Cancer Programme Manager

Job Purpose The Cancer Programme Manager will report directly to the Director of Elective Care, and operating as the lead manager for the department will be responsible for: The post holder will develop, agree and co-ordinate an effective Cancer strategy for promoting excellence and innovation across NHS STW for cancer. Be the principal leader of cancer innovation and excellence across NHS STW. Leading the development, management and delivery of NHS STWs Cancer Strategy that incorporates all aspects of Cancer pathways and includes: Prevention Screening Early Diagnosis Acute care Living with Cancer Ensure the development, maintenance, and delivery of a programme of innovation and change that drives service improvement and performance, including the leadership of the Cancer Programme team Lead the development of commissioning models for cancer. Ensure the NHS STW cancer programme is consistent and resilient and that it has effective plans and behaviours for managing service pressures.

Monitor and respond to system performance, overseeing corrective action and return to performance. Be responsible for the development, implementation and management of the ICBs long-term strategic cancer recovery plan. Act as the ICB and system lead for the plan and be able to adapt and update the plan as targets are met. Be responsible for all cancer plans across the ICB which impact across the wider ICB and system and be able to lead to ensure plans are met.

Be the lead for review and implementation should plans become uncertain or require adaptation in line with local and national cancer targets. Drive reform and support organisational change and uptake of initiatives that support excellence. Engage with key strategic regional and national policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies. Identify examples of national and international best practice and ensure that NHS STW benefits from relevant innovations in the cancer programme.

Develop and champion new initiatives or projects as necessary. Provide expertise of best practice methodologies, regulatory requirements, policy imperatives, innovation and technological developments. Duties Develop and deliver the cancer strategy, promoting innovation and supporting operational excellence. Deliver the cancer programme of change and improvement.

Monitor system performance, ensuring responsiveness to system pressures and performance issues, overseeing return to performance. Provide overall management to the Cancer Programme. Personally lead, support and contribute to formal negotiations with senior level staff from external stakeholders, providing an expert level of negotiating expertise to secure the most advantageous arrangements. Manages the NHS STW Cancer Programme.

Manages the Cancer Programme resources. Forges positive working relationships, in order to support an effective matrix approach to achieve NHS objectives. To manage, motivate and develop staff within the team to ensure that they are able to deliver the new responsibilities of NHS STW. To forge positive working relationships, in order to support an effective matrix approach to achieve NHS objectives.

To work in a matrix management style and to foster close working relations with other managers within the NHS. The postholder will analyse highly complex facts and situations, using this data and information to develop a range of options to successfully lead the cancer team in line with performance analysis across the ICB & ICS relating to Cancer. The postholder will be expected to analyse highly complex facts and situations and use this information to lead and set strategic system wide objectives to drive reform and innovation across system wide cancer team. Responsibilities Patient Care Contact with patients is incidental.

Policy and Service Development Working collaboratively to develop a faculty of local champions and leaders. Promote the adoption of innovative strategies and techniques. Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies, guidelines and service level agreements which may impact. Proposes changes to own function and making recommendations Sector wide.

Financial and Physical resources Supported by the PMO, reports on programme health and effectiveness and makes recommendations to the Service Delivery and Performance committee for investment and disinvestment in initiatives. Leads the development of commissioning models that ensures value for money and promote excellence. Acts in a way that is compliant with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions in the discharge of this responsibility. Constantly strives for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of these budgets and to ensure that they operate in recurrent financial balance year on year.

The post holder will have budgetary responsibility for the Cancer Programme and the services provided within that function. This will include evaluating the value for money of new contracts, monitoring the performance of existing providers and ensuring that provider performance aligns, and complies, with contractual terms and conditions, The post holder will be expected to bid for monies from key strategic partners. Ensure that financial investments from external partners are effectively managed. The post holder will be directly responsible for all budgets associated with the management of the Cancer Programme.

Human Resources The postholder is the lead manager for the ICB cancer team, a major activity area, and will line manage a team of 8 colleagues. This will include the setting of objectives, holding of 1:1s, absence management etc. Manages the Cancer Programme resources. Liaises with the commissioning support organisation regarding CSU staff supporting the cancer system.

Forges positive working relationships, in order to support an effective matrix approach to achieve NHS objectives. To manage, motivate and develop staff within the team to ensure that they are able to deliver the new responsibilities of NHS STW. Information Resources Responsible for the development, management and maintenance of systems and framework across the organisation. Partners with the Information and Business Intelligence team to ensure that information management needs are meet in order to enable effective education planning and monitoring of Quality.

Research and Development Ensures that relevant groups are able to access best practice and current information from supply markets. Undertakes regular and frequent research and development into nationwide cancer workstreams and teams to enable best practice and progress within the ICB & wider system cancer teams.