About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a treatment portfolio project manager to join the Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance (SSCA). This role will make a direct impact on improving cancer treatment pathways and patient outcomes across the region.The post holder will focus on improving access to treatment, delivering against national cancer performance standards, and enhancing patient experience. A key priority will be leading transformation within Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) services.The successful candidate will manage a diverse portfolio of projects, using data-driven insights to support service redesign and deliver sustainable improvements across multiple organisations. Working in a complex, system-wide environment, you will collaborate with clinical and operational colleagues to drive meaningful change.Given the specialist nature of the role, experience in SACT, either from a clinical or operational background, is essential.We are looking for candidates who:Have experience of managing large and complex projectsHave strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and influence othersAre organised, self-motivated and able to prioritise workload to meet competing deadlinesHave strong analytical and problem-solving skillsHave a good understanding of SACT treatment pathway
Main duties of the job
The Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance is a partnership that brings together leaders from NHS Trusts, integrated care systems and other health organisations across a population of approximately 3.6 million people. Our aim is to improve diagnosis, treatment and care outcomes for cancer patients, and to reduce unwarranted variation across our providers.
The job holder will be based in SSCA office's in Guildford but will be expected to regularly travel to trusts or meetings within the Surrey and Sussex geography and potentially other referring regions, as agreed with the Programme Managers and Clinical Leads.
As a treatment project manager, you will work collaboratively across Surrey and Sussex and other referring regions to deliver safe, effective and timely access to treatment. The successful candidate will:Lead the development and implementation of treatment specific cancer pathwaysDeliver measurable improvements against all national cancer waiting time standardsLead complex transformation programmes across multiple NHS Trusts and partnersAnalyse and interpret complex data to inform service improvementsWork closely with clinical leads to improve quality, reduce variation, and enhance patient outcomesEngage and influence stakeholders across the NHS, ICSs, primary care, and third sectorThis role requires a confident and adaptable individual who can operate effectively in a fast-paced, multi-organisational environment.
About us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To set up and support the Tumour Site Specific and Primary Care Groups, managing the organisation, secretariat, reporting and actions of these meetingsSupport the Clinical Leads in setting standards and providing quality assurance of cancer services across the Surrey and Sussex system to reduce variationDrive improvements in delivering the cancer constitutional targetsSupport the implementation of integrated services and pathway specific services locally through collaborative work across the Surrey and Sussex system and promote a sense of collective responsibility across partnersImprove cancer patients' experience and quality of life through the delivery of excellence in clinical care, research, and educationMaximise research and training across the systemThe Pathway Manager will need to interact and work collaboratively with clinicians, managers and external partners to deliver transformative, cost efficient changes, which are fit for purpose and affordable. Project Management Responsibilities:
To manage a complex diverse portfolio, flexing to need but consistently demonstrating measured change/deliveryTo effectively use methodologies and approaches to deliver transformational change including maximising quality and patient experienceTo work in a flexible, agile way across the whole SSCA agenda, moving across work streams when requiredTo capture and share learning from the cancer programme and contribute to best practice thinking on future delivery models and approaches
To monitor compliance both internally and externally to ensure that changes conform to best practiceTo produce clear output documentation of work and store it appropriately on the shared areaTo write appropriate reports to be submitted to the boards of appropriate NHS partner organisations including data and financial analysis and detailed explanations supporting a change in service provision within one or more of the organisationsTo support Clinical Leads on new local policy development across Surrey and Sussex and within a defined tumour specific area and to influence and ensure its adoption across organisational departments and services; this will entail designing and developing strategic policies with a timeframe of up to 5 years.To meet predefined objectives through autonomous working and the provision of a range of leadership styles in a variety of environments including the ability to manage conflict, negotiate and drive change
Stakeholder management
To bring together diverse stakeholder groups with differing agendas to achieve mutual agreeable outcomes / deliverablesWork successfully with complex stakeholder groups, often dealing with ambiguity, complexity and conflicting opinions / viewsWork effectively with diverse patient groups to involve and engage users and carers in the delivery of service and pathway transformation and improvementsTo negotiate with all relevant stakeholders, the scope, size and timings of projects and the relevant project management and support requiredTo manage, motivate, persuade and influence multiple stakeholders and partners to ensure the timely completion of work across multiple NHS and voluntary organisations
Delivery / Technical Aspects
Delivering significant change in a measurable way, ensuring transformational changes are effectively implemented and fully sustainableAble to effectively implement service improvement techniques and approaches (see personal specification)Drive and deliver effective rapid diagnostic service plans and operations across the regionUndertake complex data and statistical analysis of multiple, non-comparable data sources creating new models and solutions for presentation to provide evidence for change.Work with multiple NHS and other providers to ensure consistent information collection and entry. Lead the analysis of this highly but frequently non-comparable complex data and present the evidence and recommendations for service change to a range of audiences including senior stakeholders, groups of patients and public groupsTo lead on the development and delivery of audit activities to measure service change and sustainability involving complex data collection and analysisManagement of Resources
To contribute to the development of the SSCA budget planning, highlighting specific concerns relating to capacity and needs within the area of specialtyTo prioritise spending requests and authorise appropriate paymentsTo manage the recruitment of project staff as requiredTo line manage as appropriate and delegate responsibilities amongst a team of project managers or service staff to deliver changes across multiple servicesProvide support and training to other similar posts within the project
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Desirable
Project Management Qualification or equivalent experience Nursing and Midwifery Council or other Health professional registration
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Proven track record of delivering against set objectives and achieving targets and performance improvements Considerable experience of working in an autonomous fashion, working within defined parameters to meet defined objectives and deliverables Extensive experience of project management in the design, development and delivery of change management Experience of influencing staff at all levels to ensure project objectives are owned and delivered by all members of the team including users and senior stakeholders An understanding of local and national health policy and broader strategic issues and implications within the NHS e.g. cancer access standards, long term plan
Desirable
Proven experience of working within complex clinical environments Good knowledge of cancer pathways and cancer performance standards Experience of working across multiple organisations to secure and deliver change Demonstrable experience of working in a complex change environment with multiple stakeholders and securing their engagement, resulting in a successful project and deliverables Considerable experience of managing a group of staff, motivating and developing the group, including setting objectives, mentoring and coaching to meet appropriate deadlines and deliverables view
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.
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Employer details Employer name Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Surrey
Egerton Road
Guildford
GU2 7XX
Employer's website https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)