NHS England

Senior Programme Manager

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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

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Person Specification

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Experience in leading the implementation new innovative pathways in the NHS from design of an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) and piloting the approach to evaluation and scale up nationally.
Experience of leading the design, set up and delivery of clinical trials or implementation pilots in accordance with the research, regulatory and operational protocol requirements
Experience of working on complex, multi-step diagnostic pathways e.g. involving clinical triage, pathology, genomics testing
Experience of managing partnerships with commercial companies and healthcare organisations
Experience of delivering projects through others, including external delivery partners

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

Influencing with senior stakeholders across the healthcare and research sectors e.g. NHS England, Genomics England, Department of Health, Office for Life Sciences, NIHR
Leadership skills and the ability to build, lead, develop and motivate high performing teams, including strong feedback and coaching skills
Excellent communication skills-written, verbal and listening
A commitment to and passion for improving services and outcomes for cancer patients and their families

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to a degree level or equivalent with experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Person Specification

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Experience in leading the implementation new innovative pathways in the NHS from design of an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) and piloting the approach to evaluation and scale up nationally.
Experience of leading the design, set up and delivery of clinical trials or implementation pilots in accordance with the research, regulatory and operational protocol requirements
Experience of working on complex, multi-step diagnostic pathways e.g. involving clinical triage, pathology, genomics testing
Experience of managing partnerships with commercial companies and healthcare organisations
Experience of delivering projects through others, including external delivery partners

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

Influencing with senior stakeholders across the healthcare and research sectors e.g. NHS England, Genomics England, Department of Health, Office for Life Sciences, NIHR
Leadership skills and the ability to build, lead, develop and motivate high performing teams, including strong feedback and coaching skills
Excellent communication skills-written, verbal and listening
A commitment to and passion for improving services and outcomes for cancer patients and their families

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to a degree level or equivalent with experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

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)

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)