Personalised Care Lead - Cancer

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge and experience in dealing with highly sensitive patient information and support
• Knowledge and experience of project management tools, techniques and methodology

Desirable

• Experience of quality improvement/service redesign methodologies and practices
• Knowledge and experience of NHS and hospital based and admin systems to cancer specifically
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries and public

Skills

Essential

• Able to work with and through ambiguity to 'think on their feet' when dealing with issues and problems, with good level of leadership and management skills to develop and lead cancer.
• Computer literate with an ability to use the required systems/office packages.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Ability to gain confidence and credibility of a range of professionals, motivating and inspiring commitment and collaboration.
• Highly developed, negotiating and influencing skills, overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance, and reaching agreements.
• Responsible for service development/improvement and the benefits this can deliver to patient care with the ability to interpret national policy and develop policies/standard operational process to local needs.
• Understanding of broad NHS roles and responsibilities, structures and processes.
• To work autonomously and as part of a team and under pressure.
• Evidence of ability to turn strategy and policy into action with proven leadership skills.
• Ability to engage service users and interest groups to participate in service style performance and delivery changes.
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Professional and clinical knowledge of cancer support and information agenda and skills to deal with highly sensitive information to support needs of client group
• In depth knowledge of Macmillan Programme of work
• Practical experience of managing multiple successful projects, including the development of complex project management frameworks, monitoring of delivery to timescales and review processes.
• Ability to efficiently prioritise own workload and the workload of others whilst working within very tight deadlines and with differing priorities
• Ability to present complex information including analysis of data and statistics in a concise, accurate and understandable way to a range of audiences

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience or in depth knowledge of relevant field
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Current driving licence / Ability to travel between sites (reasonable adjustments will be considered)

Desirable

• Relevant project management qualification for example PRINCE 2 Practitioner

other

Essential

• Demonstrate drive and energy, with self-motivation and positive attitude.
• Commitment to personal, staff and organisational development.
• Self-confident and emotionally resilient.
• Flexible and enthusiastic.
• Recognises the limits of own authority within the role.
• Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.
• Understands the principle of confidentiality.
• Confidence in working independently to make decisions and recommendations for action.
• Highly proactive and able to take own initiative to drive forward projects.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).