Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and enthusiastic Prison Inclusion Health & Cancer Manager to join the Northumbria Public Health Team.
This is a new innovative post working to our Inclusive Equitable Healthcare principles. With a focus on cancer pathways the Prison Inclusion Health & Cancer Manager will work in partnership with relevant healthcare and prison related services to drive a coordinated approach to improving prisoner healthcare access, experience and outcomes when accessing secondary healthcare services.
The prison population face unique challenges in accessing secondary healthcare. They experience multiple risk factors for poor health, leading to poor health outcomes and increasing health inequalities. This post will work in partnership with the local prison and our clinical teams to develop sustainable improvements in cancer care pathways. Working to understand the offender pathways of care and support services to undertake quality improvement interventions to improve models of care that support improved offender health outcomes, address health inequalities and promote timely, high-quality cancer care.
The Trust has received 12 months funding to pilot this role and evaluate the impact, and as such we are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Prison Inclusion Health & Cancer Manager to join our team, working 37.5 hours a week on a 12-month fixed term contract, secondments considered.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to work closely between the local prison and the Trust; understand prisoner pathways of care, support services in quality improvement interventions; improving processes; support improved prisoner health outcomes, address health inequalities and promote timely, high-quality cancer care.You will provide a visible, accessible presence, acting as a professional role model and inclusion health advocate, maintaining joint working across services involved in care and management of the offender population.
You will require excellent communication and required to liaise with key personnel from both Trust and local prison, including skills and knowledge in communicating effectively with offenders helping patient engagement and co-production.
Candidates will be committed to continuous professional development, possess excellent organisational and managerial skills, and passion to deliver high standards. Excellent team working and prioritisation skills are crucial. Candidate will possess a master's level qualification, or equivalent experience. You will be flexible & organised in the workplace able to deliver a quality and successful service. We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic & innovative individual with the ability to work in a potentially demanding and diverse workflow, working on your own initiative. You will be required to work Trust wide and in the local prison with a base to Cobalt Business Park, with blended working arrangements as required
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post will lead the partnership work between the Trust and the local prison, identifying and developing appropriate interventions, with clinical teams, to quality improve the Trust healthcare offer to the offender population.
The post will scope both Trust and prison healthcare processes to identify appropriate areas to improve processes considering challenges faced by prison patients in accessing timely cancer diagnostics and support whilst on the cancer pathway.
Provide specialist advice and support on public health matters to all health care professionals.
In conjunction with the multi-disciplinary / multi-agency teams, facilitate improvement in offender healthcare engagement rates and reduce did not attend appointments
To be a bridge between the prison and the healthcare providers to enable improvements in joint care developing better methods for seamless communication
To provide management and professional accountability for the effective delivery of the prison navigation project in accordance with national; regional and local guidelines.
Develop, inform and implement strategies to ensure health professionals are adequately trained to support offender healthcare in cancer pathways.
Adopt a patient centred approach ensuring patient experience and involvement is supported and enabled throughout the planning, design and implementation of the project.
Improve offender engagement rates into healthcare and support the reduction in missed appointments.
To support the Trusts Inclusive Equitable Healthcare model of care and contribute to the trauma informed care workstream.
To collaborate with the external evaluation and support the formal University planning and evaluation of the project with appropriate recommendations
Develop partnership working internally with cancer pathway leads, GMs and OSMs to embed public health principles of care factoring in inclusive equitable healthcare and externally with community partners.
To monitor and evaluate service delivery and ensure effectiveness of action
To lead the process and management of change within clinical and public health practice.
To ensure good practice is identified and shared locally and nationally.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
Specialist healthcare knowledge, in related field (healthcare setting and/or prison healthcare), acquired through training to Masters level qualification or equivalent
Management /leadership qualification or relevant experience
Specialist healthcare knowledge, in related field (healthcare setting and/or prison healthcare), acquired through training to Masters level qualification or equivalent
DESIRABLE
Leadership Course
Management Course
Training qualification
If you think you have the skills and motivation to succeed in this role we are keen to hear from you. Informal conversations or visits to our team from interested parties are strongly encouraged.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post will lead the partnership work between the Trust and the local prison, identifying and developing appropriate interventions, with clinical teams, to quality improve the Trust healthcare offer to the offender population.
The post will scope both Trust and prison healthcare processes to identify appropriate areas to improve processes considering challenges faced by prison patients in accessing timely cancer diagnostics and support whilst on the cancer pathway.
Provide specialist advice and support on public health matters to all health care professionals.
In conjunction with the multi-disciplinary / multi-agency teams, facilitate improvement in offender healthcare engagement rates and reduce did not attend appointments
To be a bridge between the prison and the healthcare providers to enable improvements in joint care developing better methods for seamless communication
To provide management and professional accountability for the effective delivery of the prison navigation project in accordance with national; regional and local guidelines.
Develop, inform and implement strategies to ensure health professionals are adequately trained to support offender healthcare in cancer pathways.
Adopt a patient centred approach ensuring patient experience and involvement is supported and enabled throughout the planning, design and implementation of the project.
Improve offender engagement rates into healthcare and support the reduction in missed appointments.
To support the Trusts Inclusive Equitable Healthcare model of care and contribute to the trauma informed care workstream.
To collaborate with the external evaluation and support the formal University planning and evaluation of the project with appropriate recommendations
Develop partnership working internally with cancer pathway leads, GMs and OSMs to embed public health principles of care factoring in inclusive equitable healthcare and externally with community partners.
To monitor and evaluate service delivery and ensure effectiveness of action
To lead the process and management of change within clinical and public health practice.
To ensure good practice is identified and shared locally and nationally.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
Specialist healthcare knowledge, in related field (healthcare setting and/or prison healthcare), acquired through training to Masters level qualification or equivalent
Management /leadership qualification or relevant experience
Specialist healthcare knowledge, in related field (healthcare setting and/or prison healthcare), acquired through training to Masters level qualification or equivalent
DESIRABLE
Leadership Course
Management Course
Training qualification
If you think you have the skills and motivation to succeed in this role we are keen to hear from you. Informal conversations or visits to our team from interested parties are strongly encouraged.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist healthcare knowledge, in related field (healthcare setting and/or prison healthcare), acquired through training to Masters level qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Leadership or Management Course
- Training Qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of trauma informed care and practicalities of embedding practice in clinical teams
- Knowledge/experience of various health care settings
Desirable
- Experience and knowledge of NHS cancer pathways, with knowledge of Trust constitutional standards
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading, developing, implementing and evaluating a variety of complex quality improvement interventions in a healthcare setting
- Experience of delivering programmes of work involving behaviour change models and quality improvement techniques
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training to a variety of audiences.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist healthcare knowledge, in related field (healthcare setting and/or prison healthcare), acquired through training to Masters level qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Leadership or Management Course
- Training Qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of trauma informed care and practicalities of embedding practice in clinical teams
- Knowledge/experience of various health care settings
Desirable
- Experience and knowledge of NHS cancer pathways, with knowledge of Trust constitutional standards
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading, developing, implementing and evaluating a variety of complex quality improvement interventions in a healthcare setting
- Experience of delivering programmes of work involving behaviour change models and quality improvement techniques
Desirable
- Experience of delivering training to a variety of audiences.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
