Cancer Improvement Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA) team as a Cancer Improvement Manager in a 12-month fixed term or secondment capacity.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual from an NHS clinical, research or senior operational NHS background, with demonstrable experience in the delivery of change management and quality improvement projects.

You will join our small team of Cancer Improvement Managers, each responsible for dedicated management of specified SELCA Cancer Pathway Groups, supporting transformational change across South East London. With a focus on national priorities and local initiatives within the provider organisations, this will involve working with provider organisations and primary care colleagues to design and deliver projects.

The ability to work at a senior level in a cross-cutting multi-organisational setting to facilitate organisational and service change is vital to the success of this role, as is the ability to think, act and work flexibly whilst maintaining a clear view of overall priorities.

We aim to improve cancer services across South East London, and improve the experience of patients with suspected or diagnosed cancer. The SELCA vision is to provide the very best in cancer service to our patients by improving access, clinical outcomes, patient experience and quality of life for the population of South East London, based on national / international standards and evidence.

The Key Priorities Of The Role Are To

• Work as part of the SELCA team in supporting delivery of Cancer Pathway Group (CPG) clinical work programme, incorporating NHSE Long Term Plan and National Cancer Programme deliverables.
• Work in partnership with clinical and operational management teams to deliver agreed priorities, and deliver safe, effective and timely access to diagnostics and treatments across SEL.
• Work closely with the Chairs of the relevant SELCA Cancer Pathway Groups to administrate and deliver a programme of timely, relevant and clinically appropriate Cancer Pathway Group meetings.
• To drive improvements in delivering sustaining performance against cancer access standards, particularly for patients with pathways of care that transfer between hospital sites.
• Improve the experience of cancer patients, and enhance their quality of life though promotion of the delivery of excellence in clinical care, research, and education.
• Provide quality assurance of cancer services across the system to reduce variation.
• Ensure that the clinical programme has a central role in reducing unwarranted variation, and addresses inequalities in access, treatment, outcomes and experience for the SEL population.
• Support the implementation of integrated services, pathways, and new models of cancer service, delivered through collaborative work across South East London, promoting a sense of collective responsibility.

South East London Cancer Alliance is hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tom Crittenden Job title: SELCA Cancer Pathway Group Programme Lead Email address: t.crittenden@nhs.net

Please contact Tom Crittenden on t.crittenden@nhs.net to discuss this role further, or to arrange an informal discussion by telephone or virtually.