrable experience of operating successfully with NHS Finance processes and systems
- Project management qualification/ equivalent demonstrable experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leadership and team building
- Experience of preparing and presenting to a senior management group
- Experience of managing complex change initiatives
- Experience and understanding of issues relating to confidentiality
- Experience and understanding of issues relating to Equal Opportunities
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential
- Ability to clearly express themselves in wide range of situations. Ability to present on behalf of the Trust at local, national and international meetings.
- Ability to write clearly and concisely. Ability to use word processing software
- Perceptive, analytical, an eye for detail. Good Judgement
- Evidence of complex problem solving
- Evidence of planning to tight deadlines
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to understanding and engagement
- Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
- High level critical thinking skills
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised management qualification, e.g. Masters level, or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Demonstrable experience of operating successfully with NHS Finance processes and systems
- Project management qualification/ equivalent demonstrable experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leadership and team building
- Experience of preparing and presenting to a senior management group
- Experience of managing complex change initiatives
- Experience and understanding of issues relating to confidentiality
- Experience and understanding of issues relating to Equal Opportunities
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential
- Ability to clearly express themselves in wide range of situations. Ability to present on behalf of the Trust at local, national and international meetings.
- Ability to write clearly and concisely. Ability to use word processing software
- Perceptive, analytical, an eye for detail. Good Judgement
- Evidence of complex problem solving
- Evidence of planning to tight deadlines
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to understanding and engagement
- Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
- High level critical thinking skills
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
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.
